Essays // University of Oldenburg

Articles and contributions to journals, anthologies, etc.

2026

Teacher training in transition, in: uni-info 53 (2026), 1st quarter

2025

Archives in Lower Saxony and National Socialism - Continuities and Ruptures. Research Review and Research Perspectives, in: Sabine Graf, Julia Kahleyß, Henning Steinführer (eds.): Archives in Lower Saxony and National Socialism. Continuities and ruptures, Göttingen 2025, pp. 717-723
200 years of the Oldenburg House Calendar, in: The Oldenburg House Calendar 2026, pp. 17-31
Local Sports History in History Lessons: Reasons and Perspectives, in: Merle Bülter (ed.): Unpolitical Places? Sports venues and their social significance. A project documentation, Oldenburg 2025, pp. 27-34
Sport after 1945, in: Merle Bülter (ed.): Unpolitische Orte? Sports venues and their social significance. A project documentation, Oldenburg 2025, pp. 163-166
Historical teaching and learning, in: Andreas Hartinger, Kim Lange-Schubert (eds.): Sachunterricht. Didactics for primary school. 6th revised and expanded ed. Berlin 2025, pp. 136-150
From country to landscape. On the development of the Oldenburg Foundation and the Oldenburg landscape, in: kulturland oldenburg Heft 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.): Korrespondenzen aus der Vergangenheit. Letters as historical sources, Göttingen 2025, pp. 29-37
(with the collaboration of Mirko Crabus) Between Inclusion and Exclusion: The Practice of the Racist "Volksgemeinschaft" in Lingen, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.): Lingen im Nationalsozialismus, Bielefeld 2025, pp. 167-210
Coming to terms with the present, references to the past and prospects for the future: Lingen in the first post-war years, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.): Lingen im Nationalsozialismus, 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 in the political grip. Children deal with education and school during the Nazi era, in: Grundschule Sachunterricht 99 (2023), pp. 10-15 + material pack for the article (10 info cards)
"Altes Gymnasium" - a title of honour? School names and their historical-cultural context from a historical-didactic perspective, in: Markus Drüding, Frank Marschhausen, Uwe Roeder (eds.): Kontinuität des Wandels. The Old Grammar School Oldenburg. Contributions to its 450-year history 1573-2023, Oldenburg 2023, pp. 377-388
"A synonym for agreement and satisfaction". The conflict over street names in Oldenburg - background, course, interpretation, in: Streitsache Straßennamen. 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 for 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

Der Bückeberg und das Reichserntedankfest, in: Henning Steinführer, Gerd Steinwascher (eds.): Geschichte und Erinnerung in Niedersachsen und Bremen. 75 Places of Remembrance, Göttingen 2021, pp. 401-406
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, in: Henning Steinführer, Gerd Steinwascher (eds.): History and Remembrance in Lower Saxony and Bremen. 75 Places of Remembrance, Göttingen 2021, pp. 449-454
Monument conflicts in history lessons, in: Vadim Oswalt, Hans-Jürgen Pandel (eds.): Handbuch Geschichtskultur im Geschichtsunterricht, Frankfurt am Main 2021, pp. 36-63
Developing enthusiasm for children, the things of the world and their historical dimension, in: Tim Billion-Kramer (ed.): Wirksamer Sachunterricht, Baltmannsweiler 2021, pp. 167-176
Enjoying history? On a sometimes forgotten but indispensable prerequisite for historical learning, in: Lars Deile, Jörg van Norden, Peter Riedel (eds.): Brennpunkte heutiger Geschichtsunterrichts. Joachim Rohlfes on his 90th birthday, Frankfurt/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

