CLIL Geography in French The European Union Unit overview

The unit on Europe and the European Union was used as the second unit in a Year 8 course which followed a Year 7 course with Mapwork and Tropical Rain Forests in one school . Every student in Year 8 had a lesson a week of Geography in French. The Europe section lessons 1-5 had an assessment at the end which looked at the physical and human geography of Europe in the context of a tour of Europe(see that resource) . The European Union end of unit assessment is a debate about advantages and disadvantages of the EU which is backed up by extended writing in the form of speeches for and against. There is therefore the opportunity to use written and spoken french at a high level. There are exemplars of student work .
There are writing and speaking frames to support. There are many video clips with listening cards to support comprehension. The unit has a student handbook which can be used by students ot write in and keep as a reference resource.
This unit looks at the history of the EU, what the EU provides for its citizens, how it is funded and what the advantages and disadvantages of the EU are. It looks at Brexit and its implications amid this debate.