Core features of the practice
Organisation:
Institution name: Historical Archive of Macedonia
Institution type: State institution
Institution URL: http://gak.thess.sch.gr/Format:
Seminar, Workshop, ExhibitionTarget population:
Students, Educators in formal settings, General public/non-specialist audienceCost (per practice):
FreeSetting:
Your institutionThemes:
Remembrance education and/or history education, Citizenship/democracy education, Critical thinkingCore activities:
Group work, Lecture, Slide presentation
Additional information about the practice
Number of participants:
Up to 34Age of target population:
16-18Additional specifics:
Other:, naTopics and objectives:
Now running for 6 years, the practice is a cycle of thematic educational programmes offered by our organisation under the title of “KLEIO: Remembrance – History – Archives”. Our aim is to familiarise young people with archival sources and help them view these sources as documents of social and humanitarian studies based on selected thematic axes/projects. In particular: KLEIO 1- “A Thessaloniki of images and sounds” KLEIO 2- “A Thessaloniki of refugees”Materials used:
Written or other published material, Audiovisual material, Online material
Link to the material:Material produced:
Written material, Audiovisual materialSequence of activities - methodology:
The workshops (group of 20-25 pupils) involve the presentation of archival and bibliographic sources (in hard copy and digital format) gathered by the General State Archives – Historical Archive of Macedonia for these particular thematic units/projects. With the assistance of experienced historians / archivists and librarians, cross-curricular/interdisciplinary approaches are taken, using old postcards, newspapers, proclamations of the German occupation, albums, architectural designs, documents, etc.Length of activity:
Up to 5 hoursIs the activity digital?:
NoLanguage(s) in which activity can be delivered:
GreekIs specialist knowledge or professional training required?:
YesIf yes, which type?:
Remembrance, history, or museum education
Target population
Components of the practice
Accessibility and replicability
Qualitative Details
Has this practice been evaluated?
YesBy whom?:
Instructor delivering the practiceBy what means?:
Qualitative written feedbackCore content knowledge and transferable skills:
a critical understanding of history and historical sources; giving teachers the methodological tools to use history education to impart citizenship skills to their studentsIndicators of success:
repeat demand, interactive pedagogical method, highly adaptable / scaleable, addresses new topic or target populationEducational coordinator contact details:
Name: Triantafyllia Kourtoumi
Email address: modarch@sch.gr
How many times?:
10
Scalability
The RETHINK project is concerned with bridging formal and informal education. This section explores the factors that make a practice adaptable.
Key factors for successful implementation:
Subject expertise of presenter/instructorMain challenges to teachers adapting this practice for their students:
- the ability to make further educational use of archival material in the field of Social Sciences in order to develop the critical skills of pupils/students - strengthening of the learning/research environment with new original sources (in addition to text books) in order to determine additional causal relations between events (cross-curricular/interdisciplinary approach)Availability of guidance/training/replication materials (and in what language/format currently):
In Greek and available only by request to the Archive staff.Other comments or details:
The activities are suitable for groups of between 5-34 participants (not only 5-14 as indicated in question 9) The activities are suitable for ages 16-25 (not only 16-18 as indicated in question 10).