(together with Maren Ullrich) Images of the medieval city, in: Grundschule Sachunterricht Heft 82, 2019, pp. 6-13
(together with Maren Ullrich) Wissen kompakt, in: ibid., p. 4f.
(together with Maren Ullrich) Didactics compact, in: ibid., p. 15
(together with Maren Ullrich) Bild-Text-Karten, in: Grundschule Sachunterricht. Material package, issue 82, 2019, no 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 school. An inventory, in: Tobias Arand, Konrad Vössing (eds.): Antike im Unterricht. The integrative potential of ancient history for historical learning, Schwalbach/Ts. 2017, pp. 12-21
(with Malte Thießen) Islamic worlds. Social challenges, historical insights and didactic perspectives, in: Geschichte lernen 177, 2017, pp. 2-11
Observation, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.): Handbuch Methoden im Sachunterricht. Updated new edition, Baltmannsweiler 2017, pp. 53-62
Film use, film analysis, film production, in: ibid., pp. 89-100

2016

Looking the people in the historical eye. A local historical-cultural conflict 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, potentials and findings of a research concept, in: This (ed.), Ehrregime. Actors, Practices and Media of Local Honours in the Modern Age (= Forms of Remembrance, vol. 63), Göttingen 2016, pp. 11-29
(with Michael Sauer) Geschichtsdidaktik (= 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 lifeworld reference, in: Andrea Becher, Eva Gläser, Berit Pleitner (eds.): Die historische Perspektive konkret. Accompanying volume 2 to the Perspective Framework for Subject Teaching, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2016, p. 142-155
Historical culture, in: Stefan Brüdermann (ed.): Geschichts Niedersachsens. 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 consciousness, state integration and regional culture in Lower Saxony, in: Teresa Nentwig, Christian Werwath (eds.): Politik und Regieren in Niedersachsen, Wiesbaden: Springer 2016, pp. 59-78

2015

Living in the crisis - learning from the crisis? Crises as a learning object and learning occasion in history lessons, in: Hans-Hermann Precht (ed.): Wirtschaftskrisen 1929 und 2009. Forum Nordwolle Delmenhorst (= Schriftenreihe des Wissenschaftlichen Beirates im Nordwestdeutschen Museum für IndustrieKultur, Bd. 2), Berlin: CULTURCON medien 2015, pp. 103-111
The end of the war and a new beginning. On the road to democracy, in: Lower Saxony 2/2015, p. 9-19
On the importance of nature for human societies - a brief introduction to environmental history, in: Dietmar von Reeken, Indre Döpcke, Britta Wehen-Behrens (eds.): Umweltgeschichte lehren und lernen. No catastrophe! Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau 2015, pp. 8-15
(with Margarete Götz, Joachim Kahlert, Maria Fölling-Albers, Andreas Hartinger and Steffen Wittkowske) Didaktik des Sachunterrichts als bildungswissenschaftliche Disziplin, in: Joachim Kahlert et al. (eds.): Handbuch Didaktik des Sachunterrichts. 2nd, updated and expanded edition Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt 2015, pp. 13-16
Historical aspects, in: Joachim Kahlert et al. (eds.): Handbuch Didaktik des Sachunterrichts. 2nd, updated and expanded edition Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt 2015, pp. 163-168
Texts, in: Joachim Kahlert et al. (eds.): Handbuch Didaktik des Sachunterrichts. 2nd, updated and expanded edition Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt 2015, pp. 506-510

