The website "Learning from History" is a publication platform
for educational projects (realized in schools and in out-of-school, youth education) dedicated to the history
of Poland and its neighbors in the 20th century.
Projects

In The Project Method William H. Kilpatrick proposed a teaching method which emphasize the role of self-education based on the common realization of a task initiated by the teacher. The idea of the "project method" can also be useful in historical education. Here we publish some educational projects in which pupils try to interpret the experience of 20th century totalitarian regimes. They use in their activities many tools and solutions that challenge the standard model of school education.

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Whispered Lublin
27 May 2010

The project „Whispered Lublin” (Polish language version) is an idea to talk about the history of Lublin of 1989 in an original way. There is also an introduction to the city in English– „Lublin for Beginners”. The organisers prepared the special guided tour as mp3 data file. Everyone can download the file and visit Lublin on his own.

 
"Euthanasia" at Bernburg : Mass Murder of the Aged and Infirm
09 February 2010

The Bernburg memorial offers materials to teachers to help them prepare their students for a first visit to the site. More than 14,000 patients and prisoners were killed in Bernburg between 1940 and 1943 during the euthanasia program. The students read historical documents about "racial hygiene," involuntary sterilization and euthanasia. They also analyze how a majority forms its opinions about socially marginal groups. Project derived from partner website "Lernen aus der Geschichte".

 
Incident at Brettheim, 1945 (Die Männer von Brettheim)
17 August 2009

 Students from Rothenburg ob der Tauber made a film about Brettheim in the last days of the war. In it, survivors recall SS atrocities and the arrival of U.S. troops. With the help of Russian and American students, the young Germans made Russian and English versions of the film. Along with an exhibition, the film has been seen throughout Europe, the U.S. and Canada, inspiring students to record their own local histories. Project derived from partner website "Lernen aus der Geschichte".

 
"Dig Where You are Standing" Malchow: A sub-camp of Ravensbrück
04 February 2009

Students began by surveying classmates about their knowledge of the Malchow concentration camp, a sub-camp of Ravensbrück. In order to keep the camp's memory alive in the town, the students conducted an archaeological dig and compiled information resulting from their studies. In 1997, the project won second prize in the first statewide contest about memorial work in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Project derived from partner website "Lernen aus der Geschichte".

 
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"Dig Where You are Standing" Malchow: A sub-camp of Ravensbrück
04 February 2009
Anti-Racism Project For Unemployed Youth
17 December 2008
Investigating a School's Name (Ein Name verpflichtet)
08 January 2009
"Euthanasia" at Bernburg : Mass Murder of the Aged and Infirm
09 February 2010