Multiculturalism and representations of national identity
Teach students about questions of identity, citizenship and multiculturalism by looking at national football teams across Western Europe.
Mara Gómez: Pioneering transgender professional football
Paving the way for transgenders in professional football
Football as a portal to French colonial history
Learn about colonialism and migration by tracing the origins of French football players.
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.
United in sorrow
The story of Chapecoense and how disasters involving football teams unite the world in sorrow.
Referee in the Resistance
Dutch football referee Leo Horn, born in 1916, was a resistance fighter during the Second World War, all the while hiding his Jewish identity.
What does identity have to do with football?
An interactive activity connecting football affiliations with personal identity in various historical contexts.
Basque in the USSR
A story of a Spanish footballer turned Communist leader, where football and history intertwine across borders.
The Birth of a Club: looking at local football to learn about the past
What if you could teach history through the lens of your local club? This is a ready-to-use lesson plan for history and citizenship educators to help address local social, political and economic history of the early 20th century as well everyday life in that period.
Learning history in 100 football life stories
Over 100 life stories have been collected. Together they present a story of the people of Europe in the last 150 years. Time to connect the dots.
