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eLearning Activity: Comparing and contrasting experiences of migration in the First World War
In May 2025, EuroClio and Europeana welcomed six cultural heritage educators to The Hague for a co-creation session as part of ‘Creating Lessons with Cultural Heritage’. The project seeks to dive into the untapped wealth of cultural heritage available through museums, archives and other cultural institutions to create ready-to-use materials for the classroom. During their…
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Why does Heritage Education matter?
When Dutch students think about heritage, they tend to refer to it as ‘Ouwe meuk’, or ‘Old junk’ in English. Although it is posed as a joke, it also seems to reflect the way a lot of young students think about heritage, as something that is not interesting and could easily be thrown away. It…
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Heritage, Emotions and Faith in the History Classroom
I often wonder what growing up in 2025 is like. I myself went to school during the late eighties and early nineties, when the Berlin Wall, and consequently the Soviet Union fell. Despite, or perhaps because of, a swift war in Iraq, I experienced a hope for a better future. A hope that may best…
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Teaching with Digital Heritage in Challenging Times
Modern technology and digital tools have become essential in today’s classrooms, aligning with how students learn through direct experience, interaction, and digital environments. Traditional lecture-based teaching is replaced by methods that encourage critical thinking, contextual understanding, and active democratic participation. Tangible heritage is no longer just a subject of historical study, it becomes a tool…
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Teaching Gender Equality through Public Monuments: Using the Monument(al) Challenges Toolkit and Europeana’s Sources to Explore Representation and Memory in the Classroom
If you were to count the statues in your local town, village, or city, how many would you find that represent women? Despite women making up more than half of Europe’s population, most of the statues you’ll come across commemorate the lives and achievements of men. Even when women do appear in public art, they…