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Articles and contributions to journals, anthologies, etc.

2026

  • Historical education as immunisation? Reflections on the significance of history in uncertain times, in: Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer et al. (eds.): Gefährdete Demokratie - Resiliente Demokratie. Contributions from research and practice (= Schriften zur Didaktik der Demokratie, vol. 8), Göttingen 2026, pp. 88-103
  • Teacher training in transition, in: uni-info 53 (2026), 1st quarter

2025

  • Archives in Lower Saxony and National Socialism – Continuities and Discontinuities. Research Review and Future Prospects, in: Sabine Graf, Julia Kahleyß, Henning Steinführer (eds.): Archives in Lower Saxony and National Socialism. Continuities and Discontinuities, Göttingen 2025, pp. 717–723
  • 200 Years of the Oldenburg House Calendar, in: The Oldenburg House Calendar 2026, pp. 17–31
  • Local sporting history in history lessons: justifications and perspectives, in: Merle Bülter (ed.): ‘Apolitical Places?’ Sports Venues and Their Social Significance. A Project Documentation, Oldenburg 2025, pp. 27–34
  • Sport after 1945, in: Merle Bülter (ed.): ‘Apolitical Places? Sports Venues and Their Social Significance. A Project Documentation’, Oldenburg 2025, pp. 163–166
  • Teaching and Learning History, in: Andreas Hartinger, Kim Lange-Schubert (eds.): General Studies. Didactics for Primary Schools. 6th revised and expanded edition. Berlin 2025, pp. 136–150
  • From Countryside to Landscape. On the Origins of the Oldenburg Foundation and the Oldenburg Landscape, in: kulturland oldenburg Issue 2, 2025, pp. 12–19
  • Letters as a Reflection of Historical Thought? The Example of Johann Carl Bertram Stüve (1798–1872), in: Christine G. Krüger, Franziska Meifort, Mareike Witkowski (eds.): Correspondence from the Past. Letters as Historical Sources, Göttingen 2025, pp. 29–37
  • (in collaboration with Mirko Crabus) Between Inclusion and Exclusion: The Practice of the Racist ‘Volksgemeinschaft’ in Lingen, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.): Lingen under National Socialism, Bielefeld 2025, pp. 167–210
  • Coming to terms with the present, references to the past and prospects for the future: Lingen in the early post-war years, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.): Lingen under National Socialism, Bielefeld 2025, pp. 429–462

2024

  • Participation in debates about street names - a look at local historical cultures and their constitution, in: Saskia Handro, Björn Onken (eds.): Geschichtskulturelle Partizipation. Actors, functions and practices, Berlin 2024, pp. 13-24
  • Literature report on history didactics, in: Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 2024, pp. 336-359, 463-484, 575-593 and 685-701
  • Exploring the history of democracy on site. Suggestions for history lessons, in: Geschichte lernen 220 (2024), pp. 37-39
  • (together with Steffen Barth): Democracy education in history lessons. The task and responsibility of the subject in challenging times, in: Geschichte lernen 220 (2024), p. 2-9
  • Local historical cultures and their (possible) significance for history lessons, in: Charlotte Husemann et al. (eds.): Historisches Lernen für das 21. Jahrhundert. Festschrift for Markus Bernhardt on his 65th birthday, Frankfurt/Main 2024, pp. 98-113
  • "Stedingsehre" - a cult site from the Nazi era as an extracurricular place of learning, in: Geschichte für heute 17, 2024, H. 1, pp. 47-55

2023

  • Childhood under political control. Children explore education and school life during the Nazi era, in: Grundschule General Studies 99 (2023), pp. 10–15 + resource pack accompanying the article (10 information cards)
  • ‘Altes Gymnasium’ – an honorary title? School names and their historical and cultural context from a history-teaching perspective, in: Markus Drüding, Frank Marschhausen, Uwe Roeder (eds.): Kontinuität des Wandels. The Alte Gymnasium Oldenburg. Essays on its 450-year history 1573–2023, Oldenburg 2023, pp. 377–388
  • ‘A Synonym for Harmony and Contentment’. The conflict over street names in Oldenburg – background, course of events, interpretation, in: The Street Names Controversy. A Documentation of the Renaming Process in Darmstadt 2013–2022, Darmstadt 2023, pp. 172–188
  • Historical Culture – A Concept with Potential for regional history? in: Lower Saxony Yearbook of Regional History 94 (2022), pp. 17–33

2022

  • A united Europe? Historical developments, current challenges, didactic perspectives, in: Geschichte lernen 209 (2022), pp. 2-9
  • A Nobel Peace Prize for the EU! Teaching suggestions, in: Learning History 209 (2022), p. 32-34
  • Historical learning, in: Iris Baumgardt, Dirk Lange (eds.): Young Citizens. Handbook of political education in primary school, Bonn 2022, pp. 205-211
  • (together with Maren Ullrich): Working with historical sources, in: ibid., pp. 433-439

