European Union

‘A day will come when all the nations of this continent, without losing their distinct qualities or their glorious individuality, will fuse together in a higher unity and form the European brotherhood. A day will come when the only battlefield will be the marketplace for competing ideas. A day will come when bullets and bombs will be replaced by votes.’ Victor Hugo spoke these prophetic words in 1849, but it took more than a century for his utopian predictions to start coming true. Nowadays, every May 9th, we celebrate Europe Day.
We are going to learn about the origin of European Union, its member states, symbols and so on. Finally, our class will become Europe itself. Each student will represent a country.


Read the following texts carefully and then answer the activities below. You may click here if you want to listen to the European Anthem.

European Union

Activities about the European Union

Now, we will learn about each country in the Union. You will represent the country assigned by the teacher. You will complete your country pages on our European passport and then, you will introduce your country to the rest of the class.. Click here to have a look at the passport.