2014

From the times of Tacitus to the recent present. Interpretations of the past, diagnoses of the present and expectations of the future in the discourses on Oldenburg's independence after 1945, in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 86, 2014, pp. 161-183
(with Rudolf Holbach) Das Meer als Geschichtsraum, oder: Warum eine historische Erweiterung der Meeresforschung unabdingbar ist, in: Rudolf Holbach, Dietmar von Reeken (eds.): "Das ungeheure Wellen-Reich". Meanings, perceptions and projections of the sea in history (= Oldenburger Schriften zur Geschichtswissenschaft, 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 memory spaces, in: Janina Fuge, Rainer Hering, Harald Schmid (eds.): Gedächtnisräume. Images of history and cultures of remembrance in northern Germany, Göttingen 2014, pp. 71-93
Historisches Lehren und Lernen, in: Andreas Hartinger, Kim Lange (eds.): Sachunterricht - Didaktik für die Grundschule, Berlin 2014, pp. 98-116 (now updated: 3rd ed. 2017, pp. 98-116)
Objective sources and museum displays (new edition), in: Hilke Günther-Arndt, Meik Zülsdorf-Kersting (eds.): Geschichts-Didaktik. Praxishandbuch für die Sekundarstufe I und II. 6th, revised new edition Berlin 2014, pp. 144-157
Intercultural history learning (new edition), in: ibid., pp. 238-246
Verkehrserziehung und Mobilitätsbildung (new edition), in: Wolfgang Einsiedler et al. (eds.): Handbuch Grundschulpädagogik und Grundschuldidaktik. 4th, supplemented and updated edition Bad Heilbrunn 2014, pp. 620-625

2013

(together with Malte Thießen): "Volksgemeinschaft" as a social practice? Perspektiven und Potenziale neuer Forschungen vor Ort, in: This (ed.): "Volksgemeinschaft" als soziale Praxis. New research on Nazi society on the ground, Paderborn 2013, pp. 11-33
An association as a community of memory. History, present and future in the thoughts and actions of a local history association in the changing 20th century, in: Christiane Schröder et al. (eds.): Geschichte, um zu verstehen. Traditions, patterns of perception, design perspectives. 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.): Räume - Grenzen - Identitäten. Westphalia as the subject of state and regional historical research, Paderborn et al. 2013, pp. 285-297
(together with Berit Pleitner): Zur historischen Perspektive: Zeit - Wandel, in: Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) (ed.): Perspektivrahmen Sachunterricht. 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

(together with Edith Heger): "Fächerverbindender Unterricht" in Planung und Praxis: "Wir mischen mit" (Jahrgang 7), in: Roland Hafen, Daniel Kleine Huster, Detlev Lindau-Bank (eds.): Zusammenhänge entdecken und das Ganze verstehen. Practical models of interdisciplinary teaching, Vechta 2010, pp. 91-109
To the sources! Historical sources in subject teaching, in: Grundschule 7/8-2010, p. 10f.
The foundation of the state of Lower Saxony and the Kopf government (1945-1955), in: Geschichte Niedersachsens. 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 didactically, in: Zeitschrift für Geschichtsdidaktik, 2008, pp. 94-11
"To get to the sources, you have to swim against the current". History sources in science, culture and teaching, in: Ders., Gunilla Budde, Dagmar Freist (eds.): Geschichts-Quellen. Bridging the gap between historical science and historical didactics, Berlin 2008, pp. 11-19
Competences and historical learning. Fundamentals and consequences for non-fiction teaching, in: Hartmut Giest, Andreas Hartinger, Joachim Kahlert (eds.): Kompetenzniveaus im Sachunterricht, Bad Heilbrunn 2008, pp. 15-29
(together with Hartmut Giest and Jutta Wiesemann): Editorial, in: Hartmut Giest, Jutta Wiesemann (eds.): Kind und Wissenschaft. What understanding of science does science education have, Bad Heilbrunn 2008, pp. 7-17
"The most striking thing is that you don't notice them. Monuments as representational sources for history lessons, in: Geschichte lernen 121, 2008, pp. 2-11