2021

  • The Bückeberg and the Reich Harvest Festival, in: Henning Steinführer, Gerd Steinwascher (eds.): History and Memory in Lower Saxony and Bremen. 75 Places of Remembrance, Göttingen 2021, pp. 401–406
  • Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, in: Henning Steinführer, Gerd Steinwascher (eds.): History and Memory in Lower Saxony and Bremen. 75 Places of Remembrance, Göttingen 2021, pp. 449–454
  • Conflicts over Monuments in History Lessons, in: Vadim Oswalt, Hans-Jürgen Pandel (eds.): Handbook of Historical Culture in History Lessons, Frankfurt am Main 2021, pp. 36–63
  • Fostering a passion for the world around us and its historical dimension in children, in: Tim Billion-Kramer (ed.): Effective General Studies, Baltmannsweiler 2021, pp. 167–176
  • Enjoyment of History? On a Sometimes Forgotten but Indispensable Prerequisite for Historical Learning, in: Lars Deile, Jörg van Norden, Peter Riedel (eds.): Key Issues in Contemporary History Teaching. Joachim Rohlfes on the occasion of his 90th birthday, Frankfurt am Main 2021, pp. 79–83

2020

  • Outsiders in a conservative country? The political left in Oldenburg in the early Weimar Republic - research overview and research perspectives, in: Oldenburger Jahrbuch 120 (2020), pp. 85-93
  • Observations on the biography of Hermann Lübbing (1901-1978), in: Perspektiven der Landesgeschichte. Festschrift for Thomas Vogtherr. Edited on behalf of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen by Christine van den Heuvel, Henning Steinführer and Gerd Steinwascher with the collaboration of Josef Dolle and Jana Stoklasa, Göttingen 2020, pp. 719-737
  • (together with Steffen Barth): The German Empire. Life in a time of upheaval, in: Learning History 195 (2020), pp. 2-8
  • Dynamisation or stubbornness? Lower Saxony's homeland movement in the field of tension between preserving tradition, changing values and generational change around and after "1968", in: Lu Seegers (ed.): 1968. Gesellschaftliche Nachwirkungen auf dem Lande (= Kulturlandschaft Schaumburg, vol. 23), Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag 2020, pp. 121-137
  • Literature report on history didactics (together with Josef Memminger), in: GWU 71, 2020, pp. 333-348, 455-468, 581-597, 689-709 and GWU 72, 2021, pp. 103-117

2019

  • (with Maren Ullrich) ‘Images of the Medieval Town’, in: *Grundschule General Studies*, Issue 82, 2019, pp. 6–13
  • (with Maren Ullrich) ‘Knowledge in a Nutshell’, in: ibid., pp. 4ff.
  • (with Maren Ullrich) ‘Didactics in a Nutshell’, in: ibid., p. 15
  • (with Maren Ullrich) Picture-text cards, in: Primary School General Studies. Resource Pack, Issue 82, 2019, n.p.

2018

  • "A thoroughly folksy and apolitical booklet about local history." Modern folk calendars as historical sources? In: Dagmar Freist with the collaboration of Johannes Birk and Wolfgang Henninger (eds.): ArchivGeschichten. Festschrift for Gerd Steinwascher, Stuttgart 2018, 256-272
  • The perspective of science, in: Archiv-Nachrichten Niedersachsen 22/2018, pp. 103-107 (= opening statement at the panel discussion "Benutzung aus der Perspektive der Nutzer" at the 7th North German Archive Day on 6 June 2018)
  • (together with Malte Thießen): Between war and peace. Ideas of order and attempts at order 1918-1923, in: Geschichte lernen 186 (2018), pp. 2-9
  • Long-cherished wish or unloved decision? The founding of the state of Lower Saxony in the field of conflicting interests, in: Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte 153 (2017), pp. 47-65
  • Museum directors as historical-cultural actors? Preparatory reflections on a new field of research, in: Michael Schimek (ed.): Mittendrin. The museum in society. Festschrift for Uwe Meiners, Cloppenburg 2018, pp. 139-144
  • Historical culture in history lessons as a contribution to cultural education? In: Max Fuchs, Tom Braun (eds.): Kulturelle Unterrichtsentwicklung. Basics - Concepts - Examples, Weinheim 2018, pp. 199-206
  • Factual sources in the classroom - criminally ignored and underestimated? In: LaG magazine from 31 January 2018: lernen-aus-der-geschichte.de/Lernen-und-Lehren/content/13863
  • Heyl, Hindenburg, Hinrichs. Oldenburg conflicts over street names between the interpretation of the past, science and politics, in: Matthias Frese, Marcus Weidner (eds.): Verhandelte Erinnerungen. Dealing with honours, monuments and memorials after 1945 (= Forschungen zur Regionalgeschichte, vol. 82), Paderborn 2018, pp. 291-317

