Christmas Gap Year Lesson

Let’s learn more about travel!

Poll

Do you know what a “gap year” means?

• Yes!

• No :(

• Maybe?

Time taken off by a student, usually between high school and college/university.

​

​Gap Year means…

Do you know that many Europeans take gap years?

​It’s common!

Many Europeans will travel in between high school and university.
It has many benefits from learning languages and cultures, to working on skills.
Many students go to other European countries, some may leave Europe!

Word Cloud

If you could take a gap year, where would you go?

We can see something cool during a Christmas gap year!

​

​There are many other places you can go!

Popular places include:
- Japan
- Australia
- the USA
- New Zealand
- Costa Rica
- Canada

Young Europeans can use one train pass to explore all over Europe!

​Interrailing

Young Europeans can go to another country and work for a short time.

​Working Holiday

How do Europeans Take Gap Years?

DiscoverEU | European Youth Portal

You can open this webpage in a new tab.

Copy link

Open in new tab

Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)

You can open this webpage in a new tab.

Copy link

Open in new tab

Erasmus allows European students to easily study abroad!

​

You can study and travel together!

The European Union (EU) gives you money to travel and study!

What does Erasmus mean?

Any study abroad with money from the EU.

​An Erasmus

Any country, any time, where studies are outside of your home country. Used by most English speakers.

​Study Abroad

What’s the difference?

Open Ended

Do you think you might take a gap year? If you could, where would you go? (You can find a photo if you want!

​Let’s See What You Remembered!

Quiz time!

Multiple Choice

When students take off a year between high school and college/university, it is called…

• A missed year

• A gap learning

• A gap year

• A skipped year

Reorder

Reorder the following timeline of a student’s gap year

• Apply to university

• Ask for one year before starting

• Decide on a country

• Work and travel in that country

• Return to start university

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Dropdown

Money might become an issue, so some young Europeans will go on a …….​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

True or false: Everyone during their gap year has to go to the same country.

• True

• False

Good work!
One more thing…

Home

Open in new tab

Copy link

Home

Open in new tab

Copy link