2007

Source work, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt (ed.): Geschichtsmethodik. Handbuch für die Sekundarstufe I und II, Berlin: Cornelsen 2007, pp. 154-168
Working with historical representations, in: ibid., pp. 169-173
Forms of progression, in: ibid., pp. 260-272
Homeland consciousness, integration and modernisation. The Lower Saxon homeland movement between the founding of the state and the "limits of growth", in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 79, 2007, pp. 297-324
Texts, in: Joachim Kahlert, Maria Fölling-Albers, Margarete Götz, Andreas Hartinger, Dietmar von Reeken, Steffen Wittkowske (eds.): Handbuch Didaktik des Sachunterrichts, Bad Heilbrunn 2007, pp. 507-512
(together with Margarete Götz, Joachim Kahlert, Maria Fölling-Albers, Andreas Hartinger, Steffen Wittkowske): Didactics of Sachunterricht as an Educational Science Discipline, in: ibid., pp. 11-30
Holocaust and National Socialism as a topic in primary school? Historical-political learning in subject lessons, in: Dagmar Richter (ed.): Politische Bildung von Anfang an. Demokratie-Lernen in der Grundschule, Bonn: Federal Agency for Civic Education 2007, pp. 199-214
Art. Lübbert Eiken Lübbers, in: Martin Tielke (ed.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Vol. 4, Aurich 2007, pp. 283-285
Art. Dirk Meints Agena, in: Martin Tielke (ed.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Vol. 4, Aurich 2007, p. 15f.
History lessons at grammar schools - perspectives of a difficult subject between knowledge transfer, competence-orientation and student focus, in: Sylvia Jahnke-Klein, Hanna Kiper, Ludwig Freisel (eds.): Gymnasium heute. Zwischen Elitebildung und Förderung der Vielen, Baltmannsweiler 2007, pp. 129-145
Too foreign, too difficult, too unimportant? Discovering history in the early years classroom, in: Eva Gläser (ed.): Sachunterricht im Anfangsunterricht. Learning after kindergarten, Baltmannsweiler 2007, pp. 112-124

2006

Everyday life and history in non-fiction lessons, in: Silke Pfeiffer (ed.): Neue Wege im Sachunterricht, Oldenburg 2006, pp. 45-58
Searching for traces. Arguments in favour of early encounters with history, in: Welt des Kindes 3/2006, pp. 8-11
Pupil-orientation in history didactics. Some reflections on the significance of pupils' experiences for historical learning and science, in: Markus Bernhardt, Gerhard Henke-Bockschatz, Michael Sauer (eds.): Bilder - Wahrnehmungen - Konstruktionen. Reflections on history and historical learning. Festschrift for Ulrich Mayer on his 65th birthday, Schwalbach/Ts. 2006, pp. 169-181
Sachquelle, in: Ulrich Mayer, Hans-Jürgen Pandel, Gerhard Schneider, Bernd Schönemann (eds.): Wörterbuch Geschichtsdidaktik, Schwalbach/Ts. 2006, p. 156f.
Sachunterricht, in: Ulrich Mayer, Hans-Jürgen Pandel, Gerhard Schneider, Bernd Schönemann (eds.): Wörterbuch Geschichtsdidaktik, Schwalbach/Ts. 2006, p. 157f.
"We can keep on telling the story." Holocaust im Sachunterricht - Ein Kommentar aus geschichtsdidaktischer Perspektive, in: Detlef Pech, Marcus Rauterberg, Katharina Stoklas (eds.): Möglichkeiten und Relevanz der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Holocaust im Sachunterricht der Grundschule (= www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de, beiheft 3), 2006, pp. 89-95 (also online here - download the complete supplement, 1 MB)

2005

A completely normal epoch? Reflections on contemporary history in historical culture and history teaching, in: Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History, online edition, 2 (2005), H. 2 online here
Politische Bildung im Sachunterricht der Grundschule, in: Wolfgang Sander (ed.), Handbuch politische Bildung, 3rd completely revised edition Schwalbach/Ts. 2005, pp. 184-195
Is man what he eats? Perspectives on the didactics of food history, in: Geschichte lernen Heft 103 (2005), pp. 12-17
Verkehrserziehung und Mobilitätsbildung, in: Wolfgang Einsiedler et al. (eds.), Handbuch Grundschulpädagogik und Grundschuldidaktik. 2nd revised ed. Bad Heilbrunn/Obb. 2005, pp. 684-689