2017

  • Ancient History in Primary Schools. A Review, in: Tobias Arand, Konrad Vössing (eds.): Antiquity in the Classroom. The Integrative Potential of Ancient History for Historical Learning, Schwalbach/Ts. 2017, pp. 12–21
  • (with Malte Thießen) Islamic Worlds. Societal Challenges, Historical Insights and Didactic Perspectives, in: *Geschichte lernen* 177, 2017, pp. 2–11
  • Observation, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.): Handbook of Methods in General Studies. Updated New Edition, Baltmannsweiler 2017, pp. 53–62
  • Use of Film, Film Analysis, Film Production, in: ibid., pp. 89–100

2016

  • A closer look at the people’s historical perspective. A local conflict concerning historical culture and its potential for research, in: Sarah Neumann, Ines Weber, David Weiss (eds.), Ad laudem et gloriam. Festschrift for Rudolf Holbach, Trier 2016, pp. 343–359
  • (with Malte Thießen) Regimes of Honour. Perspectives, Potential and Findings of a Research Concept, in: Ibid. (eds.), Regimes of Honour. Actors, Practices and Media of Local Honours in the Modern Era (= Forms of Memory, vol. 63), Göttingen 2016, pp. 11–29
  • (with Michael Sauer) History Didactics (= collective review), in: GWU 67, 2016, pp. 233–252, 359–377, 480–499
  • The Middle Ages in Historical Culture. Phenomena, Causes and Didactic Perspectives, in: Geschichte lernen 170, 2016, pp. 2–7
  • Distant Proximity. Ancient Egypt between Foreignness and Relation to the Living World, in: Andrea Becher, Eva Gläser, Berit Pleitner (eds.): The Historical Perspective in Practice. Companion Volume 2 to the ‘Perspektivrahmen General Studies’, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2016, pp. 142–155
  • Historical Culture, in: Stefan Brüdermann (ed.): History of Lower Saxony. Vol. 4: From the Beginning of the 19th Century to the End of the First World War, Göttingen: Wallstein 2016, pp. 1347–1393
  • One State – Many Regions? State Identity, State Integration and Regional Culture in Lower Saxony, in: Teresa Nentwig, Christian Werwath (eds.): Politics and Governance in Lower Saxony, Wiesbaden: Springer 2016, pp. 59–78

2015

  • Living through a crisis – learning from a crisis? Crises as a subject of study and an opportunity for learning in history lessons, in: Hans-Hermann Precht (ed.): Economic Crises of 1929 and 2009. Forum Nordwolle Delmenhorst (= Series of the Scientific Advisory Board at the North-West German Museum of Industrial Culture, Vol. 2), Berlin: CULTURCON medien 2015, pp. 103–111
  • The End of the War and a New Beginning. On the Path to Democracy, in: Niedersachsen 2/2015, pp. 9–19
  • On the Significance of Nature for Human Societies – A Brief Introduction to Environmental History, in: Dietmar von Reeken, Indre Döpcke, Britta Wehen-Behrens (eds.): Teaching and Learning Environmental History. No Disaster! Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau 2015, pp. 8–15
  • (with Margarete Götz, Joachim Kahlert, Maria Fölling-Albers, Andreas Hartinger and Steffen Wittkowske) The Didactics of General Studies as an Educational Science Discipline, in: Joachim Kahlert et al. (eds.): Handbook of the Didactics of General Studies. 2nd, updated and expanded edition, Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt 2015, pp. 13–16
  • Historical Aspects, in: Joachim Kahlert et al. (eds.): Handbook of General Studies Didactics. 2nd, updated and expanded edition, Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt 2015, pp. 163–168
  • Texts, in: Joachim Kahlert et al. (eds.): Handbook of General Studies Didactics. 2nd, updated and expanded edition, Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt 2015, pp. 506–510

2014

  • From the time of Tacitus to the very recent past. Interpretations of the past, analyses of the present and expectations for the future in the discourses on Oldenburg’s autonomy after 1945, in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 86, 2014, pp. 161–183
  • (with Rudolf Holbach) The Sea as a Historical Space, or: Why a Historical Expansion of Marine Research is Indispensable, in: Rudolf Holbach, Dietmar von Reeken (eds.): ‘Das ungeheure Wellen-Reich’. Meanings, Perceptions and Projections of the Sea in History (= Oldenburg Papers on Historical Science, Vol. 15), Oldenburg 2014, pp. 7–22
  • The Sea as Home? Experience, Perception, Interpretation and Memory in the Regional Memory of North-West Germany, in: ibid., 99–113
  • (with Malte Thießen) Regional or local historical cultures? The scope and limits of spaces of memory, in: Janina Fuge, Rainer Hering, Harald Schmid (eds.): Spaces of Memory. Historical Narratives and Cultures of Remembrance in Northern Germany, Göttingen 2014, pp. 71–93
  • Teaching and Learning History, in: Andreas Hartinger, Kim Lange (eds.): General Studies – Didactics for Primary Schools, Berlin 2014, pp. 98–116 (now updated: 3rd ed. 2017, pp. 98–116)
  • Tangible Sources and Museum Displays (revised edition), in: Hilke Günther-Arndt, Meik Zülsdorf-Kersting (eds.): History Didactics. A Practical Handbook for Lower and Upper Secondary Schools. 6th, revised edition, Berlin 2014, pp. 144–157
  • Intercultural History Learning (revised edition), in: ibid., pp. 238–246
  • Road Safety Education and Mobility Education (revised edition), in: Wolfgang Einsiedler et al. (eds.): Handbook of Primary School Pedagogy and Primary School Didactics. 4th, expanded and updated edition, Bad Heilbrunn 2014, pp. 620–625

