Teachers

The State Museum at Majdanek has been cooperating with teachers for many years, creating educational programs tailored to the needs of students and supporting educators in developing their professional skills. The methodological meetings that are organized facilitate the exchange of experiences and inspire teachers to seek their own engaging ways of teaching about the difficult past.

Methodological seminars are annual meetings for teachers, organized on a selected Saturday in October. Each edition is devoted to a different theme, which allows participants to look at teaching contemporary history from different perspectives and adapt content and methods to current educational challenges. During the event, participants can learn how to talk about the past in an interesting way, how to prepare their students for a visit to a memorial site, and exchange experiences with other teachers. The event is also an opportunity to discuss with experts who share their knowledge and proven teaching solutions.

Number of participants: up to 75

Duration: one day

Topics from previous editions:

The reliability of the internet in historical education. Pitfalls and opportunities,
Distorting reality. The role of Third Reich propaganda,
The perpetrators of Majdanek – negative identification in education about World War II,
“I would like to write so much to you...” – illegal correspondence of KL Lublin prisoners as an unusual historical source,
“Historia magistra vitae est?” A participatory visit to the Museum at Majdanek – the experience of a teacher and educator,
The only diary of its kind – Jadwiga Ankiewicz's notes as a unique historical source,
The history of Majdanek in a comic book – between modern and traditional educational communication,
Tell our story, we the nameless...,
Testimonies that cry out for remembrance,
How to learn about history in places of remembrance?

Upon prior agreement, it is possible to repeat the additional seminar.