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The International status of education about the Holocaust


What you need to know about Holocaust education

In recognition of its significance, the Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within the history curriculum. Pupils must be ...

the impact of holocaust education: how to assess policies and ...

Post-apartheid South Africa bares the scars of state terror and institutionalised racial discrimination. This context is very important in ...

Challenging Dutch Holocaust Education: Towards a Curriculum ...

The freedom given to teachers to determine the methodology and emphasis of Holocaust curriculum also applies to the writing of textbooks. While the textbooks ...

Teaching the Holocaust - Introduction - CT.gov

There is no single correct way to implement Holocaust and genocide education. As with all subjects, teachers need to be sensitive to the individual needs of ...

How Germany's Far Right Is Changing Holocaust Education

Institutions of memory such as Sachsenhausen and Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland play an important, and unique, role in educating people about the ...

What is antisemitism?

Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust. Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to ...

State by State: Holocaust Education Legislation

Any state or school district may include Holocaust studies in their curriculum without state policy, and many do so with great rigor and ...

How We Get Holocaust Education Wrong (Opinion)

The internet is awash with free lesson plans about the Holocaust, and many educators turn to those lesson plans. Many of them inadvertently ...

How to Get Holocaust Education Right | TIME

Taught at elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the country since the 1970s, it's been positioned for wide impact. Twenty-six states ...

ICEAH / Education / Auschwitz-Birkenau

The International Centre for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, established by a decision of the Polish government on the initiative of former ...

JUF | Partnership Together | Holocaust Education

Illinois Holocaust Education Mandate · (Ch. · Every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the ...

New Bipartisan Holocaust Education Bill Introduced in the House on ...

“Studies have shown that Holocaust education is critically important – for raising awareness about where antisemitism can lead, for teaching ...

The current state of Holocaust Education in Romania

The nascent historical work on the Holocaust in. Romania has only recently prompted educational initiatives, which explains the limited knowledge most Romanians ...

Teaching the Holocaust in High School - Montreal Holocaust Museum

By focusing on the stories of individuals, of moral dilemmas faced and choices made, teachers can make the history of the Holocaust more immediate and ...

Holocaust Education in the UK

The Holocaust is today part of every child's formal education in England. The principal way in which children will learn about the Holocaust is through the ...

Holocaust education as experiential encounters focused on human ...

These two events in global history of the 1940s are reflected in two educational strands which overlap. The focus of this article is to show their connections ...

Teaching about Nazis and the Holocaust in German schools - DW

"The goal is to go far beyond the historical events," says Birthe Pater, head of the education department at the Arolsen Archives. "It's not ...

Teach US students about Holocaust, experts say, amid rise in ...

As many states with recently enacted Holocaust education laws implement the subject in classrooms, experts are urging educators to refrain from ...

What is Holocaust Denial? - Museum of Tolerance

Didn't Simon Wiesenthal himself state that there were no extermination camps in Germany? 19. For years, the death statistics at Auschwitz-Birkenau had been put ...

Holocaust Education - JewishColumbus

The Holocaust Education Committee (HEC) offers a variety of resources to assist in educating about the Holocaust. We can provide lesson plans, maps from the ...