This presentation was given by Steven Stegers as part of the MEDEAnet webinar: "Media Resources in the Classroom. Historiana and Europeana" on 20 February 2014 . MEDEAnet aims to promote media-based learning to organisations and practitioners through local training and networking events, online resources and knowledge sharing. MEDEAnet will also exploit best practices of the annual competition MEDEA Awards and extend its existing informal network and support the MEDEA Association, a membership organisation that ensures the sustainability of the MEDEA Awards. More info: http://www.medeanet.eu

1. Historiana
“It is such a big project, you would not
expect someone to dare to start it”
Timo Vosse, a trainee who worked on Historiana
Historiana Webinar
20 February 2014
Steven Stegers, Deputy Director
EUROCLIO

2. Why Historiana?
The national mirror of pride and pain
The need for a
balanced
approach to
history

3. COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS
Recommendation Rec(2001)15
of the Committee of Ministers to member states
on history teaching in twenty-first-century Europe
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers
on 31 October 2001 at the 771st meeting of the
Ministers’ Deputies)
Why Historiana?
The need for
multiperspectivity

4. A European Textbook?
EUROCLIO
Council of
Europe
PRIME (Israel/Palestine)
France/Germany
CDRSEE – Joint History Project
Bosnia/Cr
oatia/Ser
bia
Estonia/Latvia
Why Historiana?

5. Why Historiana?

6. But: Very little subject specific tools
Why Historiana?

7. 2008
The idea arose to develop an online alternative to the idea of a
European textbook offering
“a framework of windows for educational
purposes…without losing a plurality of perspectives and
intra- and inter-state diversity”.
Maria Grever Joke van der Leeuw-Roord Richard Hermans
Supported by the Netherlands Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science

8. 2009
The development of the first version of the Historiana website
started within the Exploring European History and Heritage Project.
Editing Team Community of Contributors
(from more than 20 different
countries)
EUROCLIO Staff and
Trainees
Supported by the Lifelong Learning
Programme of the European Commission
and the Anna Lindh Foundation

9. 2009-2013
A community of contributors and editors from more than 30
countries works on the development, testing and implementation of
resources for Historiana.
Supported by EUROCLIO
staff and trainees. (always
less then 1.0 fte)

10. 2012
The first version of the Historiana website is launched.

11. Thematic Approach
Historiana is organised
around 7 themes
• People on the Move
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Conflict and Cooperation
• Work and Technology
• Life and Leisure
• Ideas and Ideologies
• The Environment
The thematic approach makes it easier for
to students from all backgrounds and
bridge local-, regional-, European and
international histories.

12. Case Studies
Every case study is structured around
a similar set of key questions that
stimulate comparison.

13. Source Collections
The sources on Historiana are selected for their
usability for history and heritage education.
For example, sources can be used for in-depth
analysis, to compare and contrast, or to illustrate
a historical event, development, figure or site.

14. Timelines

15. Reactions to the first version of Historiana
Challenges:
• Language as a barrier
• Content is difficult to link to curricula
• Limited online learning opportunities
Recognition:
• MEDEA Special Prize for European
Collaboration in the Creation of
Educational Media (2012)
• World Aware Education Award by
the North South Center of the
Council of Europe (2011).

16. USE.
http://pro.europeana.eu/web/europeana-creative
2013
A new project started to stimulate the re-us of digital heritage in
history education

17. Developing the Historiana Learning Section
Fully functional in July 2014

18. Learning Activities
• To develop, test and improve learning activities (for educators
and students) that make use of sources from Europeana, are
freely available and underwent a process of quality control, some
of which make use of the developed apps.

19. Learning Activity (format)

20. Reactions of the worlds press on the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Duchess Sophie
Brixener Chronik, Austiran National
Library
The New York Herald
La Domenica del Corriere
Example Learning Activity (1)
Comparing Newspaper Coverage

21. Example Learning Activity (2)
Different Experiences of Soldiers in WW1

22. Example Learning Activity (3)
Assessing sources related to fighting in Ypres

23. Historiana Apps
• To develop, test and improve tools(for educators) that can be
used to create online learning activities (for students) that
promote historical thinking, and are tailored for use in history
education setting and encourage interaction between students.

25. Women contributing to the war
Women, Factory, First Worl
Women Factory First W
© IWM (Q 30023)

26. © IWM (Q 30023)

27. Here you see a busy factory floor at
the National Filling Factory
(Chilwell, England) during the First
World War. Look what the people in
the picture are doing. What does
this picture tell you about the
different roles at the factory?
Select the clues in the picture that
enable you to see how they differ
and explain what you see.
Women contributing to the war
© IWM (Q 30023)

28. Men Standing
Wearing Uniforms
Heavy work
Woman driver
© IWM (Q 30023)

29. Women
contributin
g to the war

30. Select, Select and Enrich
• The project selects and enriches a subset of sources (around a key
historical moment, theme or development) that are all:
– Historically relevant
– Of sufficient quality,
– Contextualised, and
– Allowed to be used in education

31. Events
Murder of Franz Ferdinand
Flames of Leuven
Sinking of the Lusitania
Kiel Mutiny
Bolsheviks Seize Power
Signing the Treaty of Versailles
People
Generals
Nationalists
Poets and Novelists
Political Leaders
Revolutionaries
Rulers
Soldiers
Spies
Women
Browse Search==
Locations
Africa and Asia
Eastern Front
Mediterranean and South East
Europe
Western Front
Type
Cartoons
Letter and Diaries
Maps
Monuments
Newspapers
Newsreels
Photographs
Posters
Postcards
Satirical Maps
Highlights
Featured
Starred
My sources

32. Postcard, Letter, Diaries, Photographs (private collections)
http://europeana1914-1918.eu

33. http://euscreen.eu/
Newsreels, Documentaries, Testimonies (Audiovisual Archives)

34. http://www.europeana-newspapers.eu/
Newspapers (Headings, Illustrations, Choice of Wording)

35. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wwipos/
Posters (Recruitment, War Bonds, Propaganda)

36. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search
Photographs (Official Artist), Art (Paintings, Drawings), Historical Artifacts

37. Other Features

38. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848

39. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
13-17 February. Political unrest in
Palermo spreads across the Island of
Sicily

40. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
17-29 February, the unrest spreads to the
mainland of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,
including Naples

41. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
22-24 February. After 3 days of street fighting in Paris
King Louis Philippe abdicates

42. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
Revolution quickly spreads
to other large French cities
such as Lyons and Lille.

43. The revolution then spreads across the
rest of France.
The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848

44. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
29 February. Street protests in Mannheim and Karlsruhe
in the state of Baden

45. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
March. Uprising against their Prussian
overlords starts in Koln and spreads across
the Rhineland.

46. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
6-18 March: street fighting
in Berlin

47. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
13 March: after several days of street
demonstrations in Vienna by students and workers,
Archduke Ludwig tells Chancellor Metternich to
resign. A reformist government is formed.

48. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
11-15 March: street demonstrations in
Prague calling for political and social
reforms.

49. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
11-15 March: street demonstrations in
Budapest for political reforms

50. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
12-15 March: Riots in Stockholm lead to
30 people being killed by police and
army.

51. The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848
16-22 March: uprisings against Austrian rule in Milan
and Venice spread across Lombardy and Venetia

52. After an uprising in 1846 Krakow was
annexed by Austria. A second Polish
uprising began on March 15
The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848

53. 18 March: an uprising broke out
amongst Poles living in Lvov.
The spread of revolutionary uprisings in 1848

54. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EUROCLIO
EUROCLIO Facebook Group