2004

Verstehen und vernünftiges Handeln in historischen Lernprozessen, in: Walter Köhnlein, Roland Lauterbach (eds.), Verstehen und begründetes Handeln. Studies in the didactics of subject teaching, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2004, pp. 169-184
(with Susanne Miller) Konsekutive Lehrerausbildung - Der Modellversuch in Bielefeld und das Studium des Sachunterrichts, in: Andreas Hartinger, Maria Fölling-Albers (eds.), Lehrerkompetenzen für den Sachunterricht, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2004, pp. 169-178
Historical culture in history lessons - justifications and perspectives, in: Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 55, 2004, pp. 233-240
Exploration, in: sowi-online-methodenlexikon
Working with caricatures, in: sowi-online-methodenlexikon
Film analysis, film production, in: sowi-online-methodenlexikon
Method orientation in non-fiction teaching - considerations using the example of historical learning, in: Marlies Hempel (ed.), Sich bilden im Sachunterricht, Bad Heilbrunn 2004, pp. 153-162
"Self-activity in the service of the true and the good": Adolph Diesterweg (1790-1866), in: Astrid Kaiser, Detlef Pech (eds.), Geschichte und historische Konzeptionen des Sachunterrichts, Baltmannsweiler 2004, pp. 81-84
Priority for non-fiction teaching: Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1824-1893), in: ibid., pp. 94-97
Sachunterricht aus globaler Perspektive, in: Astrid Kaiser, Detlef Pech (eds.), Integrative Zugangsweisen für den Sachunterricht, Baltmannsweiler 2004, pp. 130-136

2003

Methoden im Sachunterricht, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.), Handbuch Methoden im Sachunterricht, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2003, S. 3-11
Observation, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.), Handbuch Methoden im Sachunterricht, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2003, S. 39-46
Working with films, in: Dietmar von Reeken (ed.), Handbuch Methoden im Sachunterricht, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 2003, S. 97-106
"Third world war" or "long peace"? Basic problems and consequences of the Cold War, in: Geschichte lernen Heft 94/2003, pp. 18-25
Bourgeoisie. Formation and transformation processes in the long 19th century, in: Geschichte lernen Heft 92/2003, p. 10-17
"Good parlour" and "cold splendour". Bourgeois living between intimacy and representation, in: Geschichte lernen Heft 92/2003, p. 23-29
Representational sources and museum displays, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt (ed.), Geschichts-Didaktik. Praxishandbuch für die Sekundarstufe I und II, Berlin: Cornelsen Scriptor 2003, ²2005, pp. 137-150
Intercultural learning in history lessons, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt (ed.), Geschichts-Didaktik. Praxishandbuch für die Sekundarstufe I und II, Berlin: Cornelsen Scriptor 2003, ²2005, pp. 233-241
Learning politics in primary school - political education as an object of subject teaching, in: kursiv - Journal für Politische Bildung 3/2003, pp. 24-29
Encouraging reflection on history and historicity: Historical learning in primary school, in: Grundschulunterricht 11/2003, p. 2-5

2002

Culture and cultural policy in Oldenburg from the turn of the century to 1918, in: Uwe Meiners (ed.), Suche nach Geborgenheit. Heimatbewegung in Stadt und Land Oldenburg, Oldenburg 2002, pp. 8-33
Medieval market and Wehrmacht exhibition. On the significance of historical culture for schools, in: Göttinger Fachdidaktische Beiträge Heft 5/2002, pp. 19-33
Projects in history lessons. Learning opportunities in the face of current challenges? in: Thomas Hill, Karl Heinrich Pohl (eds.), Projekte in Schule und Hochschule. The example of history, Bielefeld 2002, pp. 66-73
The parish of Unser Lieben Frauen 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 paradise or pit of hell? Historical learning in subject lessons between subject demands and lifeworld relevance, in: Bernd Schönemann, Hartmut Voit (eds.), Von der Einschulung bis zum Abitur. Principles and practice of historical learning at school levels, Idstein 2002, pp. 151-163

