Welcome to LETHE Tools
All designed material is categorized and uploaded as individual files that can be downloaded and used in your classes. Although the materials are in English, you can find a version of the document in other languages in the LETHE Toolkit category. Download the Toolkit and find the specific file you need in the language that best suits you!
Key Ideas in a nutshell
What is the LETHE project? There are five key ideas that frame the project and that we consider essential to understand the overall approach of the project.
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Hidden Stories
LETHE is about uncovering hidden stories. These are untold for a variety of reasons. Hidden stories can be overshadowed by other stories, they can be silenced because they are controversial or sensitive, or because they are about marginalised groups who are sometimes intentionally, forgotten.
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Perspectives
The LETHE perspective is that history is “in motion”. There are no single or fixed historical narratives. Social and cultural settings influence how we understand the past.
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Questions
LETHE asks historical questions that are key to exploring and learning about the past. These questions guide investigations, shape the analysis of evidence and build meaningful interpretations. They also help spark curiosity and develop critical thinking.
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Objects
In LETHE objects are used to open up and explore hidden stories. Objects from the past can be used to understand social, cultural or technological developments. In historical investigations, such objects are examined for their material composition, shape, function, context and purpose to answer questions about past events and human experiences.
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Evidence
LETHE uses objects and sources from the past (like artefacts, oral histories, written records, visual and audio-visual sources) as evidence to answer questions and make claims about historical events and experiences. These sources gain meaning when they are examined and interpreted in context.
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Ana Cano García
CEIP Puente de Doñana (Murcia, Spain)
"The implementation of the LETHE project has transformed both my teaching practice and the students' learning experience, promoting a more critical, analytical and reflexive approach in the Social Sciences classroom"
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Miguel Pallarés Martínez
IES Poeta Julián Andúgar (Santomera, Spain)
"It's a very cool project, very interesting things come out. With one of the groups I worked on the history of the Italian castrati. It's a mind-blowing story and the answers given by some students are wonderful. It occurred to me to record the conclusions of the boys in short videos and so they shared their conclusions with the rest of the class. It was impressive."
Kiki Amarantidou / Κική Αμαραντίδου
Experimental Primary School (Florina, Greece) / Πειραματικό Δημοτικό Σχολείο Φλώρινας
"The positive feedback from the children and the stories they shared about disability, even after the implementation was completed, demonstrate the success and effectiveness of the Project."
Juha-Pekka Lehtonen & Sari Halavaara
Otaniemen lukio, Espoo (Finland)
"The LETHE project has served as inspiration for the creation and design of a historical case based on an emblematic building in our own town, such as the Otaniemi University Campus, which we wanted to share with our project colleagues".
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Ana Cano García
CEIP Puente de Doñana (Murcia, Spain)
"The implementation of the LETHE project has transformed both my teaching practice and the students' learning experience, promoting a more critical, analytical and reflexive approach in the Social Sciences classroom"
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Miguel Pallarés Martínez
IES Poeta Julián Andúgar (Santomera, Spain)
"It's a very cool project, very interesting things come out. With one of the groups I worked on the history of the Italian castrati. It's a mind-blowing story and the answers given by some students are wonderful. It occurred to me to record the conclusions of the boys in short videos and so they shared their conclusions with the rest of the class. It was impressive."
Kiki Amarantidou / Κική Αμαραντίδου
Experimental Primary School (Florina, Greece) / Πειραματικό Δημοτικό Σχολείο Φλώρινας
"The positive feedback from the children and the stories they shared about disability, even after the implementation was completed, demonstrate the success and effectiveness of the Project."
Juha-Pekka Lehtonen & Sari Halavaara
Otaniemen lukio, Espoo (Finland)
"The LETHE project has served as inspiration for the creation and design of a historical case based on an emblematic building in our own town, such as the Otaniemi University Campus, which we wanted to share with our project colleagues".
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