About the Organisation
The Association NOVA DOBA is an educational non-governmental organisation of Teachers of History and Social Studies. Its main activities include developing curricula, textbooks and methodological materials in history and civic education; offering in-service teachers training such as workshops, seminars, online courses, conferences for teachers, students and school administrators; initiating and organising youth educational programs such as competitions, social actions, youths’ academies, discussions, etc.
About the Competition
Historical competitions in Ukraine are held with the aim of familiarising young people with the totalitarian past, the need for its critical analysis and rethinking, and the actualisation of the role of local and everyday history in the course of a meaningful and unbiased approach to assessing the past.
Competition Topics
- 2024/2025
“Together on the Same Land. Stories That Unite”
- 2023/2024
“Soviet Past: (Re)Thinking of History in the Field of Propaganda of Values” (cooperation project with DVV International; funded by the German Foreign Office)
- 2021/2022
“Soviet Past: (Re)thinking the History” (cooperation project with DVV International; funded by the German Foreign Office)
- 2019/2020
“Soviet Past: (Re)thinking the History” (cooperation project with DVV International; funded by the German Foreign Office)
Story Collection: Ukraine
Towards More Inclusive and Critical History Teaching
History-based propaganda can have serious consequences in a society. How should educators deal with it?
“I Will Try to Use History as a Tool to Change the World”
Learning how to shape teaching to overcome differences, promote empathy and encourage critical thinking.
How to Tutor Students Researching Propaganda
In workshops, tutors learned how to use didactical methods for dealing with 20th century propaganda in the classroom.
“War and Dreams”– Children’s Drawings from Ukraine
How do children see the war in Ukraine? This is the subject of the digital exhibition “War and Dreams” showing drawings by Ukrainian schoolchildren.
A Regional Analysis of History-Based Propaganda
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.