UNIT 4: THE EUROPEAN UNION


UNIT SUMMARY

 Students will learn about the EU as a political construct. They will learn all 28 member states and be able to identify them on a map. They will learn about the EU’s formation and history and look at its newest member state: Croatia. They will also learn about the principles that guided its formation. Students will study the EU’s political and economic objectives, its symbols and institutions. They will study the role and functions of these institutions and their location in Europe in some detail. They will explore the euro in-depth and how it gets adopted as a country’s currency. Finally students will learn more about the single market and how it works. They will also learn which countries are not in the euro and consider the impact of the euro on member states. Students will do a project investigating currency exchange rates against the euro for those countries that do not use it. 

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