1. Susanne Smulders A European lesson at my school...

2. What type of lesson did I teach? I gave my students a questionnaire about stereotypes. They had to tell me, as well as the other pupils in class, which stereotypes came to their minds when they thought of… -Holland -Germany -France -Sweden -Hungary

3. Stereotypes the students mentioned about other European countries.

4. The questionnaire I had the students fill in: 1.Where in Europe can you find the Big Ben? 2.Where in Europe can you find the Eiffel Tower? 3.What is the capital of Germany 4.In which country’s people eat a lot of pizza? 5.How many countries are around Holland? 6.Which country is the smallest country in Europe? And which one is the largest?

5. I concluded... From this questionnaire I concluded that the students thought the first four questions were the easiest ones to fill in, whereas the last two ones were somewhat harder for them. It was a bit surprising that so few of the students knew how many countries surrounded The Netherlands. The students gave all sorts of answers ranging from 3 to 5. Almost all the students thought Luxemburg was the smallest country in Europe.