Didactic guide for the use of testimonies and experiences about the civil war, postwar and Francoism.The story told

Abstract

Writing about events without reinventing them, but using the facts as narrated by the actors who lived them, is increasingly essential in historical education and using an innovative methodology.

As a teacher, I consider it essential for the new generations to know and learn about the circumstances of Spain’s recent history. At the stage of secondary education in Spain and the Baccalaureate, the civil war, the post-war period and Franco's regime, are studied in the subject of History. A less theoretical and more experiential vision could help our students learn about the past by knowing the facts. The narrative method, based on testimonies, could be used for the Teaching/Learning of this period. This has many advantages, among others, to know and learn from the past when there are no longer closer generations alive (grandparents, ancestors) who can pass on directly as witnesses the facts. In addition to a sentimental learning, it implies, a knowledge regarding the management, the use, the double use of the goods and food. But also, to know the other version of the facts, the ideology of the moment, the confrontation between brothers that happens for example in a civil war. And obviously, to contribute to the overcoming of the history of a country.