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U.S. teachers looking to expand and deepen their classroom coverage of the European Union can now download cutting-edge lesson plans created by teachers for teachers. Bring your European view into the 21st century with curriculum guides focused on environmental policy, immigration issues, economic integration, and contemporary society.

We welcome lesson plan submissions from K-12 teachers as well as community college lecturers. Submissions are especially encouraged from teachers in Canada and Australia where the European Commission also funds EU Centers of Excellence. Please follow the standardized template to the extent possible, making sure to include references to your state's educational standards where appropriate. Authors of lesson plans accepted to the site will receive a $100 stipend for permission to publish the lesson plan on the website. Lessons should be submitted via email to euce@unc.edu.

 

    
 

Lessons Arranged by Grade Level
We have organized the lesson plans in groups corresponding to the following levels: Grade 3, Grade 6, Grades 6-8, Grades 6-12, Grades 9-12. Lessons relevant to multiple subjects are repeated under each discipline with an asterisk * to indicate cross-listing.

             
Subject Title NC Standard   WA Standard   Natl Standard
                 
               
GRADE 3            
                 
Science * Soil Conservation and the EU   Science - Goal 2
Social Studies - Goals 1,4
Language Arts - Goals 2,4 		       
                 
Social Studies * What Can 3rd Graders Learn About Cooperation from the European Union?   Social Studies - Goals 1,4,5
Language Arts - Goals 2,3		        
                 
GRADE 6            
               
French   The Value of a Nation's Currency Goes Beyond its Price  

meets multiple goals of the 7 C's

       
               
Language Arts * Climate Change and the EU  
Goal 2
       
               
Language Arts * A Panorama of the European Union   Goal 2        
               
Language Arts * European Union Mapquest   Goal 2        
               
Science * Climate Change and the EU   Goals 1,7        
               
Science   Power for the People   Goals 1,7        
               
Social Studies   Are You a Euroskeptic?   Goal 9.02        
               
6ocial Studies * Climate Change and the EU   Goals 2,4        
               
6ocial Studies * European Union Mapquest   Goal 3        
               
6ocial Studies   Going Green with Danish Windfarms   Goals 3.01, 3.03        
               
Social Studies   Introduction to the Study of the European Union   Goal 10        
               
Social Studies * A Panorama of the European Union   Goals 1,3        
               
Social Studies   Social Protections and the European Union   Goals 9.03, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03        
               
Social Studies   Ten Historic Steps in the European Union   Goals 7.01, 7.02        
               
Social Studies * The Value of a Nation's Currency Goes Beyond its Price   Goals 5,7,8,10,12        
               
GRADES 6-7            
                 
Social Studies   A United Europe for the Common Good      

 

    
               
Social Studies   The European Union: United in Diversity            
               
GRADES 6-8            
                 
Math * Water Quality of Bathing Areas in the EU   Grade 6 - Goals 1,5 Grade 7 - Goals 1,4 Grade 8 - Goal 4       Standards 5-8 +
                 
Math   How Wealthy Are Europeans?   Grade 7 - Goal 4
Grade 8 - Goal 4
Adv. Functions & Modeling - Goal 1
Discrt Math - Goal 2
Intgr. Math 3: Goal 3
AP Stat: Goals 1-3		        
                 
Science * Water Quality of Bathing Areas in the EU   Grade 6 - Goals 1,2,7
Grade 7 - Goals 1-3
Grade 8 - Goals 1-5, 7 		      Standards 5-8 +
                 
Social Studies   EU Movement Role Play   Econ & Dvpt - Goal 5
Global Conn - Goal 4		        
                 
Social Studies * Water Quality of Bathing Areas in the EU   Grade 6 - Goals 3,6,13       Standards K-12.5, K-12.6
                 
Technology * Water Quality of Bathing Areas in the EU   Grade 6 - Goals 1,3 Grade 7 - Goals 1,3
Grade 8 - Goals 1-3 		      Standards K-12, K-12.3, K-12.5, K-12.6
               
GRADES 6-12            
               
Language Arts * Teaching the European Union through the Five Themes of Geography   Goals 1-6        
               
Social Studies   European Union Governance   Grade 6 - Goals 9,10        
               
Social
Studies		   Model European Council Simulation            
                 
Social Studies * Teaching the European Union through the Five Themes of Geography   Goals 1-11,13        
               
GRADES 9-12            
               
French European Integration: Who and Why?   Community, Connections; IB Program- Groups        
               
French Combien coûte?           World Language 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1
               
German   Deutschland und die Europäische Union   Level III - Goals 1-7        
               
German   Was kostet das?           World Language 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1
               
Italian   Quanto questo?           World Language 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1
               
Social Studies * The Costs of Adopting a New Currency      

Social Studies (Economics) - 2.1, 2.3, 3.2
Math -1.1, 3, 4, 5.2, 5.3

   
               
Social Studies * Exchange Students Going to Europe       Social Studies (Economics) - 2.1, 2.3, 3.2
Math -1.1, 3, 4, 5.2, 5.3 		   
               
Social Studies   Governments in the European Union            
               
Social Studies * Exchange Students Going to Europe       Social Studies (Economics) - 2.1, 2.3, 3.2
Math -1.1, 3, 4, 5.2, 5.3 		   
               
Social Studies * Money Changes Everything       Social Studies (Economics) - 2.1, 2.3, 3.2
Math -1.1, 3, 4, 5.2, 5.3 		   
               
Social Studies   A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words       Social Studies (Economics) - 3.2    
               
Social Studies * What Does it Cost at Home vs. Abroad?       Social Studies (Economics) - 2.1, 2.3, 3.2
Math -1.1, 3, 4, 5.2, 5.3 		   
               
GRADES 10-12            
               
Social Studies   Discovering the European Union Scavenger Hunt            
               
Social Studies   EU Simulation: the European Council   Goal 2       Standard 5
               
Social Studies   The Evolution of Human Rights in Modern Europe   AP History - Goals 2,3        
               
Social Studies   Creation of Unified Governments: The United States and the European Union   World History - Goal 8, Civics & Economics - Goal 1, US History - Goal 1, AP Euro History - Goals 1,2,5        
               
Social Studies   Genetically Modified Organisms in the European Union   World History - Goal 7        
                 
Social Studies * The Euro: Introduction            
               
Social Studies * The Euro: Social Studies Activity 1 - Why the Euro?            
               
Social Studies * The Euro: Social Studies Activity 2 - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words            
               
Spanish   Spain and Immigration   Level IV - Goals 1&3, 4-7        
                 
GRADES 11-12            
               
Spanish   Ir de Compras           Foreign Language 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1