The purpose of this study is to suggest a method for fostering the literacy to create "questions" about local history and culture, and to form one's own opinions while expanding one's viewpoints and perspectives. To achieve this purpose, we designed a learning scenario utilizing the "Midokoro cube," a multidimensional visualization tool for digital resources, as an exhibition space, and implemented it in elementary school and local events in several municipalities. The results suggest that the method is effective in fostering the ability of learners to form their own opinions by asking questions about local history and culture and expanding their perspectives and ways of thinking. It was also indicated that learners bridged real and digital space, and developed a wish to transmit the attractiveness of their hometown to others and to inherit it to the future.
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