The First World War officially covered 1.563 days. During this period of time countless events took place. Every of these events have an anniversary which can be worth remembering.
This workshop will start with a look into different national school text books and reports about national knowledge and perspectives of the events leading to the war, its course and outcome. Afterwards, further research on the internet, in a library or in museums will be conducted in order to collect a number of events which represent meaningful elements to your personal understanding of the First World War.
We will put these events together in order to create a calendar that provides a piece of memory for every day (or every week / month) of the year. We will illustrate the calendar with materials, e.g. historical newspaper articles, pictures, caricatures, interviews, diary entries, short texts, poems, songs, etc.
Workshop speakers:
Nils Büsking, Gemeinsam Europa gestalten e.V., Buch