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'With These Exhibits Many Interesting Things Can Be Learned about Past Times': Playmobil's History Class -- Representations, Reflections and Expectations
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Barsch, Sebastian; Mathis, Christian – History Education Research Journal, 2020
In 2018, the toy manufacturer Playmobil launched a 'History Class' as an addition to its 'Furnished School Building'. The materiality of this toy, and the selection of teaching media represented in coloured plastic (a blackboard with timeline, magnifying glass, parchment roll, stone axe, posters and other sources), convey an idea of history…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toys, Popular Culture, Cultural Influences
Photographs as Political Statements: A Case Study of Picture Editing in the German Illustrated Press and Its Impact on American Picture Magazines, 1926-38.
Ohrn, Karin B. – 1979
A comparison of photographs in four German magazines published from 1926 to 1933 with photographs appearing in "Fortune" and "Life" from 1930 to 1938 reveals specific patterns and techniques by German photographers, who later emigrated to the United States, that served as models for "Life" and for subsequent American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Journalism, Layout (Publications)