Denmark
- Contact
- Historielærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF
Danish History Teachers' Organisation for (Upper) Secondary School
Mikkel Elklit Olsen
Børglumvej 13
DK - 2720 Vanløse
Phone: +45-38 79 16 17
Email: meo@skivegym.dk
Homepage: http://www.emu.dk/gym/fag/hi/foreningen/index.html - About the organisation
- The Danish History Teachers’ Association was founded in 1927 for teachers in the secondary school. The association has over 1.100 members, publishes a quarterly periodical Noter (Notes), arranges teacher training courses and has a close contact to the Ministry of Education.
- The history competition
- The first round of Danish history competition "Historiekonkurrencen" was launched in 2005 under the title: "Roots - Where do you come from?" under the auspices of the Minister of Education.
- Requirements
- The competition entry must be handed in in three copies. The participants are free in their choice of the media: written paper, CD, Video or DVD. The main criteria for the assessment is the question if the competition entry is based on the evaluation of original sources.
- Jury
- The jury consists of five historians, who are working in various fields:
Inge Bundsgaard (landsarkivar og publikumschef på Rigsarkivet)
Rasmus Dahlberg (Det historiske Hus)
Steffen Heiberg, Museumsinspektør (Det Nationalhistoriske Museum på Frederiksborg Slot)
Palle Roslyng-Jensen (lektor, dr.phil. Institut for Historie, Københavns Universitet)
Susanne Ørnstrøm (fagkonsulent i historie, Undervisningsministeriet) - Award
- Money prizes are granted on three levels:
One first prize of the amount of 5.000 DKK
Five second prizes of the amount of 1.000 DKK
Ten third prizes of the amount of 500 DKK
