T eaching of history in the C roatian education system

1. eTwinning regional contact seminar Teaching of history in theCroatianeducation system Mira Bučanović, prof. Zrinka Racić, prof. Goriška Brda, 2-6 June 2011

3. The purpose of history as a subject: • to contribute to the development of students as independent and responsible people • to develop the ability of critical thinking • to encourage a positive effect on the society and environment

4. History in our schools • chronological structure of history teaching • classification on general andnational history • modern history teaching is based on social and cultural content more than on the content of political history • teaching methods which are used in studying history

5. Objectives of teaching history • selecting relevanthistorical contents • to encourage students to expolre, to analyse historical events, facts, information and people in a critical way and to develop their sense of objectivity

6. to teach students mutual tolerance and respect for other cultures and nations

7. Tasks of teaching history • students learn about major events • to practice orientation in space and time • to learn through differentinterpretations of the past (documentary films, museum exhibitions, Internet, documents, historical books,...)

8. Teaching methods: • verbal presentation • conversation • explaining • narration • reporting • reading and working on the text • writing

9. Teaching aids • photos • maps • drawings • models • documentary and feature films • historical books • encyclopedias

10. Curriculum in elementary schools from fifth to eighth grade • students in our school learn history from the ancient history to the 21st century • to explain the development of human society and human actions, the teaching content is divided in teaching units

11. Fifth grade • What is history? • Life of people in the ancient history • Civilization of the first letters • The rise of Ancient Greece • Athenian democracy • Hellenism • The beginnings of Rome • Republic and Empire • Croatian area in ancient times 10. The appearance of Christianity 11. Migrations

12. Sixth grade 1. Europe and the Mediterranean after the migration 2. Feudal Society 3. The rise of Croatia in early middle Ages 4. Europe and the islamic world 5. Rise of Medieval Europe 6. Croatia at the time of Arpad and Anjou 7. Humanism and the Renaissance 8. Age of discovery 9. The Ottoman Empire and Europe to Croatia 10. Reformation and Catholic renewal 11. Europe in the Baroque period 12. Croatia in the early modern period

13. Seventh grade • World and Croatia in the modern age • Shaping of modern society • Europe since the French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna • Croatian national revival and the emergence of modern nation in Europe • Revolution 1848th in Croatia and Europe • Society, culture and changes in everyday life in the first half of the 19th century

14. 7. Europe at the height of its power 8. Croatia in the Habsburg Monarchy in the second half of the 19th and the early 20th century 9. The world in the age of European domination in the 19th century 10. Society, culture and changes in everyday life in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century 11. World Crisis and the First World War

15. Eight grade 1.Versailles order 2. Democratic processes between the wars 3.Totalitarian regimes between the wars 4. Croatia in the first Yugoslavia 5. Science and culture in the 20th century in Croatia and Europe 6. World War II

16. 7. World during the Cold War and the collapse of the communist system 8. Decolonization of the world 9. Croatia in the second Yugoslavia 10. The origin and development of an independent Croatian state 11. Croatia and the world at the treshold of the third millennium

17. Thank you for your attention!