I spend a lot of time in my car (a lot!) and podcasts get me through the drive. So, of course a podcast about women in history is high on my list, and thought that this episode about Brunhild and Fredegund could really enhance our -- and our students' -- content understanding of The Age of Queens and supplement the Medieval Women lesson. The deliberate erasure of women from the narrative really piqued my interest, and hopefully can encourage an inquiry-based model of historical research in my own class. I would use this moment to encourage document analysis of why some stories are included and others erased. Including as many voices as possible with our doc study is my personal goal this year.
Ultimately, this all intersected when my daughter came home with a horned helmet for a niche Halloween costume. Which then turned into a whole history lesson for her. I just had to share.
