cohesion - European Centre for Modern Languages

South African Currency
American currency
Greek currency (before the introduction of the Euro)
When the name of the country is revealed to each group, students are assigned a
different task: to compare and contrast their own conclusions with information they
gathered about the country in question (e.g., notes in South Africa depict wild animals,
notes in the USA depict male presidents, etc).
The teacher can further ask students to think, discuss and decide upon the symbols that
they believe should decorate the coins and notes of the European Union. To this end,
students in groups talk about the elements that bring the people closer, especially
children, from different European Union member states and decide which symbols to
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