Contested History

Post on 30-Apr-2015

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This is one of my micro-presentations from the Sydney TeachMeet World Record event and it was also to be presented at tonight's online TeachMeet International, but I couldn't access the room.

Transcript of Contested History

Anzac Legend

History is used to define

and distort our national heritage and

national values

‘Learning with’ instead of ‘learning from’

History is a contested subject

“When the peasants learned to read, the kings began to look stupid”