Its location at the heart of Europe and at the crossroads of culture has meant that Prague has seen many significant events - the Defenestration that sparked the Thirty Years' War and the peaceful downfall of Communism to name but two. Teachers covering a range of historical topics can find plenty to interest their students.
Subject Focus:
- KS 4-5: Understand the range of historical events that have taken place in Prague.
- KS 4-5: Reflect on the effects of these events throughout Europe and the world.
- KS 4-5: See how the past and present interact in modern Prague's culture.
Student Outcomes:
- Appreciate Prague's range of historical experiences.
- Develop an understanding of Prague's place in European history.
- Awareness of the scale of the trauma of the Holocaust.
- Explore peoples' attempts to understand and reconcile the past with the present.
Question: Who said: 'Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music'?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
