For Schools

The Historical Archives of the European Union offers tailored educational programmes for students of all ages, from primary through university. Our program focuses on the original documents that are held at the Archives to introduce students to important themes around the history and current developments of European integration and European institutions. The program creates social spaces for interactive reflection, discussion and learning about issues around Europe, democracy and citizenship.

The educational program for Florentine schools for the school year 2019/2020 focuses on topics related to the free movement of persons and to the dynamics and memories of mobility in the European Union. The program addresses primary, lower and upper secondary schools. Every class is invited to participate in two meetings with our educators; usually the first meeting takes place at school and the second meeting takes place at Villa Salviati, the seat of the Archives.

The HAEU school programme is organised in collaboration with FMA, the Former Member Association of the European Parliament. This collaboration involves former Members of European Parliament meeting with Florentine students and sharing their experiences in European politics and their views on the European Union.

Click on the links below for the full details of the educational offers for each level of school (in Italian):

• Chiavi della Città – Primaria “Un, due, tre. Eu-ro-pa! – Laboratorio sulla memoria orale e visuale” 
• Chiavi della Città – Secondaria di 1° grado “La libertà di circolare – Un valore europeo”
• Città Metropolitana – Secondaria di 2° grado – progetto “Europa in Movimento: come si evolve la libertà di circolazione”
• Chiavi della Città – Città Metropolitana Secondaria 1° e 2° grado – concorso 2020 “BANDO | Europa in movimento: come si evolve la libertà di circolazione” (please hand in also the clearence for the delivery of visual materials of the competition). MATERIALE DIDATTICO, Esperienze di mobilità in Europa e verso l'Europa.

For an analysis of our work with secondary schools, please have a look at the evaluation report for the academic year 2018/19.

For an impression of our work with primary schools, please have a look at our video.

If you wish to visit the Historical Archives of the European Union with your class or your group, our Educational team is at your disposal. We also organise tailored projects on different topics related to the European Union and our archive, also for schools from outside Florence or outside of Italy. Please send us your idea or interest and possible dates and we make you an offer depending on the resources and availability of our educators.

For further information, please send an email to the following address: [email protected].

Resources

• Europa for Kids

• Europa for Teachers

You can download and print the publications on this website yourself.

• One hard copy: You may order one hard copy per publication via the EU Bookshop. Most of the publications are free of charge.
• More copies: If you would like to order more than one copy, please contact Europe Direct.

• The EU in slides from the European Union

• The History of the EU from the European Union 

• The EU by Topic from the European Union 

• Biographies of the Founding Fathers of the EU from the European Union
• Europe=Us is an educational project, promoted by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department of European Politics, has reached its third edition this year. The objective of the initiative is to inform and raise awareness among primary and secondary school teachers and students of every class and grade about the history, values and institutions of the European Union, through a wide range of didactic instruments and innovative digital platform available to those teaching Europe=Us.

• Toporopa Geography Game
• Kids’ Corner from the European Union – games for kids 6+ 

The EU tries to make life better for all of us in all sorts of ways, like protecting the countryside, making sure the food we eat is safe, making phone calls and texts cheaper, fighting crime and lots, lots more. 

The EU also works to improve life for children and young people. You need to know your rights, what you can expect from the world around you and what you don't have to put up with! There's so much to find out - and here's the best place to start! Have fun!

• Crisis Point - A teaching resource for 11-18 year olds Europe has reached Crisis Point.

A contagious pandemic is spreading fast.  Can you make the right decisions to save lives across Europe. The Crisis Point game is based on a fictional scenario in which students have to work as citizens, MEP's and European Commissioners to save Europe and their school from a pandemic. 

The idea of Crisis Point is to provide an engaging way in which students (Key stages 3 and 4) can learn about how Europe works, helping them understand the different roles of the European Commission and European Parliament, and how these institutions affect the lives of the millions of diverse citizens across Europe.