{"id":15557,"date":"2021-03-12T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detgroennemuseum.dk\/?page_id=15557"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:10:41","slug":"mink-crisis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/detgroennemuseum.dk\/en\/undervisning\/minkkrisen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mink Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mink Crisis<\/h1><\/div>
Why did the Danish mink die?<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t
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\u201cThe Mink Crisis: Why Did the Danish Mink Die?\u201d is a teaching course for upper secondary education. The course consists of a source package that gives students tools to identify and analyze the mink issue as it has been presented in the public debate in 2020-21.<\/p>\n

When working with the source package, students have the opportunity to work independently with the sources at the computer at home, listen to the audio files on a 40-minute walk in the fresh air, and possibly discuss the tasks in small groups.<\/p>\n

Scroll down and use the material directly from this page \u2013 or download a complete package!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Purpose<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t
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History is not just something that happened hundreds of years ago. History is happening right now and right before our eyes. The corona pandemic and the mink case are a good example of this. All Danes have been affected by the crisis. It has become a part of our lives and has changed everyday life as we know it.<\/p>\n

The course aims to provide students in upper secondary education with tools to identify and analyse the mink case as it has been presented in the public debate. They learn to be critical of sources when interpreting the case by the media, private individuals and politicians. This is particularly relevant at a time when the phenomenon fake news<\/em> Finally, the material should develop students' abilities to view a matter from as many perspectives as possible, work critically with sources, identify historical usage, and participate in constructive debate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Project employee Maria Juul Svalling from The Green Museum interviews mink breeder Erik Vammen. Photo: DGM<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Background<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t
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In response to the Prime Minister's press conference about the culling of Danish mink, the Green Museum launched a documentation and collection project in November 2020. The project aims to preserve stories and knowledge all the way around an agricultural industry that may have been permanently closed in Denmark. This teaching material has been developed as part of the project. This is the first version, which we need the help of students and teachers to make better. We will use the experiences and feedback we receive to develop a final version, which will be released in the fall of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>