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The World Wide Web (WWW) and digitisation have become important sites and tools for the history of the Holocaust and its commemoration. Today, some memory institutions use the Internet at a high professional level as a venue for self-presentation and as a forum for the discussion of Holocaust-related topics for potentially international, transcultural and interdisciplinary user groups. At the same time, it is not always the established institutions that utilise the technical possibilities and potential of the Internet to the maximum. Creative and sometimes controversial new forms of storytelling of the Holocaust or more traditional ways of remembering the genocide presented in a new way with...
The fascinating history of how the antifascist movement of the 1930s created "the left" as we know it today In the middle years of the Great Depression, the antifascist movement became a global political force, powerfully uniting people from across divisions of ideology, geography, race, language, and nationality. Joseph Fronczak shows how socialists, liberals, communists, anarchists, and others achieved a semblance of unity in the fight against fascism. Depression-era antifascists were populist, militant, and internationalist. They understood fascism in global terms, and they were determined to fight it on local terms. In the United States, antifascists fought against fascism on the streets of cities such as Chicago and New York, and they connected their own fights to the ones raging in Germany, Italy, and Spain. As he traces the global trajectory of the antifascist movement, Fronczak argues that its most significant legacy is its creation of "the left" as we know it today: an international conglomeration of people committed to a shared politics of solidarity.
Engaging the Past: Action and Interaction in the History Classroom provides practical steps toward using engaging strategies in the classroom to teach students to think historically. These strategies include an approach developed by the author called “The You Decide! Lecture,” and innovative ways to use board games and role-playing games in the history classroom. The goal is not simply to add window dressing to fundamentally dull lessons, but rather to re-examine how teachers think about students as learners of history. This book follows the growing trend within historical pedagogy to care less about content coverage and more about deep engagement, student learning, and the importance of historical thinking. The students in our classrooms today are the history teachers of tomorrow and awakening them to the exciting complexities of the past is critical to keep the study of history thriving.
This book is an essential exploration of the art of communicating effectively in the modern world. It focuses on the importance of clear and empathetic communication in various areas of life, from personal relationships to the professional environment. It addresses both verbal and nonverbal communication, highlighting how words, gestures, facial expressions, and body language play crucial roles in the way we exchange ideas, emotions, and thoughts. Through a multifaceted approach, the book emphasizes the importance of context, empathy, active listening and adaptability in communication, providing the reader with tools to improve their communication skills and foster stronger, more meaningful relationships.
This book explores the ideas of three largely forgotten radical women who participated in labor union strikes in Argentina and Uruguay, Canada, and the United States: Virginia Bolten (c.1876-1960), one of the most militant anarchists of southern South America; Helen Armstrong (1875-1947), a major leader of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, whose involvement in that important event in Canadian history was, for a long time, obscured by accounts that emphasized the accomplishments of men; and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964), the Wobbly leader who directed many industrial strikes throughout the United States, and was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union, who eventually...
The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies.
¿Cómo se hace para enseñar historia en tiempos de redes sociales y de imparable digitalización? ¿Qué se pierde y qué se gana cuando las nuevas tecnologías llegan al aula? ¿Quién motoriza la llegada de estos nuevos formatos: el/la docente o los/as estudiantes? Enseñar Historia en la era digital presenta un conjunto de investigaciones hechas por especialistas internacionales que buscan dar respuesta a estas preguntas desde distintos ejes: por un lado, se estudian los debates históricos que se dan entre los usuarios en plataformas como TikTok y Facebook, y también se analizan los discursos históricos que propician los videojuegos. Por otro, se investigan los nuevos formatos y usos de recursos más "clásicos", como los mapas y las películas históricas. Por último, se presta una particular atención a la posibilidad de generar actividades dialógicas en el aula mediante recursos digitales, como los que proporciona la obra de Lola Arias en torno a la Guerra de Malvinas. Un libro fundamental para pensar la enseñanza en el contexto actual.
Philip Hofer, Founding Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts in Houghton Library, amassed one of the great collections of early penmanship textbooks before his death in 1984. Becker's catalogue tells the story of this collection while amply illustrating the diversity and expressive power of the arts of the pen.