Fair and Balanced History
44 Innovative Lesson Plans for Bulgarian History Education
The EUROCLIO project in Bulgaria has its focus on school history and would like to develop an increased intercultural and also international dimension in the learning and teaching of history in this country. The target group is a wide network of historians and history educators which include history teachers, history teacher trainers, textbook authors, curriculum developers, inspectors, advisors and local authorities on the learning and teaching of history. The overall aim is to strengthen the international context of an inclusive Bulgarian history education in order to support the integration of Bulgaria into the European Union. The project culminated in the publication of a course book with innovative material to strengthen the international context of an inclusive Bulgarian history education in order to support the integration of Bulgaria into the European Union.
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Section 1. State Policies
1. The Bulgarian Jews (1940-1944)
BG
2. For the Bulgarian Jews' cause
BG
3. The salvation of the Bulgarian Jews
BG
4. For the rights of all citizens (1878-1912)
BG
5. Between civil rights and personal feelings (1878-1912)
BG
6. What Europeans believe in
BG
7. All People were born free and equal in dignity and rights
BG | EN
8. Foreign colleges in Bulgaria between the two World Wars
BG
9. The founders at Tarnovo
BG
10. A trial for the country's political system's tolerance (1931-1953)
BG
11. The Roma Community in Bulgaria
BG
Section 2. Migrations
12. The Bulgarians from the region of Banat and the Dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
BG
13. Formation of the Bulgarian diaspora in Besarabia
BG
14. Beyond the Danube and beyond all troubles
BG
15. People from the Balkans in the New World
BG | EN
16. Russian immigrants in Bulgaria (1918-1941)
BG
17. Bulgarians' migration through the eyes of French travelers of the 19th century
BG
18. Migrations to the USA at the end of the 19th century
BG
19. Migrations to Free Bulgaria (1878-1919)
BG
20. Migrations to Free Bulgaria (1878-1940)
BG
Section 3. The City
21. One Street - Two Churches
BG
22. The diversity within the space of a city
BG | EN
23. The Flovdiv of Renaissance Times
BG
24. Lovech on the boundary between two epochs
BG
25. Plovdiv - traces of an inherited past
BG
26. The town of Pleven during the Bulgarian Revival
BG
27. Sofia through the centuries
BG
28. Growing bigger but never growing older?
BG
29. Varna - a place of peaceful contact
BG
30. Vidim through the eyes of a European traveler (the 19th century)
BG
31. Ruschuk at the end of the 19th century
BG
Section 4. Everyday Life
32. Bulgarian agriculture and stock-breeding during the 15th-19th century
BG
33. "The Bulgarian's manners"
BG
34. "These women are tender"
BG
35. Bulgarian's homes, crafts and trade during the 16th to 19th centuries
BG
36. Stop the Dragon, Lord
BG | EN
Section 5. Everyday Life
37. When a human helps a human
BG
38. Why time change people`s attitude to architectural monuments
BG
39. Bulgaria`s Jerusalems
BG
40. Bulgarians Alert
BG
41. The Boer Wars and the feelings of a Bulgarian Classic
BG
42. Elias Canetti - A memory of a "forgotten" language
BG
43. Kemal Ataturk and Bulgaria
BG
44. Christians and Muslims within the same Empire
BG | EN
Contributors
European Dialogues
Funded by
Members involved
Bulgarian History Teachers' Association
Contributors
Rumyana Kusheva (President of BGHTA), Milena Platnikova (Project Manager of the Bulgarian History Teachers’ Assocation), Dr. Penka Kostadinova (Vice‐president of BGHTA), Dr. Penka Stoyanova (History teacher), Senior Assistant Violeta Stoicheva (teacher‐trainer), Assoc. Prof. Kostadin Paev (Associate professor in methodology of training history), Roumen Andreev (teacher), Sue Benet (teacher trainer), Dr. Yossane Vela (lecturer and teacher trainer), Tamara Eidelmann (Russian history teacher), Ineke Veldhuis‐Meester (teacher trainer in History), Assoc. Prof. Veselin Yanchev (Professor in History), Tamara Eidelman (Russian history teacher), Milena Platnikova (BGHTA), Bistra Stoimenova (teacher trainer), Nikola Tsvetkova (teacher trainer), Emilia Dimitrova (history teacher), Dafina Nikolova (history teacher), Dimcho Doikov (history/ICT teacher), Emilia Dimitrova (history teacher), Emila Katova (history teacher), Lyubomira Pankovska (history teacher), Milka Dimitrova (regional coordinator of BGHTA), Maria Benova (history teacher), Nikolai Chakurov (history teacher), Nikolinka Popyordanova (history teacher), Petya Georgieva (history teacher), Radostina Novakova (head of regional inspectorate of education), Todor Zarkov (history teacher), Toshko Hristov (history teacher), Valentina Yordanova (historian).
