4.4 European cooperation

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Chapter 4

4.4 European cooperation

Recap 4.3 

Link the problems, reforms and consequences.

Problems of the Soviet Union	Gorbachev's reforms	Consequences
Arms race with US was getting too expensive.	Less agressive foreign policy.	Russia became a capitalist country.
Corrupt and unreliable government.	More room for free-market economy (perestroika)	Large demonstrations and protests in SU and Eastern Bloc countries.
Planned economy didn't work.	More openness (glasnost)	Soviet troops wouldn't intervene in Eastern Bloc when population protested.

Program

• Recap 4.3
• 4.4.1 + ex. 3-5
• 4.4.2 + ex. 6-8
• Week task
• Evaluation

Objectives

1) I can name the causes leading to Western European states cooperating and can describe how that cooperation developed.

2) I can explain why the European Economic Community and later the European Union were expanded.

3) I can explain why some Europeans have doubts about the usefulness of European cooperation.

1) I can name the causes leading to Western European states cooperating and can describe how that cooperation developed.

What? 

- Read 'A united Europe' p40-41.

- Do ex. 3-5 p43

Who? Alone and in silence.

Help? Teacher (after 5 min.)

Time? 10 minutes.

Done? Continue reading 4.4.

2) I can explain why the European Economic Community

and later the European Union were expanded.

What? 

- Read 'Expansion' and 'Euroscepticism' p41-42.

- Do ex. 6-7. p43-44.

Who? Alone and in silence.

Help? Teacher (after 5 min.)

Time? 10 minutes.

Done? Finish week task.

Do 4.4 ex. 8-12 p43-44

Put the events in the correct order.

1) Brexit

2) Eastern European countries join EU 

3) Euro introduced

4) European Coal and Steel community

5) European Economic Community founded

6) European Union founded

7) Schengen agreement signed

Assignment: Find and fix

Read Euroscepticism and Brexit on p42.

Fix the mistakes in the following statements.

1) Shortly after 1989, Western European countries began asking to become EU members.

2) Migrant workers from Southern Europe moved to Eastern Europe to look for work.

3) Some people felt that the European Union had too little power.

4) Inhabitants of Western countries weren't too pleased about the fact that migrant workers earned higher wages.

5) Some people in Western Europe were afraid that not enough EU money was invested in the economies of  Southern and Eastern Europe.

6) Euroscepticists like their countries to remain in the EU.

Learning objectives 4.4

1) I can name the causes leading to Western European states cooperating and can describe how that cooperation developed.

2) I can explain why the European Economic Community and later the European Union were expanded.

3) I can explain why some Europeans have doubts about the usefulness of European cooperation.

Keywords from this lesson

• European Economic Community
• European Union
• Schengen Agreement
• euroscepticism
• Brexit

Dates from this lesson

1951 European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)

1957 European Economic Community (EEC)

1985 Schengen agreement signed

1992 European Union (EU)

2002 Euro

2004 Expansion of the European Union to include Eastern Europe

2020 Brexit