1. The Art of
tolerance

2. Let’s get know about BUDDY BEARS
• Buddy Bears are a series of
painted, life-size fibreglass
bear sculptures originally
developed in Berlin.
• The first Buddy Bear was
created by the German
businesspeople Klaus and
Eva Herlitz, in cooperation
with the sculptor Roman
Strobl in 2001.Germany.

3. What does buddy mean?

4. WHAT ARE BUDDY BEARS?
• The Buddy Bears are an
urban event that bring new
life into many city centres.
• They show a message of
peace, international
understanding and tolerance
among the nations, cultures
and religions of this world.

5. INFORMATION ABOUT
BUDDY BEARS
• The United Buddy Bears are an international art exhibition.
• Under the logo: “We have to get to know each other better,
it makes us understand one another better, trust each other
more, and live together more peacefully”.
• More than 140 countries of the United Nations are
represented.

6. What do Buddy Bears promote?
• Tolerance.
• International
understanding.
• The concept of different
nations and cultures
living in peace and
harmony.
The bears stand hand in
hand in a peaceful circle
(The Art of Tolerance).

7. FOR A PEACEFUL
WORLD
• One important prerequisite for this
international project is to choose
artists from the individual
countries to reflect the diversity of
the cultures of one world.
• The buddy bears teach us about
the culture, the history, the people
and the landscape of the individual
countries.
• The poorest and the richest
countries are equal in this project.
• The first exhibition was between
June and November 2002 in a circle
around the Brandenburg Gate.
Around 1.5 million people visited it.

8. Buddy bears teach us: the culture, the
people, the history of the countries...

9. The poorest and the richest
countries are equal in this project

10. WORLDTOUR
• The 6th of November 2002, the
bears were moved to new
locations around the world.
Included the countries that
participated in the project.
• Some Buddy bears were sold.
The money was used to help
children in need.

11. Let’s watch an exhibition .

13. Let’s investigate
Get information about buddy
bears in the following websites:
• http://www.buddy-
baer.com/en.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit
ed_Buddy_Bears
• https://www.google.es/search?q
=imagenes&client=firefox-
a&hs=qWJ&rls=org.mozilla:ca:offi
cial&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=
X&ei=8SNrU5LcPOeN7Aal5oHoD
Q&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=100
7&bih=613#q=buddy+bears&rls=
org.mozilla:ca:official&tbm=isch
• https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=AeXpADRdoqE

14. HAVE A LOOK TO THE DIFFERENT
BUDDY BEARS...

15. COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

16. Choose one of the countries.
• http://www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com/

17. Let’s get know about the country that
you have chosen
• 1.- Go to google.
• 2.- Search information about the
country that you are going to
work.
• 3.- Investigate :
 The flag.
 The currency.
 The landscape.
 Important buildings.
 Music and instruments.
 The typical food.
How to save your
information:
• Go to wikispaces.
• Copy and save all the
information in your
laptop.
• Upload the photos and
videos to the wiki.

18. SPAIN : Landscape, food, building,
currency, flag, music instrument

19. SPANISH BUDDY BEAR
http://www.buddy-baer.com/united-
buddy-bears/united-buddy-bears-
show/united-buddy-bears-
show.html?tx_bbshow_pi1[baer]=102&t
x_bbshow_pi1[show]=15&cHash=aa7e99
6d1a

20. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BUDDY
BEARS
1.- What are Buddy Bears?
A) photograph exhibition.
B) B) Fibreglass sculptures.
C) C) Teddy Bears.
2.- Who created the first Buddy Bear?
A) Einstain & Klauss.
B) B) Leonardo Da Vinci.
C) Klaus and Eva Hertliz.
3.- What does Buddy mean?
4.- How many countries participated in
the Buddy bears exhibition?
5.- What do Buddy Bears promote?
A) Money and happiness.
B) B)Protect and respect the enviroment.
C) Tolerance, International understanding
and “peace” among the nations.
6.- When was the first exhibition?In
which city?
7.- Some of the Buddy Bears were sold.
What did they do with the money?

21. Design your own Buddy Bear
Now with all the
information that you
have searched you are
ready to design your
Buddy Bear.
1st. Draw a draft.
2nd. Colour it with felt
tips.

22. Let’s make a BIG Buddy Bear
• Ask to you teacher for
the big template.
• Use constraction paper.
• Copy the design that
you created on your
draft.
• And use all the art and
crafts materials that you
like for decorate your
Buddy Bear.