Schools Beyond Regions and Borders

Teaching resources

A grassroots initiative to build an internationally-minded teaching and learning community for active and responsible European citizenship.

Schools beyond regions and borders brings together teachers and students in a space for transnational and interdisciplinary learning. Here, ideas, classroom practices, and multilingual resources are shared to promote collaboration, understanding, and critical engagement with European and global issues.

Available teaching and learning materials include:

  • online seminars led by university lecturers or by experts
  • classroom projects developed by students under teacher guidance

All resources are flexible, adaptable, and freely available for educators and students, with the only requirement to credit the original author and source.

By joining, teachers become part of a growing European community of practice—one that inspires students to think critically, engage responsibly, and act as active citizens across borders.

Classroom resources
European Union
The History of the EU
The Institutions and Policies of the EU
The Challenges and Perspectives of the EU
States, Diversity and Minorities
Europe, Diversity and Minorities
Struggles for independence and/or autonomy
Five different case studies in European history, from the 19th century to the present day
One Hundred Years in Sarajevo
A Europe of the Regions?
„Z’erst mießt’s d’ Herrn erschlag’n, nachher seid’ ös Herrn.“ Zur Tiroler Erhebung von 1809
Catalonia: from Autonomy to Independence? A Historical Perspective
Autonomy and its Many Faces: the Irish Case since 1898
The Challenges of the 2030 Agenda
The Politics of Climate Change from the Global to the Local
Gender Equality: an Urgent and Shared Challenge
Human Rights and Solidarity in Europe Today - Guest Lecture
Democracy and Constitutions
The Transition to Democracy in Spain. Old Interpretations, New Debates
Between Silence, Oblivion and Recovery: Historical Memory and Troubled Pasts in Spain and Europe
Citizens Participating in Constitutional Decisions: Participatory Democracy and Citizens' Assemblies
In Praise of Democracy
Crucial milestones of European and world history starting from 1989
The Legacies of the Revolutions 1989-1991
Close Encounters of the Secondary School: How Can We Contribute to Intercultural Dialogue With Islam?
The Evolution of the International System - From Globalization to the New Competitive Model Among Big Powers
The Global Financial Crisis and its Consequences
Empowering young people against hate speech
From lies to post-truth. How have extremist narratives changed over the last century? A historical perspective
The spread of extremist narratives in recent scientific, political, and social discourses online: how to identify and respond to them?
Ethics and everyday democracy
Mediating and remediating hate speech. How can we (re)write positive stories to help people live together better?
Our food, our health, our planet
Feeding the planet
Sustainable consumption and food waste
SPECIAL LECTURE: The contribution of sustainable bioenergy to a just and inclusive energy transition in agrifood systems
Food ethics and the new prospects of cellular agriculture
Drivers for novel food innovation
Homo Cooperans in our Metamodern Times
Navigating Challenges and Opportunities
Human cooperation: so crucial, so fragile
The sharing economy: myth or model of cooperation?
A real-world approach to learning through cooperation and building democracy both inside and outside of school
Beyond the logic of the market: exploring cooperative models as agents of development and transformation in Europe
Exploring Generation Z
Navigating the values, expectations and dreams of the new generation
Generation Z and Sustainability: How can education help young people develop the competences to bring about ecological change?
Generation Z and Social Media
Generation Z and the Self: Cracking the Happiness Formula
Generation Z and Sport: What Happens When Talent Meets Passion
In times of war, think of peace (Sep 2025 - Jan 2026)
Educating for Peace in a Time of Global Unrest
Reflecting on War and Peace: a Dialogue in Three Voices
Current Conflicts: A Requiem for International Law?
Through her Eyes. A Woman War Reporter’s Story
Not Writing about War
A Very Short Introduction to Peace
WaterWise (Feb - May 2026)
Understanding our most precious resource