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'Compressing and rendering': using biography to teach big stories.

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Title:	'Compressing and rendering': using biography to teach big stories.
Authors:	Foster, Rachel¹
Source:	Teaching History. Mar2023, Issue 190, p62-73. 12p.
Subject Terms:	Cults, Biography (Literary form), Christians, Persecution of Christians
Abstract:	The discusses the challenges of telling "big stories" in history and the potential of approaches to biographical history-telling, focusing on the story of Saint Foy. The author describes how she developed an enquiry around Saint Foy's story that would serve to illuminate for Year 7 the most significant developments of the early medieval church, equipping the students with a richly contextualised understanding of the concepts that are central to making sense of those developments.
Database:	Education Research Complete

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Abstract:	The discusses the challenges of telling "big stories" in history and the potential of approaches to biographical history-telling, focusing on the story of Saint Foy. The author describes how she developed an enquiry around Saint Foy's story that would serve to illuminate for Year 7 the most significant developments of the early medieval church, equipping the students with a richly contextualised understanding of the concepts that are central to making sense of those developments.
ISSN:	00400610