Teaching the Holocaust: educational dimensions, principles and practice

✍ Scribed by Ian Davies

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Offers a comprehensive treatment of Holocaust education, blending introductory material, broad perspectives and practical teaching case studies. This work shows how and why pupils should learn about the Holocaust.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Introduction: The Challenges of Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust......Page 16
Part 1 Understanding the Holocaust......Page 24
1 The Roots of Antisemitism......Page 26
2 The Jewish Background and the Religious Dimension......Page 40
3 The Holocaust: Some Reflections and Issues......Page 52
4 Teaching about the Holocaust: Perplexities, Issues and Suggestions......Page 64
Part 2 International Overviews......Page 76
5 Teaching the Holocaust in Germany......Page 78
6 The Education Centre at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum......Page 92
7 Teaching the Holocaust in the United States......Page 108
8 Teaching the Holocaust in England......Page 120
Part 3 Case Studies of Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust......Page 132
9 Teaching the Holocaust through English......Page 134
10 Teaching the Holocaust through History......Page 150
11 Teaching the Holocaust through Religious Education......Page 166
12 Teaching the Holocaust through an Educational Exhibition......Page 178
Index......Page 190