2001

Learning for the "knowledge society"? A plea for increased methodological orientation in general knowledge teaching, in: Joachim Kahlert, Elke Inckemann (eds.), Wissen, Können und Verstehen - über die Herstellung ihrer Zusammenhänge im Sachunterricht, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2001, S. 71-82
Lower Saxony - a historical invention. Arguments, supporters and opponents of the plans to create a state of "Lower Saxony", in: Jürgen John (ed.), Mitteldeutschland. Concept - Construct - Historical Reality, Leipzig 2001
One country - two peoples? Israel - Palestine, in: Geschichte lernen Heft 83/2001, pp. 18-25
"Das Land als Ganzes!" Integration durch Heimatpolitik und Landesgeschichte in Niedersachsen nach 1945, in: Habbo Knoch (ed.), Das Erbe der Provinz. Heimatkultur und Geschichtspolitik nach 1945, Göttingen 2001, pp. 99-116
Transport education and mobility education, in: Wolfgang Einsiedler et al. (eds.), Handbuch Grundschulpädagogik und Grundschuldidaktik, Bad Heilbrunn 2001, pp. 611-615

2000

Schimanski a German? Cultural plurality in the German past and its treatment in the classroom, in: Sache Wort Zahl 27/2000, pp. 42-47
(with Volker Schwier): Critical shopping pleasure. 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 subject teaching and some consequences for teacher training, in: Gerhard Löffler, Volker Möhle, Dietmar von Reeken, Volker Schwier (eds.) Sachunterricht - Zwischen Fachbezug und Integration, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2000, S. 185-200
From the shortage economy to the labour society: Oldenburg's difficult path to the "economic miracle", in: Albrecht Eckhardt (ed.), Oldenburg um 1950. Eine nordwestdeutsche Region im ersten Nachkriegsjahrzehnt, Oldenburg 2000, pp. 81-104
Contributions to: Internet, buildings, CD-ROMs, monuments, films, books for young people, in: Lernbox Geschichte. The method book, Seelze/Velber: Friedrich Verlag 2000, pp. 18-20, 24f., 30f., 34-36, 39-43, 48-51
Musealisation of industrial society? Pragmatic reflections on the relationship between historical culture, monument protection and industrial museum using the example of the Delmenhorst factory museum "Nordwolle", in: Bernd Mütter, Bernd Schönemann, Uwe Uffelmann (eds.), Geschichtskultur. Theory - Empiricism - Pragmatics, Weinheim 2000, pp. 219-234
Education as a crisis management tool? Die Bauernhochschulbewegung in der Weimarer Republik, in: Daniela Münkel (ed.), Der lange Abschied vom Agrarland. Agricultural policy, agriculture and rural society between Weimar and Bonn, Göttingen 2000, pp. 157-176
Historisches Lernen im Sachunterricht, in: Brigitte Kottmann, Susanne Miller, Bianca Pein (eds.), Lehrerbildung an der Universität Bielefeld. Documentation of the symposium "Die Zukunft liegt in der Lehrerbildung" 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

