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Self-Paced Workshop
Getting Started with Holocaust and Human Behavior
This interactive self-paced workshop will support you in teaching a short unit of study of Holocaust and Human Behavior.
On-Demand Webinar
Legacies of the Holocaust: Building a More Humane World with Dr. Wendy Lower and Dr. Karen Murphy
Dr. Wendy Lower discusses her latest book The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed with Dr. Karen Murphy, the Director of International Strategy for Facing History and Ourselves.
On-Demand Webinar
Holocaust Survivor Stories in the Classroom
Explore ways to incorporate survivor and descendent testimony into lessons about the Holocaust.
On-Demand Webinar
Those Who Were There: Using Podcasts and Survivor Testimony in Your Classroom
Explore the significance of hearing testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and the impact of using podcasts as a learning tool in your classroom.
Classroom Video
Memory and Legacy: Preparing to Learn from Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
Explore how framing a lesson around the importance of memory using classroom discussion and journaling can prepare students to learn from survivors of the Holocaust and their descendants.
On-Demand Webinar
Who Will Write Our History: A Conversation with Filmmaker Roberta Grossman
Explore our lessons on Who Will Write Our History, learn about educational resources on the Warsaw ghetto at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and listen to a discussion with the filmmaker on her visionary film.
On-Demand Webinar
Rethinking America and the Holocaust
Explore the motivations, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans' responses to Nazism, the European refugee crisis of the 1930s, and the Holocaust.
On-Demand Webinar
New Holocaust and Human Behavior Lessons for Experienced Educators in Jewish Settings
Developed specifically for educators in Jewish settings, the webinar will explore five new lessons from Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior which are designed to help you lead middle or high school students through an examination of the catastrophic period of the Holocaust from a historical perspective.
On-Demand Webinar
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Exploring Memory and Legacy
Join us as we consider short films, lesson ideas, and poetry through which students can learn about the Holocaust.
Classroom Video
Teaching about the Weimar Republic
Watch a teacher help her students consider several first-person accounts of life in Weimar Germany.
On-Demand Webinar
Building a Toolbox Against Hate: Schindler’s List in the Classroom
Watch this webinar to hear reflections from Mr. Spielberg on the power of storytelling and addressing injustice, gain insights from Schindler’s list survivor Rena Finder and learn effective strategies to prepare students to view the film.
On-Demand Webinar
A Conversation with Steven Spielberg: Using Schindler’s List in the Classroom
How can we apply the lessons of the film Schindler’s List toward standing up to hatred in our own communities? How do you engage students in conversations around racism, antisemitism and other forms of hatred? Watch this webinar to hear Mr. Spielberg discuss the legacy of Schindler’s List, its impact on Holocaust education, and the importance of responding to hatred in our communities today.
On-Demand Webinar
Teaching About the Holocaust in Middle School Classrooms: Explore the Legacy of the Holocaust Today
In this webinar, we explore some of the immediate and long-term legacies in the lives of individuals, in the course of nations, and in the policies developed in response to the death and destruction of WWII.
On-Demand Webinar
Teaching About the Holocaust in Middle School Classrooms: Teaching the Rise of the Nazis through Images
This webinar examines how to use images to support middle school students’ understanding of key themes in the history of the rise of the Nazis and models teaching strategies geared toward helping middle school students analyze historical images.
On-Demand Webinar
Teaching About the Holocaust in Middle School Classrooms: New Films to Explore the Holocaust and Human Behavior
Watch this webinar to learn how to integrate video testimonies and original mini-documentaries into your middle school classroom.
On-Demand Webinar
An Introduction to Getting Started with Holocaust and Human Behavior
Watch this webinar to learn about our self-paced workshop, Getting Started with Holocaust and Human Behavior, and how it can help you develop your own customized teaching plan informed by Facing History’s approach and our one-week unit outline.
Classroom Video
Graffiti Boards
Graffiti Boards are a shared writing space where students record their comments and questions about a topic. This video shows a high school class using this strategy as a brainstorming tool in preparation for their "Action Project."
Classroom Video
Introducing the Weimar Republic
Students read about and discuss the Weimar Republic using primary source readings from Holocaust and Human Behavior.
Classroom Video
Using Survivor Testimony: Preparation
Survivor and witness testimonies help students empathize with the human and inhuman dimensions of important moments in history. In this video, students view, react to, and discuss first-person accounts of the Holocaust.
Classroom Video
Connecting Students to Memorials via Arts/Makerspace
Through an interdisciplinary hands-on art class, students create memorials to those lost during the Holocaust. Several students have personal ties to the Holocaust and share how their projects honor these connections.
On-Demand Webinar
Teaching Night
This webinar explores the Teaching Night resource guide with a focus on how to use the many resources in the guide with students.
On-Demand Webinar
Explore the Legacy of the Holocaust Today
This webinar explores some of the immediate and long-term legacies of the Holocaust and World War II.
Classroom Video
Two-Column Note-Taking
In this video, the teacher uses the Two-Column Note-Taking strategy with his students to help them organize their thoughts and emotional responses as they listen to recorded survivor testimony. This strategy gives students literal space to process their emotional responses to challenging material.
Classroom Video
The Power of Propaganda
In this video, a high school class prepares to read Elie Wiesel’s Night. To build their historical understanding, students participate in a gallery walk to learn about the power of Nazi propaganda.
Classroom Video
Socratic Seminar: Weimar Republic
In this video, students participate in a Socratic seminar after reading Voices in the Dark, a first-person account of antisemitism experienced by a WWI veteran. The Socratic seminar centers around the question, "What does this story teach us about Germany in the early 1920s?"
Classroom Video
Think-Pair-Share
This video shows the Think-Pair-Share strategy in action with high school students.
On-Demand Webinar
New Films to Explore the Holocaust and Human Behavior
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to integrate the new edition’s video testimonies and original mini-documentaries into your classroom, and get tips for teaching strategies that connect the study of history with ethical reflection and human behavior.
Classroom Video
Gallery Walk
This video shows a high school class using the Gallery Walk strategy to consider images of monuments and memorials before embarking on an "Action Project."
On-Demand Webinar
Teaching the Rise of the Nazis Through Images
This webinar explores how images from Holocaust and Human Behavior can be used to support students' understanding of key themes in the history of the rise of the Nazis.
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