2013

  • (with Malte Thießen): ‘Volksgemeinschaft’ as social practice? Perspectives and potential of new on-the-ground research, in: Ibid. (eds.): ‘Volksgemeinschaft’ as social practice. New research on Nazi society at the local level, Paderborn 2013, pp. 11–33
  • An association as a community of remembrance. History, the present and the future in the thinking and actions of a local heritage society amidst the changes of the 20th century, in: Christiane Schröder et al. (eds.): History for understanding. Traditions, patterns of perception, perspectives on shaping the future. In Honour of Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer on his 65th Birthday, Bielefeld 2013, pp. 282–295
  • Regionalisms in Conflict. Disputes between ‘Lower Saxony’ and ‘Westphalia’ in the first half of the 20th century, in: Wilfried Reininghaus, Bernd Walter (eds.): Spaces – Borders – Identities. Westphalia as a Subject of State and Regional Historical Research, Paderborn et al. 2013, pp. 285–297
  • (with Berit Pleitner): On the historical perspective: time – change, in: Society for the Didactics of General Studies (GDSU) (eds.): Perspective Framework for General Studies. Completely revised and expanded edition, Bad Heilbrunn 2013, pp. 56–63

2012

  • An epoch between the times. The Vormärz from a historical and didactic perspective, in: Geschichte lernen 149, 2012, pp. 2-7

2011

  • Desired continuity and forced change? The Historical Commission in the modernisation processes of the 20th century, in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 83, 2011, pp. 75-91
  • Verkehrserziehung und Mobilitätsbildung, in: Wolfgang Einsiedler et al. (eds.): Handbuch Grundschulpädagogik und Grundschuldidaktik. 3rd, completely revised edition Bad Heilbrunn 2011, pp. 602-607

2010

  • (with Edith Heger): ‘Interdisciplinary Teaching’ in Planning and Practice: ‘We’re Getting Involved’ (class of 7), in: Roland Hafen, Daniel Kleine Huster, Detlev Lindau-Bank (eds.): Discovering Connections and Understanding the Big Picture. Practical Models of Interdisciplinary Teaching, Vechta 2010, pp. 91–109
  • To the Sources! Historical Sources in General Studies, in: Grundschule 7/8-2010, pp. 10ff.
  • The Founding of the State of Lower Saxony and the Kopf Government (1945–1955), in: History of Lower Saxony. Vol. 5: From the Weimar Republic to Reunification, edited by Gerd Steinwascher in collaboration with Detlef Schmiechen-Ackermann and Karl-Heinz Schneider, Hanover 2010, pp. 625–681

2009

  • An "inexhaustible source of our national strength"? Dorf, ländlicher Raum und Heimat im 20. Jahrhundert, in: Christine van den Heuvel, Bernd Kappelhoff, Thomas Vogtherr (eds.): Land, Dorf und Kirche. Gemeindebildung vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit in Nordwestdeutschland, Hanover 2009, pp. 169-180
  • Destruction or failure of a democracy? The final phase of the Weimar Republic, in: Geschichte lernen 127, 2009, pp. 2-11

2008

  • Contemporary History from a History Education Perspective, in: Journal of History Education, 2008, pp. 94–11
  • “To get to the sources, you have to swim against the tide”. Historical sources in academia, culture and the classroom, in: Ibid., Gunilla Budde, Dagmar Freist (eds.): Historical Sources. Building Bridges between Historical Research and History Education, Berlin 2008, pp. 11–19
  • Competences and historical learning. Foundations and implications for General Studies, in: Hartmut Giest, Andreas Hartinger, Joachim Kahlert (eds.): Competence Levels in General Studies, Bad Heilbrunn 2008, pp. 15–29
  • (together with Hartmut Giest and Jutta Wiesemann): Editorial, in: Hartmut Giest, Jutta Wiesemann (eds.): Children and Science. What Understanding of Science Does General Studies Have?, Bad Heilbrunn 2008, pp. 7–17
  • ‘The most striking thing, in fact, is that one does not notice them. Monuments as Tangible Sources for History Teaching, in: Learning History 121, 2008, pp. 2–11

