This Education Kit focuses on the growing social and economic inequalities throughout Europe that have raised and continue to raise unrest and discontent within societies at large. Looking into historical events and developments related to social and economic inequality, and doing research on inequalities in their own locale, students are challenged to critically reflect on what social and economic inequality means to them, can mean to different people, and what its roots and consequences are. In this Education Kit, students will be answering the following research question: How can social and economic inequality disrupt society?

The kit contains suggestions for activities to choose based on the needs of your students as well as an assessment grid.

All videos are available on the In Europe Schools YouTube channel.

In Europe Schools is a joint initiative of EuroClio and the Dutch national broadcaster VPRO. Learn more about the project here and find previous toolkits here.

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  • Building Technological Bridges with History: the use of digital learning platforms to promote tailored History Education
  • Feeling the Museum: putting oneself in the shoes of students with special needs to understand how to provide the best didactic experience possible
  • Students as Mediators of Conflicts
  • Find out what New Students Bring to the Classroom

    As a response to an increase in new students in the Swedish educational system, the Swedish Board of Education tasked a group of schools and universities to find a way to assess what newly arrived students know in order to provide the best possible education for each student, as well as focusing on their strengths rather than their weaknesses. This resulted in the formation of materials for conducting discourse around history for the purpose of assessing the historical competencies of newly arrived students. This is done in the form of a 70-minute conversation between a teacher and a student. The assessment is meant to provide valuable insight into what the students are already familiar with, so that teachers can take this into account when creating lesson plans.