Teacher fellows
Ann-Laure Liéval
Hello, I’m Ann-Laure Liéval and I am a History and Geography teacher in Lille, France. I am part of the Parallel Histories team where my role is to develop teaching material about the Algerian War of Independence. Of course, I also use Parallel Histories resources in my classes; students prepare debates using primary and secondary sources, where they have to adopt a critical approach to the sources in order to back up their arguments with evidence. Thanks to this, they learn the history of and memory surrounding controversial topics, and they can see that these are complex issues with a diversity of points of view and actors involved. It’s a good way to rebut the populist approach to history that we see in the news, and it is great to see how over time the students get more and more involved and confident in their work in the project.
Ann-Laure Liéval
Hello, I’m Ann-Laure Liéval and I am a History and Geography teacher in Lille, France. I am part of the Parallel Histories team where my role is to develop teaching material about the Algerian War of Independence. Of course, I also use Parallel Histories resources in my classes; students prepare debates using primary and secondary sources, where they have to adopt a critical approach to the sources in order to back up their arguments with evidence. Thanks to this, they learn the history of and memory surrounding controversial topics, and they can see that these are complex issues with a diversity of points of view and actors involved. It’s a good way to rebut the populist approach to history that we see in the news, and it is great to see how over time the students get more and more involved and confident in their work in the project.
