INDICATIVE ANSWERS TO THE TOPICS (Download here the pdf file)
OF THE NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS OF 2022 IN THE NEW GREEK LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
A1.
- People of every era need to have a direct relationship with their historical past as it essentially determines the value background, regulates modern social norms, reflects their culture.
- Historical memory and, more generally, knowledge about the ancestors contributes to contemporaries walking safely in the present based on the foundations of the past.
- Contact with History aims to avoid previous mistakes, to strengthen national self-awareness aiming for a prosperous future. li>
- first person verb (“to come back, to give”) to give a personal confessional tone, liveliness, immediacy, vividness
- double dash (“they don’t want to be forgotten.. .”) to add a complementary piece of information, which is necessary, emphasizing the importance of remembering the losses so as not to repeat the same mistakes
- unlinked figure (“Honour the heroes … unknown soldier ») to give liveliness, expressiveness, asthma, rapidity, as well as emphasis and intensity to the speech. It colors the text emotionally. Gives density. It makes the style immediate and familiar. It seeks to enumerate the ways in which the anniversary attempts to arouse feelings of patriotism.
- repeat (“birthday, birthday, birthday”) to emphasize the memory and the beautiful memories that family photos evoke in relation to the past.
- It teaches and directs man as through historical examples timeless values are offered for imitation/ Rivalry between generations is cultivated. li>
- The national self-awareness and distinctiveness of the people is ensured, removing the risk of cultural alienation. The broadening of intellectual horizons, the removal of prejudices and stereotypes is achieved.
- By understanding the past it is possible to avoid mistakes that happened then, but also to identify the causes of contemporary problems.< /li>
- The individual comes into contact with standards and ideals from which he can exemplify himself.
- Knowledge of history and culture on a national and global level leads to scholarship and increased critical thinking.
- The school must cultivate the love of history in a more experiential and direct way.
- School textbooks need to be modernized, sterile memorization abolished and students’ critical skills cultivated. For example, visits to monuments should be better prepared and organized, so that they do not have the character of escaping from the school classroom and do not become a pointless and awkward tour of the monuments.
- Teachers in collaboration with the children can do a relevant preparatory work and create a good informative material that will attract the students’ interest. Upon returning to school, the visit can be discussed and become a source of activities.
- It is important to integrate oral history sources into the educational process. It would be interesting for students to get in touch with the way everyday people experienced and narrated historical events, so that they do not stand as mere observers.
- The family must bring the child into contact with history from an early age, either by seeking to visit archaeological sites as a pleasant family escape or bringing them into contact with historical books.