Connecting learners with their pasts as a way into history by Philippa Hunter and Bruce Farthing
The title had so much potential... the article itself not so much. The authors describe having students bring in an object/taonga/item that represents their history and then explaining it to others. It sounds like a fun little activity that could be quite a great entry point into history and the authors argue that it showed how students were curious about history. Beyond that, I didn't see any hugely profound takeaways from the activity.
The authors also cover some interesting theory related to social science education-- historical agency as an important aspect of curriculum and how school history tends to reinforce the idea of one story to history, as opposed to the idea of doing history.
The title had so much potential... the article itself not so much. The authors describe having students bring in an object/taonga/item that represents their history and then explaining it to others. It sounds like a fun little activity that could be quite a great entry point into history and the authors argue that it showed how students were curious about history. Beyond that, I didn't see any hugely profound takeaways from the activity.
The authors also cover some interesting theory related to social science education-- historical agency as an important aspect of curriculum and how school history tends to reinforce the idea of one story to history, as opposed to the idea of doing history.