On July 31, 2024, an award ceremony and alternative exhibition in the framework of the program "History Competitions 4.0: A toolkit for critical history teaching" took place at Loft Yerevan. Participants were welcomed by Esther Hakobyan, Director of the DVV International Armenia Country office, Lusine Kharatyan, expert from the "Hazarashen Armenian Center for Ethnological Studies" NGO, and Katya Fauser, Executive Director of the EUSTORY network.
The event summarized the result of the competition, i.e. entries submitted after four months of research projects. Thus, 39 group and individual submissions were made by the participating student teams. Based on the evaluations of a professional jury, 11 works received awards and prizes, including three winning the grand prize:
USSR’s school uniform as a tool for Soviet propaganda
Team from Gevorg Alishan Secondary School No. 95, teacher: Kima Shahbazyan, students: Harutyunyan Harutyun, Yenokyan Eliza, Yenokyan Luiza, Hovakimyan Arman, Karapetyan Mariam, Ghazaryan Varduhi, Verdyan Zhanna, Sargsyan Maria, Khatayan Karine.
Toys preserved in contemprorary Armenian families as a tool for Soviet propaganda
Team from V. Ananyan Secondary School No. 5 in Dilijan, teacher: Lilit Harutyunyan, students: Menejyan Elen, Tataryants Milena, Zakaryan Nelli, Harutyunyan Ashkhen, Ghukasyan Anahit, Davtyan Milena, Yesayan Mane, Harutyunyan Mariam.
Awards/rewards as a way of Soviet propaganda on the example of Azatan village 1970-1990s
Team from Azatan Secondary School, teacher: Siranush Tonoyan, students: Gasparyan Suzi, Mkrtchyan Astghik, Grigoryan Susanna, Khachatryan Ruzanna, Arakelyan Marine, Gyolchanyan Susanna.
An alternative exhibition of the submitted works also took place alongside the award ceremony. The teams that submitted their works for the competition had been requested to send the most impactful parts from their interviews conducted using the oral history methodology and/or their experience within the framework of the program, attaching a photo. These items were placed in a separate box prepared for each team and exhibited in the hall. During the event, as awards were handed out to the teams, their respective boxes were opened, and the most impressive parts were read aloud.
In the second part of the event, the boxes of teams that did not win prizes were also opened, and their contributions were read by the participants.
All the entries were displayed on a specially designed "Story Wall," uniting and amplifying the voices of all participants.
Following the award ceremony, the teachers behind the prize-winning projects had the opportunity to attend the "Teachers’ Academy" in Budva, Montenegro, from October 17-20, together with the teachers who won the history competition of the other countries (Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) participating in the program. Meanwhile, the students had the chance to participate in the "History Camp" in Riga, Latvia, on October 23-27, organized in parallel with the EUSTORY annual pan-European youth conference.
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