Joshua Rubenstein, author and associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, details the relationship between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the decade before World War II.
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Lead students in an examination of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through an analysis of historical case studies and literature.
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Use this Teaching Idea to introduce students to contemporary examples of Holocaust trivialization and prompt reflection on the question “What are the implications of comparing current events to the Holocaust?”
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A curation of educational resources for school groups visiting the New England Holocaust Memorial.
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Explore resources that meet the California History–Social Science Framework standards.
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Explore resources that meet the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework.
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This collection features powerful accounts of the Holocaust, told by survivors, rescuers, and witnesses, selected from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.
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Students watch video testimony from a Holocaust survivor and engage in purposeful reflection about the survivor’s important story.
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Students view the film, analyze a primary source from the Oyneg Shabes archive, and consider why it matters who tells the stories of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Engage students in personal accounts from survivors with this collection of video testimony, survivor profiles, and a lesson plan.
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Students are introduced to the enormity of the crimes committed during the Holocaust and look closely at stories of a few individuals who were targeted by Nazi brutality.
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Students deepen their examination of human behaviour during the Holocaust by analysing and discussing the range of choices available to individuals, groups, and nations.
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Students both respond to and design Holocaust memorials as they consider the impact that memorials and monuments have on the way we think about history.
Using the strategies from Facing History is almost like an awakening.
— Claudia Bautista, Santa Monica, Calif