If They Hadn’t Killed Heydrich: Counterfactual History In School Education Cover Image

Kdyby nezabili Heydricha aneb kontrafaktuální dějiny ve školním dějepise
If They Hadn’t Killed Heydrich: Counterfactual History In School Education

Author(s): Marek Fapšo
Subject(s): History, Education, Cultural history, Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Pedagogy
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: didactics of history; counterfactual history; Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; historical thinking

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides a theoretical reflection on the concept of counterfactual history in relation to school education and historical thinking. It shows how counterfactual history, which is widespread in popular culture, can be used to promote historical literacy among primary school children. In addition to theoretical analysis, the study includes a practical demonstration consisting of one model counterfactual history lesson based on the popular counterfactual scenario in which the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich did not take place.

  • Issue Year: 15/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 90-106
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech