Resources
Learning activities
We offer teachers in schools ready-made and transferable learning activities on European Football History that address social inclusion and promote diversity in the classroom. These resources are designed to help tackle rising intolerance and engage students in an innovative and meaningful manner.
Toolkit
We also develop a toolkit for using historical and cultural heritage dimensions of football to enhance social inclusion and promote diversity in non-formal settings. The toolkit is a user-friendly and practical collection of exemplar approaches to use with guidance on how to use them for youth workers and other educators involved in non-formal education.
The toolkit, lead by the Fare Network, will be available to browse and download here in 2021.
Explore these resources made available by Football Makes History:
Multiculturalism and representations of national identity
Teach students about questions of identity, citizenship and multiculturalism by looking at national football teams across Western Europe.
Multiculturalism and representations of national identity
Teach students about questions of identity, citizenship and multiculturalism by looking at national football teams across Western Europe.
- Learning Activities
Multiculturalism and representations of national identity
Teach students about questions of identity, citizenship and multiculturalism by looking at national football teams across Western Europe.
- Source Collections
Europeana’s Vintage World Cup Photographs
Want to get a visual idea of the history of international football competition? Have a look at this impressive collective from the vaults of European national archives, brought together here by Europeana.
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Disappearing from football and the world
Analyse and connect historical sources to learn about Italian fascism and the history of Europe in late 1930s – early 1940s.
El “Clásico” and Nationalism
Linking the history of Spain, football and nationalism through a world-famous example of Real Madrid – Barcelona rivalry.
Grasping the concept of identity with time-traveling football tournaments
In 1878 Lewandowski would have played for Russia. This learning activity helps students learn about identities and changed borders by taking the EURO2016 teams back to 1871 and 1922.
Identity through a badge
A learning activity that encourages students to use football badges as primary sources and learn about historical legacies in the club logos.
Understanding the history of migration through the lens of Football
A journey through time with an activity connecting football to migration in 19th and 20th centuries.
What does identity have to do with football?
An interactive activity connecting football affiliations with personal identity in various historical contexts.
Cold War Competitions
History teacher Zdravko Stojkoski developed this lesson plan with a visual approach to teaching post-war European history through football competitions
Nationalism in Spanish Football in the 20th Century
A lesson plan putting the Spanish Civil War and football in perspective.
North vs South. The Italian football division
A multimedia activity connecting the performances of football teams and the fame of players to economic inequalities and capitalism.
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video
The Right to Play
We made this documentary about the Milan-based football club St Ambreous. This is the story of why we wanted to retell this story, and how we did it.
Latest Football stories
Stories
Browse our collection of stories about football history and inclusion. With the history of football being made up of millions of stories, of individuals and communities, of movements and processes, we offer stories that can inspire our cultural conversations today.
When football went viral
On this day in 2020, Atalanta Bergamo hosted Valencia in a final-16 Champions League match. It was a superspreading event of the Covid-19 pandemic.
World War 1 in one life
A story of a professional footballer who died at the battle of the Somme in 1916.
