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A Possession Forever A Guide to Using Commemorative Memorials and Monuments in the Classroom Martin Kerby 

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Open textbook libraryDistributor: Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook LibraryPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] University of Southern Queensland 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780648769897
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • D20
Online resources:
Contents:
I. Part A -- 1. Introduction to Memorials and Monuments -- 2. The Visual Language of Memorials and Monuments -- II. Part B -- 3. War Memorials in the Australian Commemorative Landscape -- 4. Counter Memorials and Monuments -- 5. Commemorating Genocide Holocaust Memorials in Australia and Overseas -- III. Part C -- 6. An Education in Commemoration: The Australian Curriculum, Commemoration and Memorials -- 7. Guide to Using Memorials and Monuments as a Resource in the Classroom
Subject: This open textbook will guide educators and students through the process of using local monuments and memorials to contextualise, interrogate and extend their knowledge of historical events at a national and international level. Students will learn how to use local history to create an organic patchwork of local stories, interviews, photographs and artefacts contributed by, and for, the community and contextualised nationally and internationally. Through this process they will assume the role of historians rather than passive consumers of dominant ideologies and understand how historical events have shaped diverse views, including their own, of issues such as social justice, democracy, human rights and citizenship.
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I. Part A -- 1. Introduction to Memorials and Monuments -- 2. The Visual Language of Memorials and Monuments -- II. Part B -- 3. War Memorials in the Australian Commemorative Landscape -- 4. Counter Memorials and Monuments -- 5. Commemorating Genocide Holocaust Memorials in Australia and Overseas -- III. Part C -- 6. An Education in Commemoration: The Australian Curriculum, Commemoration and Memorials -- 7. Guide to Using Memorials and Monuments as a Resource in the Classroom

This open textbook will guide educators and students through the process of using local monuments and memorials to contextualise, interrogate and extend their knowledge of historical events at a national and international level. Students will learn how to use local history to create an organic patchwork of local stories, interviews, photographs and artefacts contributed by, and for, the community and contextualised nationally and internationally. Through this process they will assume the role of historians rather than passive consumers of dominant ideologies and understand how historical events have shaped diverse views, including their own, of issues such as social justice, democracy, human rights and citizenship.

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