The Teachers' Corner provides lesson plans, videos, and other materials for K-14 educators to use in their classrooms. The European Union Center is grateful to the educators who have shared their materials to be made publicly available.
When using the following materials, please give proper attribution to the educators who created them.
| Structured Discussion on Human Rights | Created by Waverly High School Spanish teacher Cass Didier, this lesson plan is designed to be used in a club/activity setting to get students to think critically about human rights and the challenges of ensuring human rights across the globe. |
| Blanca Bustos, a former middle school Spanish teacher, created this lesson plan introducing the European Union, its institutions and currency, and its approach to multilingualism after attending the Brussels Study Tour. This lesson plan is designed to be taught over the course of five class periods. |
| Exploring Dark Tourism in Europe: Confronting History's Shadows | Consuelo Maria Johnson, an eighth-grade mathematics teacher at Rose Hill-Magnolia Elementary School in Rose Hill, NC, USA, designed this lesson plan with the aim of having students analyze the concept of dark tourism in Europe, evaluate its ethical implications, and explain its historical significance. |
| Understanding Spanish Culture through the Lens of Blancanieves | This lesson plan, designed by Melody Bridges, head of humanities at Lancing Prep School, uses the film "Blancanieves" to explore film studies and contemporary Spanish culture. |
| Federalism: EU & U.S. Comparison | This module, designed by Paul R. Edleman, a professor of political science at Sauk Valley Community College, provides students with an introduction to the European Union, its central institutions, and how the governing system of the EU compares to the U.S. federal system. |
| The Supranational European Union: An Advanced Placement Comparative Government and Politics Lesson | Daniel Hoppe, a social studies teacher at Bay Port High School, created this lesson plan for AP comparative government and politics and European history teachers. |
| Turkification | This lesson plan, created by Shane Markowitz, Director of Global Education and Teacher of Global Studies, World Geography, and World History at C. S. Lewis Bilingual High School, is based on the article "'Turkified': Why I Can Never Be a Proper German," published in Der Spiegel, and explores issues of integration, stereotyping, and prejudice in Germany. |
| European Union: Which Nation Should Join Next? | With all the talk about Brexit, why do countries want to join the EU? This lesson, created by Pat Miletich, History and Social Studies Teacher at the University School of Nashville, will allow students to research the EU, member states, and candidates; examine the criteria and process for admittance; weigh the advantages and disadvantages of EU membership; and scrutinize the reasons for and decision-making involved in deciding which nation should join next. |
| Official and Co-official Languages of Spain | This video, featuring Department of Spanish & Portuguese graduate students and alumni Irati Hurtado Ruiz, Lucía Sánchez-Gilbert, and Izaro Bedialauneta Txurruka, introduces some common words and phrases in Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque. |
| Europe Week Booklet | Emmanuelle Schön-Quinlivan, Lecturer in European Politics at University College Cork, created this booklet of activities and games for elementary school students to learn about the European Union. The booklet was originally put together for Europe Week 2021, but the activities can be used at any time. |
| Module on the European Union in International Relations | This module was created by Amanda Cook Fesperman, Professor of Political Science and History at Illinois Valley Community College, as part of the International Studies Research Lab in 2018. The module uses the case of the European Union to teach students about intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in international relations. |
| Psychological Aspects of the Holocaust | This syllabus, created by Cari Stevenson, Professor of Psychology at Kankakee Community College, as part of the International Studies Research Lab in 2017, explores psychology concepts through a study of the Holocaust. |