European citizenship

Planning Delivery 1

Contents

Students should be able to appreciate the complexity of European Identity as a growing process combining diversity and multiculturalism given them  the opportunity of being active citizens.

Competences

• Understand the meaning of shaping and constructing a new collective identity, that transcends individual cultural differences

• Be aware of ethnocentrism and euroscepticism and how these can be overcome.

• Develop an awareness and the ability to empathise with other cultures as a means of cooperation across cultural boundaries and in a multicultural environment.

• Know individual rights and responsibilities within the context of the European Union, developing the ability to communicate across cultural boundaries.

• Europe
•  European Union (EU)
•  European identity
• European citizenship
•  Identity as a process to set up
  

• What do you know about Europe, EU, Identity and European citizenship?

• What does Europe in the 21st century mean? How was Europe in the past? What is the difference between Europe and European Union?

• What is the European Union? What are their origins and objectives? Do you know the key facts and the founding fathers of European Union? What about the enlargement process?

• What does European Identity mean in a global world? How many identities is it possible to have? What about the identification and contribution of European Union symbolism and iconography to European identity?

• Do you know your rights and responsibilities as a European Union citizen?