Eastern Europe [1939-1945]
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America and the HolocaustThis study guide accompanies the documentary America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference and offers a disturbing look at the choices Americans made at a time when the Germans were labeling, isolating, humiliating, and eventually murdering European Jews and others they considered "undesirable. | Publication | 01/24/2008 - 16:49 |
Can Journalism Kill? The Case of Rwandan Hate Radio
This outline explores the connections between media, propaganda, and mass violence. During the Rwandan genocide, hate radio and music was used to incite violence and atrocities on a massive scale. Recent attempts at seeking justice in the aftermath of these tragedies have resulted in the first prosecutions since Nuremberg of propagandists. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 19:05 |
Elements of TimeElements of Time serves as a companion to the Facing History video collection of Holocaust testimonies. The companion manual describes the context for and content of video testimonies dealing with a wide range of themes pertinent to the study of the Holocaust and human behavior. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:20 |
Finding a Voice: Musicians in TerezinSoon after Hitler and his Nazi party took over Germany in 1933, they began to isolate and then eliminate Jews and other "racial enemies." By the late 1930s, Jews could no longer own radios or record players. | Publication | 02/23/2008 - 19:52 |
Hiding and Seeking Lesson 1: Communities of Caring
This lesson is the first in a series that accompanies the documentary film, Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust.
In this lesson, the educator introduces the film and provides important
historical and social background information. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 18:38 |
Hiding and Seeking Lesson 2: Menachem's Challenge
This lesson is the second in a series that accompanies the documentary film, Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust.
In this lesson, students view the first two segments of the film and
consider themes of identity, universe of obligation, and rescue. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 18:41 |
Hiding and Seeking Lesson 3: Reconciling with the Past
This lesson is the third in a series that accompanies the documentary film, Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust.
In this lesson, students view the final segment of the film and reflect
upon some of its more complex aspects, including how some risked their
own lives to rescue others during the Holocaust. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 18:42 |
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
The film Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust tells
the story of a Jewish father who tries to alert his adult sons to the
dangers posed by defenders of the faith who preach intolerance of the
"other" and who feel compelled to create impenetrable barriers between
"us" and "them. | Unit | 02/24/2008 - 18:35 |
History and Culture of the Roma: Living as the Other
This lesson
outline can provide students with a background on the history of the
Roma, and the challenges they have faced living as "the other" within
many European communities. The outline connects to a variety of
informational websites on the language, culture, and history of the
Roma. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 18:52 |
Holocaust and Human BehaviorOur core work, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior provides an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education. Students move from thought to judgment to participation as they confront the moral questions inherent in a study of violence, racism, antisemitism and bigotry. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:23 |
