3 How to use the different tools

3.2 Historical Episodes and Short Movies

The concept of "education against radicalisation" already exists for quite a long time and the project partners support this approach 100%. Modern brain research has sufficiently proven that this cannot work through the mere teaching of dates and historical facts. To stimulate holistic learning, the emotions must also be touched. That is why it is common practice to get the pupils concerned. For example, they are taken to original sites of Nazi horror and shown documentaries and feature films that evoke dismay, horror and a sense of powerlessness. But his approach might also stimulate in the pupils a deep sense of distrust of themselves and of humanity in general.

Figure 1: Linde, S. (2022). Development of the puppet-play for the short movies. [Photograph]. Welten. Kolibri Schule.

 

The European Heart approach aims to show an additional way to counter radicalisation: to use people's capacity for empathy to create connection.

In this chapter we present the two components of the toolkit Let´s learn from History and how they can be used in classroom to invite pupils to train their empathy:

• The Historical Episodes Workbooks and
• The short movies on the Historical Episodes

... and how they can be used in the classroom.

Age Recommendation:

The toolkit "Learning from History" can be used from grade 3 of the first secondary level.

Recommended subjects:

The toolkit "Learning from History" is particularly suitable for use in the subjects of history, political education, religion and ethics as well as in the field of intercultural learning.