Cartoons to teach history

Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Science's math lecturer Atichart Kettapun and a team have written and published a cartoon book about Thai history from the perspective of mathematics, to promote students' interest in both history and maths.

The book of cartoons was published under the Thailand Research Fund-sponsored research and network development project to promote history learning among Mathayom 4-6 students at Chiang Mai schools.

Atichart said the cartoons, published last month, resulted from a discovery by history teachers of primary schools that students weren't interested in history related to maths- such as the lunar calendar, Lanna calendar or Lanna measuring methods.

As a result, Atichart and the team produced the cartoons to help students learn and have fun about the subject.

The book's suitable for primary class teaching, for class supplementary in secondary schooling, and for the general public's reading at leisure.

History and maths teachers are free to download the cartoon file for their class usage at www.atichart.com