68018 - Ancient and Medieval History

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student knows the theories and hypotheses about periodization of ancient times and the Middle Ages; knows the elements of continuity and rupture that characterize the periodization (nomadic and sedentary, the great outcomes of the ancient and medieval civilizations, their imprints and legacies in the contemporary world); the ability to identify and expose characters and indicators of the cultures that have occurred over the millennia between the early history and the modern age; knows how to prepare research using sources and bibliographies; knows the general knowledge and analytical on the conduct of evolution, phenomena and events for the periods covered in the course; and how to manage skills and knowledge to develop written and work on general and specific topics.

Course contents

Contents

Part I

 DIDACTICS OF HISTORY

Teaching History

History and Historiography

The sources in History, between research and teaching

The rhythms of History

The auxiliary sciences to History

Epistemology, methodology and teaching: teaching and learning of history

The laboratory of History

The Personal History

The Local, General, Global history

The Geo-history

The Community maps

The subsidiaries and history manuals

The Education for active citizenship

Heritage educational

The outcomes of the History

Didactic experiences of History

Part II: the major outcomes of the ANCIENT and MEDIEVAL HISTORY - ELEMENTS

Ancient age
The origins of the Ancient Age
Birth and evolution of man
Origins of the company
The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia
Europe before and after Rome
Roma Republican
The Roman Empire
Crisis and sunset

Medieval age

The meeting between the nomad world and the sedentary world

Matrices, conflicts and legacies of a multiethnic middle ages

Between sedentary and mobility: the encounter with each other and points of view

Germanic invasion

Between East and West: the three monotheistic religions

The formation of medieval civilization

Travel, pilgrimages and crusades in the Mediterranean area

Municipal formations

Women in History

The main outcomes of the History  will be presented in a Didactic key.

Readings/Bibliography

Didactic of history

Per la parte di Didattica della Storia

B. Borghi, La Storia. Indagare Apprendere Comunicare, Pàtron, Bologna 2016.

Orizzonti della Didattica della Storia,eds B. Borghi,  "Didattica della Storia. Journal of Research and Didactics of History", AlmaDL, V. 2, N.1S (2020) open access: https://dsrivista.unibo.it

You can choose n. 3 essays from the ARTICLES section and n. 4 essays from the EXPERIENCES section.

Ancient and Medieval History 

Atlante storico del mondo, De Agostini, Novara 2013 (La preistoria e l’età antica: pp. 10-55) oppure Nuovissimo Atlante storico Mondiale, Touring Club Italiano, Milano 2001 (Età antica).

 Atlante storico del mondo, De Agostini, Novara 2013 (Il medioevo: pp. 58-93) oppure Nuovissimo Atlante storico Mondiale, Touring Club Italiano, Milano 2001 (Età medievale). 

*From 17st to 25th October 2020, the lessons will be joned by attendance at the events of the XVII edition of the "International Feast of History" (www.festadellastoria.unibo.it) which will take place mainly online on the youtube channel dedicated to the event.
Participation in the events will require a presentation in ppt to comment to the oral exam.

 

STUDENTS only 3 credits of DIDACTICS OF HISTORY:

B. Borghi, La Storia. Indagare Apprendere Comunicare, Pàtron, Bologna 2016.

Orizzonti della Didattica della Storia,eds B. Borghi, "Didattica della Storia. Journal of Research and Didactics of History", AlmaDL, V. 2, N.1S (2020) open access: https://dsrivista.unibo.it

You can choose n. 3 essays from the ARTICLES section and n. 4 essays from the EXPERIENCES section.

ERASMUS STUDENTS

Erasmus students are invited to contact the teacher to establish on a specific program and examination procedures.

Teaching methods

The lectures will be supported by reading and commenting sources, film, ppt.There will be presented laboratories of history and activities conducted in the contexts of primary and secondary schools. Activities to promote active participation of students ("International Feast of History: www.festadellastoria.unibo.it).

If conditions permit, guided tours of the city are planned.

Assessment methods

ONLY FOR STUDENTS II YEAR OF THE COURSE IN "SPF"

The examination will be oral. The test consists in an individual oral interview and evaluation of research activities. The exam consists of an oral interview with the objective of evaluating the critical skills and methodological gained by the student, who will be invited to confront the texts covered during the course. In particular, we will evaluate the student's ability to be able to move within the sources and bibliographical material in order to be able to identify in them the useful information that will enable them to illustrate the similarities and cultural areas of the discipline, as well as presenting an hypothesis of a laboratory of history.

The criteria of the evaluation are:

- clarity in the presentation of the contents and in the use of the sources (classifications, analysis, comment, interpretation);

- ability to deepen and connect the main themes and the outcomes of ancient and medieval history;

- specific terminological appropriateness of the discipline;

- critical analysis of the repercussions of the topics studied within the contexts of nursery and primary schools and for the training of teacher professionalism.

The final grade will be out of thirty; the jump of appeal is not foreseen.

To take the exam it is necessary to register through the electronic bulletin board (AlmaEsami), in compliance with the established deadlines. Those who are unable to register for technical problems by the scheduled date, are required to promptly (and in any case before the official closing of the registration lists) communicate the problem to the didactic secretariat. It will be the faculty of the teacher to admit them to take the test.

Teaching tools

The lectures will be supported by the projection of films, images, ppt, reading of the sources, articles, educational visits on the territory (if conditions permit), from participation in the events of the "International Feast of History" (17-25 October 2020).

The material will be available for everyone (attending and not) on the platform of the course.

 

Office hours:
Tuesday from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm - Study n. 58 - Department of Education, via Filippo Re, 6 - 40124 Bologna

Telephone: 051/209 16 07
e-mail: b.borghi@unibo.it

It is possible to request a meeting via Teams.

Office hours

See the website of Beatrice Borghi