44 Innovative Lesson Plans for Bulgarian History Education
The EUROCLIO project in Bulgaria has its focus on school history and would like to develop an increased intercultural and also international dimension in the learning and teaching of history in this country. The target group is a wide network of historians and history educators which include history teachers, history teacher trainers, textbook authors, curriculum developers, inspectors, advisors and local authorities on the learning and teaching of history. The overall aim is to strengthen the international context of an inclusive Bulgarian history education in order to support the integration of Bulgaria into the European Union. The project culminated in the publication of a course book with innovative material to strengthen the international context of an inclusive Bulgarian history education in order to support the integration of Bulgaria into the European Union.
Download individual chapters
Section 1. State Policies
| 1. The Bulgarian Jews (1940-1944) | BG |
| 2. For the Bulgarian Jews' cause | BG |
| 3. The salvation of the Bulgarian Jews | BG |
| 4. For the rights of all citizens (1878-1912) | BG |
| 5. Between civil rights and personal feelings (1878-1912) | BG |
| 6. What Europeans believe in | BG |
| 7. All People were born free and equal in dignity and rights | BG | EN |
| 8. Foreign colleges in Bulgaria between the two World Wars | BG |
| 9. The founders at Tarnovo | BG |
| 10. A trial for the country's political system's tolerance (1931-1953) | BG |
| 11. The Roma Community in Bulgaria | BG |
Section 2. Migrations
| 12. The Bulgarians from the region of Banat and the Dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | BG |
| 13. Formation of the Bulgarian diaspora in Besarabia | BG |
| 14. Beyond the Danube and beyond all troubles | BG |
| 15. People from the Balkans in the New World | BG | EN |
| 16. Russian immigrants in Bulgaria (1918-1941) | BG |
| 17. Bulgarians' migration through the eyes of French travelers of the 19th century | BG |
| 18. Migrations to the USA at the end of the 19th century | BG |
| 19. Migrations to Free Bulgaria (1878-1919) | BG |
| 20. Migrations to Free Bulgaria (1878-1940) | BG |
Section 3. The City
| 21. One Street - Two Churches | BG |
| 22. The diversity within the space of a city | BG | EN |
| 23. The Flovdiv of Renaissance Times | BG |
| 24. Lovech on the boundary between two epochs | BG |
| 25. Plovdiv - traces of an inherited past | BG |
| 26. The town of Pleven during the Bulgarian Revival | BG |
| 27. Sofia through the centuries | BG |
| 28. Growing bigger but never growing older? | BG |
| 29. Varna - a place of peaceful contact | BG |
| 30. Vidim through the eyes of a European traveler (the 19th century) | BG |
| 31. Ruschuk at the end of the 19th century | BG |
Section 4. Everyday Life
| 32. Bulgarian agriculture and stock-breeding during the 15th-19th century | BG |
| 33. "The Bulgarian's manners" | BG |
| 34. "These women are tender" | BG |
| 35. Bulgarian's homes, crafts and trade during the 16th to 19th centuries | BG |
| 36. Stop the Dragon, Lord | BG | EN |
Section 5. Everyday Life
| 37. When a human helps a human | BG |
| 38. Why time change people`s attitude to architectural monuments | BG |
| 39. Bulgaria`s Jerusalems | BG |
| 40. Bulgarians Alert | BG |
| 41. The Boer Wars and the feelings of a Bulgarian Classic | BG |
| 42. Elias Canetti - A memory of a "forgotten" language | BG |
| 43. Kemal Ataturk and Bulgaria | BG |
| 44. Christians and Muslims within the same Empire | BG | EN |
Contributors
European Dialogues
Funded by
Members involved
Bulgarian History Teachers' Association
Contributors
Rumyana Kusheva (President of BGHTA), Milena Platnikova (Project Manager of the Bulgarian History Teachers’ Assocation), Dr. Penka Kostadinova (Vice‐president of BGHTA), Dr. Penka Stoyanova (History teacher), Senior Assistant Violeta Stoicheva (teacher‐trainer), Assoc. Prof. Kostadin Paev (Associate professor in methodology of training history), Roumen Andreev (teacher), Sue Benet (teacher trainer), Dr. Yossane Vela (lecturer and teacher trainer), Tamara Eidelmann (Russian history teacher), Ineke Veldhuis‐Meester (teacher trainer in History), Assoc. Prof. Veselin Yanchev (Professor in History), Tamara Eidelman (Russian history teacher), Milena Platnikova (BGHTA), Bistra Stoimenova (teacher trainer), Nikola Tsvetkova (teacher trainer), Emilia Dimitrova (history teacher), Dafina Nikolova (history teacher), Dimcho Doikov (history/ICT teacher), Emilia Dimitrova (history teacher), Emila Katova (history teacher), Lyubomira Pankovska (history teacher), Milka Dimitrova (regional coordinator of BGHTA), Maria Benova (history teacher), Nikolai Chakurov (history teacher), Nikolinka Popyordanova (history teacher), Petya Georgieva (history teacher), Radostina Novakova (head of regional inspectorate of education), Todor Zarkov (history teacher), Toshko Hristov (history teacher), Valentina Yordanova (historian).