How can teachers impart historical knowledge while reducing prejudice and fostering tolerance? Four newly developed toolkits provide answers, as they deal with history-based propaganda and the teaching of critical thinking.
How was propaganda used to disseminate Soviet ideology in Armenia? Prize winners of the Armenian History Competition explored answers in their thematically diverse competition entries.
First prize winner: “You are a woman! You are (not) a leading character of your life” I Photo: Veronika Kupchynska, Kateryna Perelyot, Kateryna Popova / NOVA DOBA
Teachers from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine prepared themselves in workshops to support their students researching propaganda – this year’s umbrella topic of the history competitions within the DVV cooperation project.
How common is history-based propaganda in textbooks? A research team from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine delved into this question within the DVV cooperation project.
History education and the weaponisation of the past – those were the keywords a research team from the four project countries dealt with in their study.
In addition to organising history competitions in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, this phase of the project focuses on the development of a toolkit for critical history teaching.