'It does duty for any amount of mayhem': helping Year 8 to understand historians' narrative decision-making.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Turner, Jen; Chapman, Arthur
- Source
- Teaching History. Mar2023, Issue 190, p80-91. 12p.
- Subject
- *DUTY
*NARRATOLOGY
*HISTORIANS
*MASSACRES
*GRAPHIC novels
*DECISION making
*YOUNG adults
*REVOLUTIONS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0040-0610
The article explores the importance of understanding historical narration in history education, and highlights the need for students to recognise the role of historians as active constructors of representations of the past.It mentions that the use of a camera analogy to explore the decisions made when constructing historical accounts and interpretations is discussed, and the success of this approach in engaging students in complex discussions about narrative decision-making is highlighted.