The European Union, represented by a blue flag with 12 stars in the centre, is today made up of 27 countries, each with its own national flag. See if you can match each of these 27 flags and their pairs.
Every six months, each Member State of the European Union takes turns holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. On 1 January 2021, Portugal took the reins. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, its agenda for the European Union highlights the fight against poverty and unemployment, combating climate change, and the digital transition.
On 24 January, the world celebrates the International Day of Education, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2018 to highlight the contribution of education to peace and development.
Vaccination is our best chance of returning to normal after the coronavirus pandemic. To help us get there, the European Commission has signed contracts to buy vaccines being produced by several pharmaceutical companies.
In Europe, energy is ubiquitous in our daily lives, supplying power to everything around us without us even realising it: heating for our homes, lighting for our buildings, power for public transport, enabling us to play video games, re-charge our smartphones, and so on.
To entertain your students and play as a family during the Christmas holiday period, there is nothing quite like a classic board game.
You may already have heard about the European Commission's Visitors' Centre, which offers the general public a better understanding of how the European Commission works and of its policies and priorities.
Did you know that the teaching material available in the ‘Learning Corner’ has been discussed, revised and improved by a group of teachers from all EU countries?
This colourful fortune teller, available in 23 European languages, will allow your younger pupils to test their knowledge of farming and food.
The European Commission is proposing a fresh start on migration and asylum: improved, streamlined procedures giving people who are entitled to stay in Europe the means to build a future matching their ambitions.
At a time of IT and teaching online, if you are interested in introducing your pupils to programming and digital literacy, you will find here a whole range of activities to help them to learn new skills.
‘The European Union – Facts and figures' is a brochure created by the Council of the European Union, available in 24 languages. It contains explanatory pages for each EU country, with numerous details, such as their official language, area, national day, political system, etc., as well as some amusing trivia about them.
The European Union as we know it was not created from one day to the next. It was the result of a long process requiring the energy, motivation, involvement and commitment of some visionary leaders.
What is the largest country in the European Union? Which country was Leonardo da Vinci from? Who was Copernicus? Where is the world's largest castle? In which country were the first Olympic Games held?
On 5 October every year since 1994, UNESCO has been celebrating the teaching profession with World Teachers' Day.
Children’s rights are the human rights of all those below the age of 18; protecting children’s rights is an objective of the European Union and a guiding principle for the action of the EU institutions and bodies, and for the EU Member States.
Since November 2019, the Jan Amos Comenius Prize (a pilot project proposed by the European Parliament and implemented by the European Commission) has been highlighting secondary schools in the European Union that provide high-quality teaching about the European Union.
Are you and your pupils concerned by climate disruption? Among the games offered in the Learning Corner, we invite you to discover the ‘Climate & Energy Quiz’ produced by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action.
The coronavirus pandemic has been accompanied by a massive wave of false and misleading information.
Whether you are heading back to school yet or not, the ‘Learning Corner' created by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Communication offers a wide range of tools to help you teach primary and secondary pupils about the European Union. You will find online learning materials sorted by age group, type or category – games, competitions, activity books, videos and much more!
