YOU-EU is organised in 10 learning packages, taught across all grades of our upper secondary school (ages 15–18) in regular lessons, clubs and school programmes. Each package includes a student workbook, a teacher’s guide and a short pre/post test.
P1 · European integration, history and values
Why Europe united, from 6 to 27 members, Greece in Europe, symbols and cultural heritage, the future of enlargement.
P2 · EU institutions and decision-making
Who does what in the EU, how a European law is made, the European Parliament up close, from a local problem to EU policy.
P3 · Rights, identity and active European citizenship
Multiple identities, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, EU citizenship, the Sakharov Prize, from words to action.
P4 · Democracy, media literacy and disinformation
Democracy in practice, why my vote counts, thinking before sharing, deepfakes and AI, debate club.
P5 · The EU economy, the euro and social policy
The single market, the euro and the ECB, the EU budget, social Europe, data-based research on Greece in the EU.
P6 · Green Deal, climate and sustainability
Climate change in data, the European Green Deal, a school eco-audit, just transition, a local project from Vravrona to Spata.
P7 · Digital Europe, AI and digital citizenship
Digital footprints, data rights, how AI “learns”, the EU AI Act, a class digital charter.
P8 · Policy lab and argumentation
How a policy is born: defining the problem, evidence, policy options, writing a policy brief, debate and a 3-minute pitch.
P9 · European Parliament simulation
Rules and roles, political groups, amendments, committee meeting, negotiation, plenary vote.
P10 · Student projects, digital exhibition and reflection
Students curate a digital exhibition of their work: storytelling, exhibits, quality control, opening.
All teaching materials are in Greek and are published as Open Educational Resources under a CC BY 4.0 licence. You are free to use, translate and adapt them, giving credit to “YOU-EU, 1st Lyceum of Spata”.