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Periodicals
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Zgodovina v šoli

This work by Brigita Praznik Lokar is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
The article presents two creative assignments that discuss the memories of a teacher (who was an eight-year-old girl at the time) of the 1991 War of Independence in two completely different ways. The literary essay “Through the Eyes of a Frightened Child” presents these memories in an uncritical way, without examining the historical events. The essay’s goal was to achieve a literary impact. The story about the attainment of independence titled “The Voice of a Child’s Bittersweet Memories” was created following the steps of active oral history. The student thoroughly researched the historical events at the time of the air raid on Medvedjek, creating a historically accurate story that could be used for further research during history lessons. As they were written down, the narrator’s memories were placed in a historical context and the student was able to engage in a face-to-face discussion with the narrator about an event as important as the War of Independence. Creative assignments and contact with narrators further motivate students to research history.