2007

  • Working with primary sources, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt (ed.): History Methodology. A Handbook for Lower and Upper Secondary Education, Berlin: Cornelsen 2007, pp. 154–168
  • Working with Historical Narratives, in: ibid., pp. 169–173
  • Forms of historical development, in: ibid., pp. 260–272
  • Sense of Place, Integration and Modernisation. The Lower Saxony ‘Heimat’ Movement between the Founding of the State and ‘The Limits to Growth’, in: Lower Saxony Yearbook of Regional History 79, 2007, pp. 297–324
  • Texts, in: Joachim Kahlert, Maria Fölling-Albers, Margarete Götz, Andreas Hartinger, Dietmar von Reeken, Steffen Wittkowske (eds.): Handbook of General Studies Didactics, Bad Heilbrunn 2007, pp. 507–512
  • (together with Margarete Götz, Joachim Kahlert, Maria Fölling-Albers, Andreas Hartinger, Steffen Wittkowske): The Didactics of General Studies as an Educational Science Discipline, in: ibid., pp. 11–30
  • The Holocaust and National Socialism as a topic in primary school? Historical and political learning in General Studies, in: Dagmar Richter (ed.): Political Education from the Very Beginning. Learning about Democracy in Primary Schools, Bonn: Federal Agency for Civic Education 2007, pp. 199–214
  • Entry on Lübbert Eiken Lübbers, in: Martin Tielke (ed.): Biographical Encyclopaedia of East Frisia. Vol. 4, Aurich 2007, pp. 283–285
  • Entry on Dirk Meints Agena, in: Martin Tielke (ed.): Biographical Encyclopaedia of East Frisia. Vol. 4, Aurich 2007, pp. 15ff.
  • History Teaching at the Gymnasium – Perspectives on a Challenging Subject between Knowledge Transfer, Competence-Orientation and Pupil-Centredness, in: Sylvia Jahnke-Klein, Hanna Kiper, Ludwig Freisel (eds.): The Gymnasium Today. Between Elite Education and Supporting the Many, Baltmannsweiler 2007, pp. 129–145
  • Too foreign, too difficult, too unimportant? Discovering history in early-year education, in: Eva Gläser (ed.): General Studies in Early-Year Education. Learning following on from nursery school, Baltmannsweiler 2007, pp. 112–124

2006

  • Everyday Life and History in General Studies, in: Silke Pfeiffer (ed.): New Approaches to General Studies, Oldenburg 2006, pp. 45–58
  • Searching for Traces: Arguments for an Early Encounter with History, in: *Welt des Kindes* 3/2006, pp. 8–11
  • Pupil-centred History Teaching: Some Reflections on the Significance of Pupils’ Experiences for Historical Learning and Scholarship, in: Markus Bernhardt, Gerhard Henke-Bockschatz, Michael Sauer (eds.): Images – Perceptions – Constructions. Reflections on History and Historical Learning. Festschrift for Ulrich Mayer on his 65th birthday, Schwalbach/Ts. 2006, pp. 169–181
  • Subject-specific source, in: Ulrich Mayer, Hans-Jürgen Pandel, Gerhard Schneider, Bernd Schönemann (eds.): Dictionary of History Education, Schwalbach/Ts. 2006, pp. 156ff.
  • General Studies, in: Ulrich Mayer, Hans-Jürgen Pandel, Gerhard Schneider, Bernd Schönemann (eds.): Dictionary of History Education, Schwalbach/Ts. 2006, pp. 157ff.
  • ‘We can pass it on.’ The Holocaust in General Studies – A commentary from a history education perspective, in: Detlef Pech, Marcus Rauterberg, Katharina Stoklas (eds.): Possibilities and Relevance of Engaging with the Holocaust in Primary School General Studies (= ‘www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de’, supplement 3), 2006, pp. 89–95 (also available online here – download the complete supplement, 1 MB)

2005

  • Just another era? Reflections on contemporary history in historical culture and history teaching, in: Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History, online edition, 2 (2005), issue 2 available online here
  • Political Education in General Studies at Primary School, in: Wolfgang Sander (ed.), Handbook of Political Education, 3rd fully revised edition, Schwalbach/Ts. 2005, pp. 184–195
  • Are We What We Eat? Perspectives on a Didactics of Food History, in: Geschichte lernen, issue 103 (2005), pp. 12–17
  • Road Safety Education and Mobility Education, in: Wolfgang Einsiedler et al. (eds.), Handbook of Primary School Pedagogy and Didactics. 2nd revised edition, Bad Heilbrunn/Obb. 2005, pp. 684–689

2004

  • Understanding and Rational Action in Historical Learning Processes, in: Walter Köhnlein, Roland Lauterbach (eds.), Understanding and Rational Action. Studies on the Didactics of General Studies, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2004, pp. 169–184
  • (with Susanne Miller) Consecutive Teacher Training – The Pilot Scheme in Bielefeld and the Study of General Studies, in: Andreas Hartinger, Maria Fölling-Albers (eds.), Teacher Competences for General Studies, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2004, pp. 169–178
  • Historical Culture in History Teaching – Justifications and Perspectives, in: History in Science and Teaching 55, 2004, pp. 233–240
  • Exploration, in: sowi-online methods lexicon
  • Working with Caricatures, in: sowi-online-methods-lexicon
  • Film analysis, film production, in: sowi-online-methods-glossary
  • Methodological Approach in General Studies – Reflections Based on the Example of Historical Learning, in: Marlies Hempel (ed.), Education in General Studies, Bad Heilbrunn 2004, pp. 153–162
  • ‘Independent learning in the service of truth and goodness’: Adolph Diesterweg (1790–1866), in: Astrid Kaiser, Detlef Pech (eds.), History and Historical Conceptions of General Studies, Baltmannsweiler 2004, pp. 81–84
  • Priority for General Studies: Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1824–1893), in: ibid., pp. 94–97
  • General Studies from a Global Perspective, in: Astrid Kaiser, Detlef Pech (eds.), Integrative Approaches to General Studies, Baltmannsweiler 2004, pp. 130–136

