- Summary
- Approaching the Holocaust in your classroom can be a difficult, often daunting task. This practical guide for English and social studies teachers features lessons learned from the author's 17 years of experience teaching the subject in public schools, as well as his work with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Using anecdotes and empirical data, Gudgel offers advice for teaching the Holocaust in a way that is nuanced, socially responsible, and historically accurate. He provides guidance on common challenges and questions teachers will encounter, such as correcting misconceptions, using films, and discussing genocide with secondary students. While World War II grows ever more distant in the past, the lessons of the Holocaust are perhaps more relevant today than ever before. It may never be easy to teach about the Holocaust, but it can be done in ways that make it edifying and empowering, rather than causing despair. This approach is as important for educators as it is for their students.
- Variant Title
- Holocaust education in the secondary classroom
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Gudgel, Mark R., author.
- Published
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2021]
©2021
- Contents
-
Introduction
Defining and contextualizing the Holocaust with young people
The paradox of education
At war with misconceptions and misinformation
Gray areas, name calling, and human complexity
Half-truths my teacher told me
Avoiding simple answers to complex questions
Others
Images, still and moving
The most precious resource
Go there
Denying the impossible
Humor and the Holocaust
Teaching brave and free.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Berenbaum, Michael, 1945- writer of foreword.
- Notes
-
Includes glossary, bibliographical references (pages 135-141), and index.
Introduction -- Defining and contextualizing the Holocaust with young people -- The paradox of education -- At war with misconceptions and misinformation -- Gray areas, name calling, and human complexity -- Half-truths my teacher told me -- Avoiding simple answers to complex questions -- Others -- Images, still and moving -- The most precious resource -- Go there -- Denying the impossible -- Humor and the Holocaust -- Teaching brave and free.
