Our resources on Europe in Portuguese are published under Creative Commons licences. These are free educational resources in the sense that UNESCO gives this expression..

We use them for our own European citizenship training courses. And we offer them free of charge to teachers and students interested in Europe.

We also offer Portuguese language resources on this page.

Resources in Portuguese on Europe: European institutions and citizenship

In these presentations, we provide an initial introduction to the main European institutions and the concept of European citizenship.

European citizenship

This presentation is an accessible introduction to the texts governing European citizenship, how it can be acquired, but also how it can be lost. It covers the advantages and disadvantages. At the end of the presentation, there are questions to help you gauge your audience's attention. This presentation is a reusable Genially template. Click here to obtain your own copy.

The main European institutions

This reusable Genially presentation briefly introduces the main European institutions and their missions.

• The European Parliament : the only body elected by direct suffrage
• The European Commission : the executive power, composed of a number of commissioners equal to the number of Member States
• The Council of Ministers : representing the governments of the Member States, whose ministers responsible meet according to the subjects under consideration
• The European Court of Justice : the judicial power of the European Union

This presentation is a reusable Genially template. To get your own copy, click on this link.

The hierarchy of European law – interactive infographic

European law is complex. This is one of the drawbacks we highlight in our presentation on European citizenship at the top of this page. We explain the hierarchy of European law in a visual way in this interactive Genially presentation, which can be reused. Click here to obtain your own copy of this presentation.

Hierarchy of European law – exercise

Did your students follow and understand the previous infographic?

Check this out with this H5P exercise: your students must reclassify the sources of law from most important to least important.

Portuguese-language resources on Europe: migration and asylum

In this section, we present resources in Portuguese on Europe and its approach to migration and asylum. This issue is currently a key concern for the Commission and other European institutions.

Nouveau Pacte pour la Migration et l’Asile

The European Commission has developed a new programme on Migration and Asylum. Below you will find an interactive Genially infographic that provides more details about this new legal framework.

Read this article for more information.

This infographic is a reusable Genially template. Click on this link to obtain your own copy.

Which countries do the refugees come from?

Do your students know which countries most refugees come from? The figures are sometimes very different from what people imagine. Test their knowledge with this H5P exercise. They have to put the countries in order according to which one most refugees come from.

Which countries take in the most refugees?

Which countries take in the most refugees? Here too, the figures may surprise your students. Ask them to rearrange these countries in descending order according to the number of refugees they take in.

Presentation: Displaced persons around the world

The figures may come as a surprise, beyond the clichés conveyed by media outlets that are in no hurry to verify the facts. This presentation shows the origin of displaced persons, the countries that are hosting them, and the specific case of Syria.