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Teaching History for Peace

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Teaching the Constitution: Caste Bias and Discrimination in Everyday Life - A Lesson Plan

This lesson plan was introduced to 28 teachers from ICSE and CBSE schools based in Kolkata at a History for Peace workshop on June 28,...

Teaching the Indian Constitution: Fundamental Rights, Resistance and the AFSPA - A Lesson Plan

A lesson plan on teaching the constitution, focussing especially on AFSPA and fundamental rights.

Engaging with Bhimayana: An introduction to the life and work of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

This lesson idea invites a close reading of Bhimayana to open up constructive conversations towards critically understanding caste, and...

Thinking with Films: The historical film edition

If you are a social science teacher concerned about historical films being consumed by your students unquestioningly as 'historical...

Reading Propaganda

‘Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.’