2003

  • Methods in General Studies, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.), Handbook of Methods in General Studies, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2003, pp. 3–11
  • Observation, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.), Handbook of Methods in General Studies, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2003, pp. 39–46
  • Working with Films, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.), Handbook of Methods in General Studies, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2003, pp. 97–106
  • ‘Third World War’ or ‘Long Peace’? Fundamental Issues and Consequences of the Cold War, in: Learning History, Issue 94/2003, pp. 18–25
  • The Middle Classes. Processes of Formation and Transformation in the Long 19th Century, in: Geschichte lernen, issue 92/2003, pp. 10–17
  • ‘The parlour’ and ‘cold splendour’. Bourgeois living between intimacy and display, in: Geschichte lernen, issue 92/2003, pp. 23–29
  • Material Sources and Museum Displays, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt (ed.), History Didactics. A Practical Handbook for Lower and Upper Secondary Education, Berlin: Cornelsen Scriptor 2003, 2nd ed. 2005, pp. 137–150
  • Intercultural learning in history lessons, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt (ed.), History Didactics. A Practical Handbook for Lower and Upper Secondary Education, Berlin: Cornelsen Scriptor 2003, 2nd ed. 2005, pp. 233–241
  • Learning about politics in primary school – political education as a subject in General Studies, in: kursiv – Journal for Political Education 3/2003, pp. 24–29
  • Encouraging Reflection on History and Historicity: Historical Learning in Primary School, in: Primary School Teaching 11/2003, pp. 2–5

2002

  • Culture and Cultural Policy in Oldenburg from the Turn of the Century to 1918, in: Uwe Meiners (ed.), The Search for Security: The Heimat Movement in Urban and Rural Oldenburg, Oldenburg 2002, pp. 8–33
  • Medieval Market and the Wehrmacht Exhibition. On the Significance of Historical Culture for Schools, in: Göttinger Fachdidaktische Beiträge, Issue 5/2002, pp. 19–33
  • Projects in History Teaching. Learning Opportunities in the Face of Current Challenges?, in: Thomas Hill, Karl Heinrich Pohl (eds.), Projects in Schools and Higher Education. The Example of History, Bielefeld 2002, pp. 66–73
  • The ‘Unser Lieben Frauen’ Parish in the 19th and 20th Centuries, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.): ‘Unser Lieben Frauen’. The History of Bremen’s Oldest Parish from its Beginnings to the Present Day, Bremen: Edition Temmen 2002, pp. 83–183
  • Garden of Eden or Pool of Hell? Historical Learning in General Studies: Balancing Subject-Specific Requirements and Real-Life Context, in: Bernd Schönemann, Hartmut Voit (eds.), From Starting School to the Abitur. Principles and Practice of Historical Learning Across School Stages, Idstein 2002, pp. 151–163

2001

  • Learning for the ‘knowledge society’? A plea for a stronger focus on methodology in General Studies, in: Joachim Kahlert, Elke Inckemann (eds.), Knowledge, Skills and Understanding – on establishing links between them in General Studies, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2001, pp. 71–82
  • Lower Saxony – a historical invention. Arguments, proponents and opponents of the plans to create a state called ‘Lower Saxony’, in: Jürgen John (ed.), Central Germany: Concept – Construct – Historical Reality, Leipzig 2001
  • One country – two peoples? Israel – Palestine, in: *Geschichte lernen* issue 83/2001, pp. 18–25
  • ‘The State as a Whole!’ Integration through regional identity policy and regional history in Lower Saxony after 1945, in: Habbo Knoch (ed.), The Legacy of the Province. Local Culture and the Politics of History after 1945, Göttingen 2001, pp. 99–116
  • Road Safety Education and Mobility Education, in: Wolfgang Einsiedler et al. (eds.), Handbook of Primary School Pedagogy and Didactics, Bad Heilbrunn 2001, pp. 611–615

