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My pupils could not imagine that by learning about Eintracht Frankfurt, they can gain historical thinking skills and develop empathy.

Martin Liepach (High school teacher in Frankfurt)

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We offer teachers in schools ready-made and transferable learning activities on European Football History that address social inclusion and promote diversity in the classroom. These resources are designed to help tackle rising intolerance and engage students in an innovative and meaningful manner.

We also develop a toolkit for using historical and cultural heritage dimensions of football to enhance social inclusion and promote diversity in non-formal settings. The toolkit is a user-friendly and practical collection of exemplar approaches to use with guidance on how to use them for youth workers and other educators involved in non-formal education.

The toolkit, lead by the Fare Network, is available!

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The US National Team lifts the world cup in 2019 (Photo: AppaIoosa on Flickr).

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Equal Pay for Equal Play

How is the gender pay gap reflected in women’s football and what can be done to change it? How do we help students reflect on this?

French team, winner of the Football World Cup 2018 in Russia (Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, kremlin.ru).

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Multiculturalism and representations of national identity

Teach students about questions of identity, citizenship and multiculturalism by looking at national football teams across Western Europe.

Girl fight, Iceland – Spain, They are back. More fierce than ever before since they must win tomorrow. The show starts at Laugardalur stadium at 18. Free entry. Everyone must show up (Copyright: Football Association of Iceland (KSI), Morgunblaðið).

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Women’s struggle for equality and respect in Football

Teaching students about gender inequality in football and the ethics of advertisements by analyzing image sources.

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Soldiers in Congo in uniform, approx 1910-1925 (Source: Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen).

Football, Colonialism, and Migration

Explore the history of relations between Europe and Africa

Girl fight, Iceland – Spain, They are back. More fierce than ever before since they must win tomorrow. The show starts at Laugardalur stadium at 18. Free entry. Everyone must show up (Copyright: Football Association of Iceland (KSI), Morgunblaðið).

Women’s struggle for equality and respect in Football

Controversial ads in the battle for equality and respect in Football.

Boban's mythical kick murals (Photo: Dario Brentin)

Did a game of football start a war?

Teaching historical causality using the 1990 “Maksimir riots”

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Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Sociedad carrying the Ikurinna, the Basque flag.

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We. We are the best

Helping students define nationalism by looking at photos of football matches and reflecting on the main expressions of it in the stadiums.

The US National Team lifts the world cup in 2019 (Photo: AppaIoosa on Flickr).

Equal Pay for Equal Play

Teaching about the gender pay gap with women football.

Soldiers in Congo in uniform, approx 1910-1925 (Source: Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen).

Football, Colonialism, and Migration

Explore the history of relations between Europe and Africa

A mob football match played at London’s Crowe Street (Source: WikiCommons).

Spread of football as cultural history

Use engaging historical sources of the spread of the game.

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Coming to America; Returning for a Visit (Source: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. Richardson & Cox, 1854).

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A system of push and pull

Expand the knowledge of your students about migration and its push and pull factors through the example of football.

Lucy Bronze chasing the ball (Photo: Dominique Mallen, WikiCommons).

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Beyond imitators of men

Through examples from football, we can encourage students to think out of the box on complex issues such as equality and inclusion, and ask thought-provoking questions.

FC Bayern Munich Fans on Fire with Bengalos (Photo: Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash).

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Chants in Football. Beyond the Fan and the Other

What if your students could talk with someone who has been hurt by a football chant, asking them why and analysing the chant with them?

The Soviet Union wins the European Cup of Nations (1960).

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Cold War Competitions

History teacher Zdravko Stojkoski developed this lesson plan with a visual approach to teaching post-war European history through football competitions.

Boban's mythical kick murals (Photo: Dario Brentin)

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Did a game of football start a war?

Learning activity teaching students historical causality by assessing the role of the 1990 “Maksimir riots” in the unfolding of the Yugoslav Wars.

1935 Italian Newspapers’ article on Árpád Weisz.

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Disappearing from football and the world

Analyse and connect historical sources to learn about Italian fascism and the history of Europe in late 1930s - early 1940s.

Sample Quartet Card

Discover women’s football then and now a game of quartet

Where are the women’s football quartet cards?

Fare Network holding an exhibition on diversity and quiz in 2019 (Photo: Fare Network).

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Discrimination and Social Inclusion

This Toolkit is part of Fare’s #footballpeople campaign, this campaign challenges discrimination and promotes inclusive values and practices.

Fair Play Screenshot (Source: Fair Play | Anne Frank House).

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Educational game about dealing with discrimination

An educational game about dealing with discrimination and confronts young people with their own choices. The players get to react to discrimination and have the choice to either let it happen or do something about it. The game developed by the Anne Frank House is available in several languages.

“El Clásico”, 2009 (Photo: Alejandro Ramos / Source: Wikimedia Commons).

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El “Clásico” and Nationalism

Linking the history of Spain, football and nationalism through a world-famous example of Real Madrid - Barcelona rivalry.

The US National Team lifts the world cup in 2019 (Photo: AppaIoosa on Flickr).

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Equal Pay for Equal Play

How is the gender pay gap reflected in women’s football and what can be done to change it? How do we help students reflect on this?

Partit de futbol Club Deportivo Europa Real Madrid (Source: Europeana).

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Europeana’s Vintage World Cup Photographs

Want to get a visual idea of the history of international football competition? Have a look at this impressive collective from the vaults of European national archives, brought together here by Europeana.

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