Engaging with Controversial Pasts: Educational Activities for Museums and Schools
Museums often touch on topics that arouse strong feelings and divide communities because they touch on sensitive values, beliefs, and competing historical narratives where no simple consensus exists. These 17 practical educational tools provide step-by-step facilitation guides for formal classrooms and museums on how to teach complex topics- such as state violence, mass protest, contested monuments, war-related trauma, and national identity – ensuring multiperspectivity and respectful dialogue.