2000

  • Is Schimanski German? Cultural Plurality in Germany’s Past and its Treatment in General Studies, in: Sache Wort, Issue 27/2000, pp. 42–47
  • (with Volker Schwier): Critical consumerism. Perspectives on consumer education in General Studies, in: Grundschulunterricht 2/2000, pp. 23–28
  • (with Volker Schwier and Claudia Hoppe): Children and Consumption. Dimensions of integration in General Studies and some implications for teacher training, in: Gerhard Löffler, Volker Möhle, Dietmar von Reeken, Volker Schwier (eds.) General Studies – Between Subject-Specific Focus and Integration, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2000, pp. 185–200
  • From an economy of scarcity to a society of work: Oldenburg’s difficult path to the ‘economic miracle’, in: Albrecht Eckhardt (ed.), Oldenburg around 1950. A north-western German region in the first post-war decade, Oldenburg 2000, pp. 81–104
  • Contributions on: the Internet, buildings, CD-ROMs, monuments, films, children’s books, in: Lernbox Geschichte. The Methodology Handbook, Seelze/Velber: Friedrich Verlag 2000, pp. 18–20, 24ff., 30ff., 34–36, 39–43, 48–51
  • The Musealisation of Industrial Society? Pragmatic Reflections on the Relationship between Historical Culture, Heritage Conservation and the Industrial Museum, using the example of the ‘Nordwolle’ Factory Museum in Delmenhorst, in: Bernd Mütter, Bernd Schönemann, Uwe Uffelmann (eds.), Historical Culture. Theory – Empiricism – Pragmatism, Weinheim 2000, pp. 219–234
  • Education as a tool for crisis management? The farmers’ university movement in the Weimar Republic, in: Daniela Münkel (ed.), The Long Farewell to the Agrarian State. Agricultural Policy, Agriculture and Rural Society between Weimar and Bonn, Göttingen 2000, pp. 157–176
  • Learning History in General Studies, in: Brigitte Kottmann, Susanne Miller, Bianca Pein (eds.), Teacher Training at the University of Bielefeld. Proceedings of the symposium ‘The Future Lies in Teacher Training’ held in November 1999, Aachen 2000, pp. 143–154

1999

  • Who is afraid of Wolfgang Klafki? History teaching and the "key problems", in: Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht H. 5-6/1999, pp. 292-304
  • Elite revolution, elite fusion or elite alliance? The administrative elite in East Frisia 1932 - 1937, in: Herbert Reyer (ed.), Ostfriesland im Dritten Reich. Die Anfänge der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft im Regierungsbezirk Aurich 1933 - 1938. Beiträge des Kolloquiums der Ostfriesischen Landschaft am 7. und 8. Februar 1992, Aurich 1999, pp. 24-48
  • Das historische Jugendbuch, in: Hans-Jürgen Pandel, Gerhard Schneider (eds.), Handbuch Medien im Geschichtsunterricht, Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau 1999, S. 69-83
  • Family, religion and capitalism: The Bremen textile entrepreneur family Lahusen 1816-1933, in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 71(1999), pp. 223-234
  • Ideology and pragmatics of the rural homeland movement, in: Regionaler Fundamentalismus? History of the Heimat Movement in the Town and Country of Oldenburg, Oldenburg 1999, pp. 72-81
  • (with Michael Sauer et al.) Building blocks for a class library. Literature recommendations, in: Geschichte lernen 71, 1999, pp. 10-13

1998

  • Kinderrepubliken, in: Ursula Carle, Astrid Kaiser (eds.), Rechte der Kinder, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 1998, S. 39-47
  • Conservative continuity and incipient modernisation: The homeland movement in Lower Saxony 1945 - 1960, in: Bernd Weisbrod (ed.), Von der Währungsreform zum Wirtschaftswunder. Reconstruction in Lower Saxony, Hanover 1998, pp. 57-74
  • From danger defence to risk awareness: Mobility education instead of road safety education, in: Sache Wort Zahl 26(1998), H. 16, pp. 36-40
  • National or National Socialist? A case study on the relationship between the Stahlhelm and the NSDAP in Emden from 1932 to 1935, in: Herbert Reyer (ed.), Ostfriesland zwischen Republik und Diktatur, Aurich 1998, pp. 201-238
  • Of Witches and Heroes, of Nature Boys and Heidschnucken: Myths in history, in: Zeitschrift für berufliche Umweltbildung H. 3-4/1998, pp. 4-9

1997

  • Learning about history in General Studies: a review of the current state of research and future prospects, in: Brunhilde Marquardt-Mau, Walter Köhnlein, Roland Lauterbach (eds.), Research on General Studies, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 1997 (Problems and Perspectives in General Studies, Vol. 7), pp. 208–224
  • (together with Silke von Reeken): The Destruction of the Jewish Cemetery in Diepholz. A Project in Primary School, in: Grundschule No. 7–8/1997, pp. 68–70
  • Articles ‘Dörpfeld, Friedrich Wilhelm’, ‘Tecklenburg, August’, ‘Holocaust’ and ‘Regional History in the Classroom’, all in: Astrid Kaiser (ed.), Encyclopaedia of General Studies, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 1997, pp. 32, 88, 173, 213ff.
  • Entry on Mozer, Alfred, in: *Neue Deutsche Biographie*, Vol. 18, 1997, pp. 246ff.
  • 4 biographical articles in: Martin Tielke (ed.), Biographical Encyclopaedia of East Frisia. Vol. 2, Aurich 1997, pp. 122–124, 185ff., 279–284, 346–348
  • Chapter 8: People and their everyday lives in pre-industrial society, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt et al. (eds.), History Book 2. New edition, Berlin: Cornelsen 1997, pp. 176–195
  • Religion in General Studies? Pluralism, intercultural education and the question of meaning, in: Learning in Germany. Journal of Intercultural Education 17(1997), pp. 134–144
  • State History and Regional Identity. Reflections by a Historian on Lower Saxony’s State Anniversary, in: Osnabrücker Mitteilungen 102 (1997), pp. 13–34
  • Space and History: Ten Theses on the Relationship between Regional History and Regional Identity at the End of the 20th Century, in: History, Politics and their Didactics 25(1997), pp. 227–229

