2 – 4 weeks

Socio-political analysis on gender equality

Methodological steps Choose a socio-political topic relevant to students, such as gender equality and the serious consequences, in developed and undeveloped countries, of its non-compliance; then ask students to collect information about it. Be sure to specify what you ask the students to search for. For example, ask them to search in which countries women …

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The Roman theatre of Orange

Methodological steps Spend two hours for the first online lesson. Explain in the class language the specificities and differences between the Greek and Roman theatre, through the use of a PowerPoint presentation realised by yourself and referring to the Art History textbook. Please note that to engage students, you can use a more interactive tool …

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Interactive videos and real-life stories

Methodological steps Ask students to bring up comparisons between two countries (i.e. Germany and Italy); rely upon Historiana‘s collections of texts and iconographic resources as a source of learning materials (you can find a list of learning objects repositories here).  Choose a video to watch with the students; you might want to re-edit it through …

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Blended learning for oral presentations

Methodological steps Set up this activity as a communication workshop for students who need to prepare for their final exam (grade 12th). The activity works best as part of the school’s program for developing transversal competencies and career orienteering (in the Italian school system, PCTO), as a path carried out in collaboration with professionals and …

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Cooperative flipped presentations

Methodological steps Organise the teaching activity on different levels. Use a presentation document that is not too long (12 slides) with extensive use of images, as a home study guide. Depending on your digital and communication competence, you may use either Google Slides (easier to create and to share) or Canva (more complex but also …

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Research and design

Methodological steps Organise the teaching activity as an individual search, by students, of innovative materials for clothing aimed at participating in a national competition. Request as delivery the design of the garment most suited to the material used. Then ask the students for an in-depth study of the nature of the new materials studied and …

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History through shared docs

Methodological steps Design: assign a research task on Europe in the early Middle Ages, defining the topics of analysis, such as the chronology of major historical events; the change of the landscape, economy and institutions; society and daily life. Give precise instructions for carrying out the activity. The more detailed the instructions are, the lower …

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