Expand the knowledge of your students about migration and its push and pull factors through the example of football.
Learning Activities
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.
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?
History teacher Zdravko Stojkoski developed this lesson plan with a visual approach to teaching post-war European history through football competitions.
Learning activity teaching students historical causality by assessing the role of the 1990 “Maksimir riots” in the unfolding of the Yugoslav Wars.
Analyse and connect historical sources to learn about Italian fascism and the history of Europe in late 1930s - early 1940s.
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.
Linking the history of Spain, football and nationalism through a world-famous example of Real Madrid - Barcelona rivalry.
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?
Teaching students about the causes of football hooliganism through the analysis of case studies and development of potential solutions.
Learn about colonialism and migration by tracing the origins of French football players.
In 1878 Lewandowski would have played for Russia. This learning activity helps students learn about identities and changed borders by taking the EURO2016 teams back to 1871 and 1922.