1996

  • Protestant social milieu and the ‘liberal’ regional church? Processes of social milieu formation in Oldenburg 1849–1914, in: Olaf Blaschke, Frank-Michael Kuhlemann (eds.), Religion in the German Empire. Milieus, Mentalities, Crises, Gütersloh: Kaiser, Gütersloher Verl.-Haus, 1996, pp. 290–315
  • “Where, as a child, I used to walk through quiet village streets … machines now roar past”. Industrialisation in Lower Saxony, in: Horst Kuss, Bernd Mütter (eds.), The History of Lower Saxony – Rediscovered, Braunschweig: Westermann 1996 (Praxis Pädagogik), pp. 48–59
  • The Didactics of General Studies and History: An Assessment and Critique of a Discrepancy, in: History in Science and Education 46(1996), pp. 349–365, now also available online at www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de/
  • (together with Susanne Miller): Teacher Training in General Studies – The Case of Bielefeld, in: Grundschule No. 11/1996, pp. 19–22
  • Modernisation and Pluralisation. The German Empire 1871–1918, in: Geschichte lernen No. 54, 1996, pp. 11–18
  • The Case of Frey the Bricklayer: A Story from the Early Days of the Welfare State, in: Geschichte lernen No. 54, 1996, pp. 25–27
  • (with Klaus Bulle): The Lahusen Family of Entrepreneurs. The Bourgeoisie and Bourgeois Self-Representation, in: *Geschichte lernen* No. 54, 1996, pp. 59–66
  • The Breakthrough of Modernity? Oldenburg 1880–1918, in: History of the City of Oldenburg. Vol. 2: 1830–1995, Oldenburg 1996, pp. 173–286
  • Science, Space and Folk Culture: Historical and Contemporary Research in and on ‘Lower Saxony’ 1910–1945 – A Contribution to the Regional History of Science, in: Lower Saxony Yearbook for Regional History 68 (1996), pp. 43–90

1995

  • Local Societies between Continuity and Change: The East Frisian Towns of Aurich and Emden 1928–1953, in: Lower Saxony State Centre for Political Education (ed.), Lower Saxony after 1945. Social Upheavals, Reorganisation Processes, Social and Economic Structural Change, Hanover 1995, pp. 18–33
  • The Lahusens – a Bremen entrepreneurial family in the transition from commerce to industry, in: Hartmut Roder (ed.), Bremen – A Trading City on the River, Bremen 1995, pp. 111–114
  • The History of Childhood – A Golden Path to Historical Learning in Primary School? in: General Studies and Mathematics in Primary Education 23(1995), pp. 542–555
  • Chapters 7 and 8 in: Hilke Günther-Arndt, Dirk Hoffmann, Norbert Zwölfer (eds.), History Textbook for Upper Secondary School. Vol. 1: From Antiquity to the End of the 19th Century, Berlin: Cornelsen 1995, pp. 328–345 and 372–380, and Chapter 1 in: Ibid. (eds.), op. cit., Vol. 2: The 20th Century, Berlin: Cornelsen 1996, pp. 38–51

1993

  • Emden and Aurich 1928 - 1948: On the relationship between rupture and continuity of socio-moral milieus, in: Frank Bajohr (ed.), Norddeutschland im Nationalsozialismus, Hamburg 1993, pp. 53-66
  • East Frisian Landscape and National Socialism. On the possibilities and limits of particularised representation of interests in the early years of the "Third Reich", in: Ernst Hinrichs, Klaus Saul, Heinrich Schmidt (eds.), Zwischen ständischer Gesellschaft und "Volksgemeinschaft". Contributions to North German regional history since 1750, Oldenburg 1993, pp. 147-162
  • "I accuse". Why Captain Dreyfus had to go to the Devil's Islands, in: Geschichte lernen 6(1993), H. 34, pp. 45-51
  • 6 biographical articles in: Martin Tielke (ed.), Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Vol. 1, Aurich 1993

1989

  • The economic development of Aurich between 1928 and 1945, in: Herbert Reyer (ed.), Aurich im Nationalsozialismus, Aurich 1989, pp. 115-144
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