1. CLIL project - Geography
UNITED IN DIVERSITY
CLIL project - Geography

2. WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN UNION?
It is an economic and political union of European countries

3. WHO ARE ITS “FATHERS”? Konrad Adenauer Alcide De Gasperi
Winston Churchill
Robert Schuman
Jean Monnet

4. They come from four of the first Member States:
Germany
Italy
England
France

5. We celebrate its birthday on the
WHEN IS ITS BIRTHDAY?
We celebrate its birthday on the
9th of May

6. WHAT IS ITS FLAG?
There is a circle of 12 golden stars on a blue background

7. - the first 12 Member States
The circle of 12 stars reminds of:
- the first 12 Member States
- the crown of the Virgin Mary (because Christianity is an important element for the history of Europe)

8. WHAT IS ITS MOTTO?
UNITED IN DIVERSITY

9. HOW MANY ARE THE MEMBER STATES?28

10. HOW MANY ARE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES?24
HOW MANY ARE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES?
Български
Čeština
dansk
Deutsch
eesti keel
Ελληνικά
English
español
français
Gaeilge
hrvatski
Italiano
latviešu valoda
lietuvių kalba
magyar
Malti
Nederlands
polski
português
Română
slovenčina
slovenščina
suomi
svenska

11. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE?
In Europe there are about 700 million
people.
Population in millions
506 million belong to
the European Union.

12. LET’S DISCOVER THE MEMBER STATES!

13. THE EU’S HISTORY The European Union comes out from a
long history of unions among the
European countries.
It starts right after the
Second World War.

14. The Second World War destroys many countries in Europe: Germany, Italy, France and Great Britain in particular are highly demaged: there are many deaths and a lot of damages to cities and factories after the bombings.

15. European nations undertstand that the first thing they need to restart is peace.
De Gasperi, Adenauer and Schuman, prime ministers of Italy, Germany and France want a collaboration between their states in order to avoid new wars.

16. 1951 - ECSC European Coal and Steel Community
In 1951 they create an economic community.
It has the task of controlling the production and the prices of
coal and steel.
6 members

17. 1957- EEC European Economic Community
With the Treaty of Rome the ECSC becomes the EEC. It is again an economic union that expands
the cooperation
to other
economic sectors.

18. 1957- EEC European Economic Community
There is now a Common European Market: people, goods and services can move freely across borders (without customs).

19. FROM 6 TO 12: NEW MEMBERS JOIN THE EEC
1973
Ireland
Denmark
United Kingdom
1986
Spain
Portugal
1981
Greece

20. 1992 – EU EUROPEAN UNION
The Treaty on European Union is signed in Maastricht (Netherland) in 1992.
The new born European Union
replaces the EEC.
It sets many goals for the future:

21. GOALS FOR THE EU FUTURE:
Single currency (before 1999)
Common foreign and security policy
European citizenschip

22. FROM 6 TO 28: MORE AND MORE MEMBERS

23. THE EU SEATS:
European
Commission
Brussels

24. THE EU SEATS:
European
Parliament
Strasbourg and Brussels

25. THE EU SEATS:
Court of Justice of the EU
Luxembourg

26. THE ERASMUS PROJECT
It is a project for university students: the EU finances a period (from 3 to 12 months) of study in a different country university.
The project takes its name from
Erasmus from Rotterdam, an
intellectual very famous in Europe
in the XV century.

27. THE SCHENGEN AGREEMENT
In 1995 the EU countries sign an agreement that sets the free circulation of citizens among the member states and some other countries
(26 in total).
Now this free travel area is called the Schengen area.
Schengen area (EU)
Schengen Area (non EU)
Working to implement later
EU member states outside Schengen

28. The Schengen area allows passengers from EU countries to travel without passports and particular controls at the borders.
It makes travels in Europe
easier and faster.
We only need our
identity card.

29. A COMMON CURRENCY: THE EURO
On the 1st of January 1999 the Euro is introduced in only 12 member states.
Since the 1st of January
2002 it is mandatory to
use the Euro.
All the other old
currencies are not
allowed anymore
(in Italy the Lira).

30. THE EUROZONE Today we have 19 states in the Eurozone.
The UK decides not to adopt the Euro.

31. EURO COINS Euro coins are different from one country to another.
We know the Italian ones…

32. EURO COINS In fact each coin has a “common side” and a “national
18 types of the 2€ coin