How can you work with the Gulag XR programme in instruction? Here, you will find methodologies for teachers including teaching tips and instructions for using the technologies and the individual parts of the programme. These parts are: a short film on Soviet repressions, videos with the stories of victims and witnesses, a research comic book with augmented reality, and a visit to a Gulag camp in virtual reality.
Introduction
The objective of all parts of the Gulag XR project is to instruct students about the phenomenon of Soviet repressions and totalitarian regimes. In introduction, you will get to know the principal content and characteristics of the components.
Methodology for one class
Basic facts and the story of a witness
Methodology for two classes
Basic facts and a comparison of the stories of several witnesses
Methodology for three classes
Basic facts, the story of a witness and an expedition to the Gulag in augmented reality with a research comic
Methodology for four or more classes
Comprehensive use of all parts of Gulag XR (witnesses’ stories, an expedition to the Gulag in augmented reality with a research comic, and virtual reality)
Evocation activities
With evocation, we find out what the students already know about the topic and how interested they are in learning more.