Teaching history in high school: a didactical challenge and a chance of changing.

It can be said that teaching history today, especially in secondary schools, is complex, at least for two reasons: the lack of specific training for teachers, who rely too much on textbooks and traditional lectures, and, consequently, a teaching approach that is far from a hands-on, research-based model. This more active and engaging way of teaching history would bring Italian students closer to the subject, which is often considered distant and, at times, useless. To assess the state of history education, an online survey was sent to teachers from 18 secondary schools in the Udine area, and the data was subsequently analyzed: some results were surprising, such as the interest in historical events, while others were already known, such as the lack of professional development courses.