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Identity through a badge

Identity through a badge

Dec 6, 2020 | Learning Activities

A learning activity that encourages students to use football badges as primary sources and learn about historical legacies in the club logos.

United in sorrow

United in sorrow

Nov 28, 2020 | On This Day, Stories

The story of Chapecoense and how disasters involving football teams unite the world in sorrow.

Referee in the Resistance

Referee in the Resistance

Nov 25, 2020 | On This Day, Stories

Dutch football referee Leo Horn, born in 1916, was a resistance fighter during the Second World War, all the while hiding his Jewish identity.

What does identity have to do with football?

What does identity have to do with football?

Nov 22, 2020 | Learning Activities

An interactive activity connecting football affiliations with personal identity in various historical contexts.

Basque in the USSR

Basque in the USSR

Nov 18, 2020 | On This Day, Stories

A story of a Spanish footballer turned Communist leader, where football and history intertwine across borders.

The Birth of a Club: looking at local football to learn about the past

The Birth of a Club: looking at local football to learn about the past

Oct 18, 2020 | Learning Activities

What if you could teach history through the lens of your local club? This is a ready-to-use lesson plan for history and citizenship educators to help address local social, political and economic history of the early 20th century as well everyday life in that period.

Learning history in 100 football life stories

Learning history in 100 football life stories

Oct 7, 2020 | Stories

Over 100 life stories have been collected. Together they present a story of the people of Europe in the last 150 years. Time to connect the dots.

Fritz Löhner-Beda: Zionism, Football, Vienna

Fritz Löhner-Beda: Zionism, Football, Vienna

Oct 5, 2020 | Lives

Cultural soul in pre-war Vienna, killed in the Holocaust.

Rab Howell: Romani in England

Rab Howell: Romani in England

Sep 28, 2020 | Lives

Pioneer as the first Roma footballer in England’s national team.

Granit Xhaka: Wanderer Seeking Belonging

Granit Xhaka: Wanderer Seeking Belonging

Sep 27, 2020 | Lives

Born in Basel he brought Albanian-Kosovar heritage to Swiss national team.

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