History

History

This segment of the Scope and Sequence examines the primary historical case study of Holocaust and Human Behavior, as well as other instances of intolerance, mass violence and genocide, in each case exploring the small steps which led to these difficult periods in history. By focusing on these histories, students grasp the complexities of the past, while also connecting it to their lives today.

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America and the Holocaust Study Guide

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 January 24, 2008
America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference

81 minutes, black & white and color
Source: Social Studies School Service

Library Resource December 15, 2009
Anne Frank in the World Exhibit Study Guide

The purpose of this guide is to prepare teachers and students to view the exhibition, Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945, while incorporating perspectives and themes highlighted in the Facing History and Ourselves program.

Anne Frank in the World Exhibit

Publication February 23, 2008
April Declared Confederate History Month

On April 2nd, Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell declared April “Confederate History Month.” His proclamation did not mention slavery.

Facing Today April 9, 2010
Auschwitz Death Camp: Oprah, Elie Wiesel

47 minutes
Source: Harpo Productions

Library Resource December 15, 2009
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

6 hours on 2 DVDs or Educator's Edition on DVD-ROM

Library Resource December 15, 2009
Becoming American: Immigration Experiences
Lesson Plan March 26, 2008
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience

4 episodes, 90 minutes each
Source: PBS Video

What does it mean to become American? In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, Bill Moyers explores this question through the experience of the Chinese in America.

Library Resource December 15, 2009
Blessed is the Match

49 minutes
Source: Katahdin Foundation

Library Resource December 15, 2009
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Pacifist, Nazi Resister

90 minutes
Source: First Run Features

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a young German theologian who offered one of the first clear voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer openly challenged his church to stand with the Jews in their hour of need, and eventually joined a plot to kill Hitler. Archival footage is interwoven with interviews with friends, family, and students of Bonheoffer, with historians and theologians, and with the words of Bonhoeffer himself.

Library Resource December 15, 2009
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