The research conducted within the Facts not Fiction project examines the impact of introducing the educational approaches of place-based learning and peer-based learning to Holocaust education, thereby aiming to tackle rising antisemitism across Europe. Given the novelty of these approaches, the research conducted during the project aims to bridge a gap between the bodies of literature on Holocaust education, place-based learning, and peer learning. In this review, we will establish the state of Holocaust education and place-based learning in Europe, before considering how the two can be combined in place-based Holocaust learning.

  • Examine the past through a “Memory walk”
  • Making your students more independent
  • How the process of historical enquiry helps to make school history more accessible
  • How strategies of differentiation can help creating an inclusive environment for student development
  • Understanding Historical Times through the use of layered timelines