If you want to continue exploring this topic, you can follow both Letitia and the EUC on Twitter. There are also more K-12 resources on the EUC website.
Eleven high schools from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin participated in the 2014 Euro Challenge.
GlobalFest is an annual event that celebrates world languages and cultures, and encourages middle and high school students to make connections with the global society.
Elgin Area School District teacher Chris LaRue spent two weeks in Turkey in 2013, a trip that was almost entirely funded by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.
Read two teachers' experiences during the 2013 EU Centers of Excellence Education Trip to Belgium.
The Transatlantic Educators Dialogue (TED), held from February through May, gives American and European educators an opportunity to meet virtually to discuss educational issues.
Letitia Zwickert Talks TED on EdWeek Blog
Welcome to Teachers’ Corner! The Teachers’ Corner is the University of Illinois European Union Center webpage devoted to teachers! Let us at the EUC introduce the type of information, news, and events you can expect to see on this site.
• Details about our annual competitions for high school students, including Euro Challenge, our new Illinois Translation Competition, and essay contests
• Enrichment opportunities for teachers, like our yearly summer curriculum development workshop
• Booths and appearances at student and teacher workshops and events, like the Illinois Council for the Social Sciences
• Information and highlights from our Center’s annual events, like EU Day and other guest speaker series
• Recent finds and resources that you can incorporate in your classrooms
• Planning and application details for our teacher competition to participate in the Summer 2012 Study Tour to the EU
As we develop the blog as a resource for teachers, we hope that you will become an active subscriber and participant in discussions related to teaching materials and strategies. If you are interested in contributing a blog post, contact our Outreach Coordinator, Sebnem Ozkan.