TEAM TASK 4
About the European Union
Your team should study the information in the box below, then do the quiz that
follows. All the answers are somewhere in the box.
The 25 countries you listed for the previous task are members of the
European Union (also known as the EU). The EU is a group of
countries whose politicians work together to try to improve the lives of
all the people who live in those countries. Each country sends a
number of politicians to represent it at the European Parliament in
Brussels (Brussels is in Belgium). The politicians are known as
Members of the European Parliament, or MEPs. The United Kingdom
is a member of the European Union, and there are seven MEPs who
represent the interests of people in Scotland.
QUIZ
1. How many countries are there in the European Union?
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2. What is the short name for the European Union?
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3. Where is the Parliament of the European Union?
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4. What are the members of the European Parliament also known as?
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5. How many MEPs does Scotland send to the European Parliament?
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SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT 4
The European Union flag
Just as countries have their own flags, the European Union has its own flag
too, Find out what it looks like and draw it here. If you prefer, you can stick a
picture of it on this page.
TEAM TASK 5
European countries and their languages
Here’s a team task which you can do over a number of sessions.
In the column on the left you will find the names of the European countries
you have been finding out about. See if you can find out what languages are
spoken in each country, and write them down in the second column.
Country
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Languages
Country
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Languages
Country
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom (Scotland,
England, Wales, Northern
Ireland)
Languages
TEAM TASK 6
The language challenge
Many different languages are spoken in Europe, and many, many more in the
rest of the world. See how many different languages your team can learn.
Choose a single word, or expression (e.g. ‘Hello’ or ‘How are you?’) and see
how many different languages you can learn how to say that in.
To find out, you could ask people to teach you, you could use the internet or
you could use books or CDs from a library.
In the grid below, fill in the word or expression you are going to learn, then
make a list of the languages you learn. You could record your words on tape,
or you could write them down here, but remember which languages you
manage to learn!
LEARNING HOW TO SAY...
LANGUAGES LEARNED
HOW TO SAY IT
TEAM TASK 7
The poster challenge
Your team can now work on producing a poster about Europe.
These are some of the things you need to do first:
1. Discuss what you are going to put on your poster.
2. Decide what materials or information you are going to need and where you
will get them.
3. Decide which bits of the work the different people in your team will be
responsible for.
Use this grid to plan your work:
Our poster will be about...
What materials or information will you need?
Who will do what?
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT 5
Preparing for your interview
You have done well, and you are almost ready to be considered a qualified
private investigator. All that remains is for you to be interviewed by the
Spymaster to see if you are ready for your first real investigation. Here are
some of the questions you will be asked at your interview. Some of the
questions are quite easy, others are more difficult. Think about them now so
that you will ready for your interview.
About you
What is your name?
Where do you live?
What language do you speak at home?
What other languages are spoken in Scotland?
About your investigation
Which country would you like to find out more about?
What language is spoken there?
Do you know any word or phrases in that language?
What aspect of life in that country would you like to investigate first?
Why have you chosen that topic?
What sort of foreign words and phrases do you think you could learn in
connection with that topic?
About your skills as an investigator
How well have you worked on your special assignments?
Is there anything you could improve on?
How well have you worked as a member of a team?
Is there anything you could improve on?
Are you ready to start your first investigation?