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“The Past is not dead. It is not even past yet”

William Faulkner

What is “Oral History”?

*Teaching method becoming more popular in many European countries in subjects like history, geography, civil education etc.

*Students are asked to bring the family stories and explore the local community, to find resources and information from witnesses of historical events.

TRANING SEMINAR IN TIRANA 19-22 MAY 2005

The Aim:

To present the method and to show different ways of using it in the classroom.

To share practical experience between participants.

PARTICIPANTS IN TIRANA

Teachers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia.

TRANING SEMINAR IN TIRANA 19-22 MAY 2005

RESULTS:

Teachers from the seminar prepare classes, using the oral history method, that was presented during the seminar in Tirana.

Oral History Method in the Classroom from Different Balkan Countries Uploaded on the History Project Website

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BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE

2005

OUR TEAM

Violeta Stoycheva-assistant-Profesor in Veliko Tarnovo University

Dimitrinka Arnaudova-History Teacher

Petya Georgieva-History Teacher

Vanya Ivanova- Coordinator of the Project

OUR AIMS:

To share our experience with teachers from different regions in Bulgaria.

Fostering history and citizenship education.

Provokes curiosity and interests in interactive methods of teaching.

SEMINAR IN SOFIA 07.0CTOBER 2005

Participants:

20 Teachers from Sofia and other parts of Bulgaria

SEMINAR IN VELIKO TARNOVO 29-30.0CTOBER 2005

20 History teachers from “Historians’ Club”

OUR PROGRAM:

History of the coffee and coffee-house.“The World Café” Method.“Oral History” Method.How to prepare interview?The Rally. There so many stories….

RESULTS:

40 HISTORY TEACHERS IN BULGARIA ARE EDUCATED IN ORAL HISTORY, AS A HISTORY METHOD.