Teaching and learning History in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections of a senior school history teacher

Teaching history during lockdown at an elite private school during the COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges and opportunities to draw on history and to learn new technologies. Challenges went beyond the content of history and included mental stress amongst students as a result of isolation but also empathy for victims of deepening poverty and police violence. Opportunities included international and local webinars, conferences, staff development and increased online resources.https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/yesterday_and_today/article/view/190