Vassiliki Sakka, Historian, School Consultant, ex EUROCLIO Association

President.

The impact of the EU elections: The rise of

European far right and the case of Greece. Which is

the role of history teaching in this context?

EU Leadership Approval at Record Low in Spain, Greece( January 8, 2014)

The new political majority emerging from the elections will shape European legislation over the next five years in areas from the single market to civil liberties

The fields of education, migration policy, human rights, civil liberties, working rights etc are the fields at stake

The Parliament - the only directly elected EU institution - is now a linchpin of the European decision-making system and has an equal say with national governments on virtually all EU laws. Voters will be more influential than ever

EU elections: what is at stake here?

The fields of education, migration, human rights,civil liberties, civil rights etc Are at stake. This is already well understood

not only in the area of bail out countries. These elections are really important. What shift will E.U. Parliament take?

Which areas are at stake here?

Education or learning?

Critical thinkingVisual and media

literaturePublic uses of

historyThink global, act

local

Golden Dawn activism (Meligala, September 2012): revival of Greek Civil War discourse

Golden Dawn: evening history lessons

Rhodes: Neonazi graffitti at

Kahal Shalom Synagoge (1575-1577)

Nazism/fascism: no nationality

Racism has no nationality or ethnicity

Decontructing the nazi rhetorics ...

supports the development of responsible and innovative history, citizenship and heritage education by promoting critical thinking, multi-perspectivity, mutual respect, and the inclusion of controversial issues.

advocates a sound use of history and heritage education towards the building and deepening of democratic societies, connecting professionals across boundaries of communities, countries, ethnicities and religions.

seeks to enhance the quality of history and citizenship education through capacity building for educators and producing and implementing innovative teaching tools

EUROCLIO Association:

Must make students understand that:

History is based on evidence

History is made of multi-layered narratives

History is interpretation Based on the ethic

responsibility of the Historian and

The History Teacher in the frontline

Why History?

What kind of citizens do we need?

Aggelos Palikidis (ed.), (2013). Critical approaches to nazi

phenomenon, Athens: Epikentro

(bottom up activism and initiatives by Greek educators

at all educational levels: primary, secondary, tertiary)