Unpacking Ideologies: Shaping Cleopatra’s Representations

Abstract: This paper examines how hegemonic ideologies and discourses shape public representations of ancient history, including in popular culture. Ideally speaking, classroom practices need to foster critical engagement with various... Read More ›

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-6/ideologies-cleopatra/

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غزو واحد ، العديد من الروايات. كتب التاريخ المغاربي

Though grounded in a common past, the depiction of the Arab conquest in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia reveals significant differences

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-6/maghreb-history-textbooks/

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WhatsApp @ School – Where Does the Fun Stop?

Students in 6th grade, often do not know Anne Frank. How do they react to the an “Anne also gets a star today” meme – where does the fun stop?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-4/whatsapp-school-memes/

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Austrian-Israeli Textbook Committee – A Report

Since 2017, the first ever joint Austrian-Israeli Textbook Committee has been working on the analysis of textbooks for history and political education as well as geography with regards to the presentation of both countries.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-20/austrian-israeli-textbook/

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“Chronological Frameworks”, New History Strategy? (ИКС)

Some years have passed since the appearance of the Historical and Cultural Standard (ИКС) for teaching Russian history. It has significantly changed the...

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-33/%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81-russian-history/

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Complexity in the Specification of the History Curriculum

Bishop Colenso, Great Britain, and South Africa. A school history curriculum variously gives learners an introduction to historical themes. It does not, however, convey well the complexity of the past.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-27/colenso-and-the-history-curriculum/

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Unfortunate Choice of Words – or Is There More Behind It?

In the textbook "Geschichte und Geschehen" the term "mass deportations to Polish camps" is erroneously used in the chapter about the Holocaust. The knowledge of the textbook’s authors, editors and teachers has thus been called into question.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-24/unfortunate-choice-of-words-or-is-there-more-behind-it/

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