Historisches Lernen im Sachunterricht: Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven der Forschung, in: Brunhilde Marquardt-Mau, Walter Köhnlein, Roland Lauterbach (eds.), Forschung zum Sachunterricht, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 1997 (Problems and Perspectives in Subject Teaching, vol. 7), pp. 208-224
(together with Silke von Reeken): The Destruction of the Jewish Cemetery in Diepholz. A project in the primary school, in: Grundschule H. 7-8/1997, pp. 68-70
Articles "Dörpfeld, Friedrich Wilhelm", "Tecklenburg, August", "Holocaust" and "Regional history in the classroom", all in: Astrid Kaiser (ed.), Lexikon Sachunterricht, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren 1997, pp. 32, 88, 173, 213f.
Art. Mozer, Alfred, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie, vol. 18, 1997, pp. 246f.
4 biographical articles in: Martin Tielke (ed.), Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Vol. 2, Aurich 1997, pp. 122-124, 185f., 279-284, 346-348
Chapter 8: Menschen und ihr Alltag in der vorindustriellen Gesellschaft, in: Hilke Günther-Arndt et al. (ed.), Geschichtsbuch 2. Neue Ausgabe, Berlin: Cornelsen 1997, S. 176-195
Religion in subject lessons? Plurality, intercultural education and the question of meaning, in: Lernen in Deutschland. Journal for Intercultural Education 17(1997), pp. 134-144
Regional history and regional identity. Reflections of a historian on the state anniversary of Lower Saxony, 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: Geschichte, Politik und ihre Didaktik 25(1997), pp. 227-229

1996

Protestant milieu and "liberal" regional church? Milieu formation processes in Oldenburg 1849 - 1914, in: Olaf Blaschke, Frank-Michael Kuhlemann (eds.), Religion im Kaiserreich. Milieus, Mentalitäten, Krisen, Gütersloh: Kaiser, Gütersloher Verl.-Haus1996, pp. 290-315
"Where I walked through quiet village streets as a child ... ... now the machine roars". Industrialisation in Lower Saxony, in: Horst Kuss, Bernd Mütter (eds.), Geschichte Niedersachsens - neu entdeckt, Braunschweig: Westermann 1996 (Praxis Pädagogik), pp. 48-59
Sachunterrichtsdidaktik und Geschichtsdidaktik: Bestandsaufnahme und Kritik eines Unverhältnisses, in: Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 46(1996), pp. 349-365, now also online at www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de/
(together with Susanne Miller): Teacher training in subject teaching - the example of Bielefeld, in: Grundschule H. 11/1996, pp. 19-22
Modernisation and pluralisation. The German Empire 1871 - 1918, in: Geschichte lernen H. 54, 1996, pp. 11-18
The case of the bricklayer Frey: A fate from the beginnings of the welfare state, in: Geschichte lernen H. 54, 1996, pp. 25-27
(together with Klaus Bulle): Die Unternehmerfamilie Lahusen. Bürgerlichkeit und bürgerliche Selbstdarstellung, in: Geschichte lernen H. 54, 1996, pp. 59-66
Breakthrough of modernity? Oldenburg 1880 - 1918, in: History of the City of Oldenburg. Vol. 2: 1830-1995, Oldenburg 1996, pp. 173-286
Wissenschaft, Raum und Volkstum: Historische und gegenwartsbezogene Forschung in und über "Niedersachsen" 1910 - 1945 - Ein Beitrag zur regionalen Wissenschaftsgeschichte, in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 68 (1996), pp. 43-90

1995

Local societies between persistence and change: The East Frisian towns of Aurich and Emden 1928 - 1953, in: Niedersächsische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (ed.), Niedersachsen nach 1945. Gesellschaftliche Umbrüche, Reorganisationsprozesse, sozialer und ökonomischer Strukturwandel, Hanover 1995, pp. 18-33
The Lahusens - a Bremen family of entrepreneurs in the transition from trade to industry, in: Hartmut Roder (ed.), Bremen - Handelsstadt am Fluss, Bremen 1995, pp. 111-114
Childhood history - a royal road to historical learning in primary school? in: Sachunterricht und Mathematik in der Primarstufe 23(1995), pp. 542-555
Chapters 7 and 8 in: Hilke Günther-Arndt, Dirk Hoffmann, Norbert Zwölfer (eds.), Geschichtsbuch Oberstufe. Vol. 1: from antiquity to the end of the 19th century, Berlin: Cornelsen 1995, pp. 328-345 and 372-380 as well as chapter 1 in: Dies. (ed.), dass. Vol. 2: The 20th century, Berlin: Cornelsen 1996, S. 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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