Teaching and Learning Through the Holocaust: Thinking About the Unthinkable

✍ Scribed by Anthony Pellegrino, Jeffrey Parker

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 266
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book serves as a critical resource for educators across various roles and contexts who are interested in Holocaust education that is both historically sound and practically relevant. As a collection, it pulls together a diverse group of scholars to share their research and experiences. The volume endeavors to address topics including the nature and purpose of Holocaust education, how our understanding of the Holocaust has changed, and resources we can use with learners. These themes are consistent across the chapters, making for a comprehensive exploration of learning through the Holocaust today and in the future.  

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction: Thinking About the Unthinkable
Defining Holocaust Education
References
Part I Setting the Educational Context
2 A Conversation About Holocaust Education
The Intersections Between National Socialism and Holocaust Education
Talking Across Our Disciplines Through Policy and Practice
Getting to Work to Support Learners
Consequential Variables
Relevancy and Student Voice in Holocaust Education
Putting Ideas into Practice
Reference
3 Mandates on Holocaust and Genocide Education in the United States
Introduction
Research Methods
Holocaust Education Bills: Why and Why Now?
Strength of Holocaust Education Bills
Taskforces and Commissions
Funding for Taskforces and Commissions
Arizona’s Efforts
Conclusion
Sources by State
4 The Problem with Hard Histories
American College Students and Hard Historical Knowledge
Reconsidering the Role of Hard Histories
Conclusion
References
5 Fathoming National Socialism and the Holocaust: Historical Empathy and Holocaust Pedagogies
Introduction
State of Holocaust Education
National Socialism Reimagined
Forging the Nazi Volksgemeinschaft
Combatting Enemies of the Volk
A Call for Historical Empathy
Undermining Historical Empathy
Conclusion
References
6 Dewey, Democracy, and Holocaust Education
Introduction
Some Holocaust History
Short History of Holocaust Education
The Problems and Potential of Holocaust Education
Concluding Thoughts
References
7 An Education Epidemic: What United States Textbooks (Don’t) Say About the Holocaust
Methods
Findings
Defining the Holocaust: Who, Why, and What’s Left Out
“A War for Racial Purity”: Antisemitism, Judaism, and the Notion of Race in Textbooks
Factual Accuracy, Oversimplification, and Consistency in Holocaust Narratives
Historical Frames and Student Learning Objectives
Never Again? Ethical and Moral Concerns in Textbooks
Conclusion
References
Part II Moving Holocaust Education Beyond Traditional Paradigms
8 Putting in the Pre-work to Teach the Holocaust for Racial Justice
Putting in the Pre-work
Radical Honesty and Unlearning
Embracing Complexity Through Counter-Storytelling
Teaching the Holocaust for Racial Justice
References
9 Rethinking Holocaust Education with Teacher Trainers
Outcomes and Trends in Holocaust Education Today
Holocaust Education for Pre-Service Teachers
Young Learners and Holocaust Education
Changing the Landscape of Teacher Education
How Colleges of Education Should Prepare PSTs to Teach About the Holocaust
Conclusion
References
10 False Dichotomy: How STEM and the Humanities Support Each Other
Introduction
Dissecting the Dichotomy
Hands-On History
Emotional Engineering
Recommendations
Emotional Connection and Relatability
Restoration and Re-Creation
Emphasize Student Similarities and Differences Through Collaborative Assignments
Unique Media and Platforms
Conclusions
References
11 Keeping It Authentic: Harnessing Technology to Teach the Complexities of the Holocaust
Defining Authentic Instruction: A Framework
Construction of Knowledge
Disciplined Inquiry
Value Beyond School
Web 2.0 Tech Tools for Teaching and Learning in Social Studies
Technology Strategies for Facilitating Authentic Learning Using Primary Sources
Voice
Suggested Activity for Using Testimonies
Suggested Activity for Using Art
Poetry
Suggested Activity for Using Poetry
Culminating Task that Link Voice, Art, and Poetry
Conclusion
References
12 Teaching the Holocaust with Elementary Students Using Content Area Picture Books
Introduction
Literature Review
Organizing Our Texts
How to Teach
Launching the Holocaust Study
Level 1 Resistance (Passive Jews)
Level 2: Refugees Escaping
Book Discussion and Activity for Level 2
Activity: Packing for the Escapes
Level 3: Occupation
Level 4: Jewish Resistance
Strategies
Level 5: Concentration Camps
Closing Activity
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Additional Texts
References
13 Going Forward
What Does It Mean to Teach About the Holocaust?
Index