Lesson Plans

EU-focused lesson plans from Brussels-Lux Study Tour participants coming in fall 2022!

BRUSSELS STUDY TOUR 2020, 2021 & 2022

K-12

• Exploring European Identity through Symbolism using the Euro (Michael Bichko, Pitt)
• What is the EU? (Eric Bowers, Illinois)
• The European Union and Multilingualism (Blanca Bustos, Illinois)
• Separation of Power and Consent to be governed: the EU and the U.S. (Abby Dupke)
• Creating National Political System and Culture  (Jermaine Ellerbe, Pitt)
• The EU in a Nutshell (Irina Falls, UNC)
• European Union Competition Law and Football (Jessica Felosi)
• France and the European Union (Alina Hunt, UNC)
• Unity in Diversity: Making the EU Work (Carla Ingram, UNC)
• Recycling and Environmental Policies in the European Union (Deanna Jones, Pitt)
• Entrepreneurship in the European Union (Karen Kummerlen, FIU)
• The Globalization of China (Michele Mar, FIU)
• When Walls Talk (Amber Moore, Pitt)
• EU Ban of Kosher and Halal Slaughter (Jason O’Connor)
• EU Countries (Erica Smiley, UNC)
• EU-ducate Yourself (Amy Venhaus, Pitt)
• Comparison of the EU and USA Annual Human Rights Celebrations (Teresa Warner, UNC)
• Getting to Know the Core Values of the European Union (Matthew Wynne, UNC)
• European Union: Basics to Chocolate to School Policy (Tyler Daughtry, UNC)
• Study of the EU and Maps (Katherine Gomez, Pitt)
• Europe in sports! (Jesse Gomez, Pitt)
• Meet the EU (Linda Grosvenor, Pitt)
• The EU: A model for North America? (Jeffrey Huber, Pitt)
• European Union (Mariana Jimenez, Pitt)
• Introduction to the European Union (Lisa Keener, UNC)
• EU Aims and Values in Designing New Currency (Clint Kovach + Mark Magura, FIU)
• Inclusiveness in the EU (Taylor Moore, Pitt)
• Understanding the European Parliament and Exploring Allocation of MEPs (Stephanie Morgan, UNC)
• Cause and Effect: Introduction to the European Union (Jeanette Price, Pitt)
• European Week of Sport Project and Fantasy League (Kevin Priest, Pitt)
• What is the EU? (Christopher Skelsky, Pitt)
• Climate Change (Katie Soltys, Pitt)
• Migration and the EU (Emily Wilkomm, Pitt)
• Designing a Museum Exhibit of the European Union (Renee Worst, Pitt)
• The Beginnings of European Economic Unity in the context of the Cold War (Patrick Danley)
• The European Union as an Effort in Peacebuilding (Maura Doyle)
• Applying Percentages in a Renewable Energy Context (Emily Griggs, Pitt)
• The Global Climate Crisis and the Challenges of Domestic and International Cooperation (Glen Gurner, Pitt)
• NATO History and Implications (Rachael Kelly)
• Anne Frank (Keisha Lopez, FIU)
• Investigating the EU: Green Deal and Hydrogen’s Potential in the EU (Victoria Obenchain, Pitt)
• The European Union (Derek Schweitzer, FIU)
• The European Union (Larissa Sturm, Pitt)
• Blending Lesson on the Formation of the EU (Julia Vaughan, UNC)
• Purpose of Government (Adam Wimberly, Wisconsin)
• Go Fish! Seafood in my community and in the EU (Lisa Bartels, 7th grade social studies)
• Let’s Roll! Transportation in my community and in the EU (Lisa Bartels, 7th grade social studies)
• Introducing the EU, its Geography, and its Anti-Discrimination Policies (Elizabeth González, Patrick Holshouser & Kenneth Hung, high school social studies)
• Introducing the European Union (Donald Benson, high school social studies)

Community College

• Researching the EU (Patrick Morris, UNC)
• Multilingual Policy (Elizabeth Wadell)
• You are the EU (Allyson Daly, UNC)
• The Mathematics of the Qualified Majority in the European Union (Amanda Davis, UNC)
• Towards a Better Understanding of Europe and the European Union (Rajgopal Sashti, Pitt)
• Immigration / Migrant Labor: Can a Schengen Area for North America Work? (Dean Wheeler, Pitt)
• The Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Constitution and the EU founding (Marjory Haskell)
• Multilateralism (Aaron Miller, Indiana)
• European Union Study Tour for College Students (Greg Rabb, Pitt)
• What does it mean to be part of a global Indiana? (Emily Watson, Pitt)

4-Year College/University

• The Impact of the Brute Stereotype in the U.S. and Europe (Juanita Maria Merrills, UNC, MSI)
• European Chapter of World Film Class (Jeanine Couto Perez, UNC)
• Governance in Sport / European Union in Sport (Niesha Douglas, UNC)
• A global examination of history from 1600 to the present (Lashonda Slaughter-Wilson)
• Ukraine’s journey toward the EU (Emily Schuckman-Matthews)
• Symbols of the European Union (Elizabeth Ursic)