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Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Berlin | 2019 | 53 p.
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN 978-3-00-064374-3
Corporate author: 
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)
Region: 
Europe and North America
Global

These recommendations, written by a group of international experts, are crafted to help educators with fact-based and educationally sound techniques for teaching the complex and nuanced history of the Holocaust. 

These recommendations will allow you to:

 

  • Explain why teaching and learning about the Holocaust matters. The guidelines provide compelling reasons for covering the Holocaust in classroom curricula, so that students have a deeper understanding of the past and how it shapes the present.
  • Find appropriate sources for the classroom. Covering this subject in a way which is both sensitive and accurate can be difficult; these recommendations include practical guidance on how to make your choices. 
  • Bring curricula up to date with latest research. There’s a huge range of recent research in this field; we’ve made it easy to incorporate these findings into your classroom.

 

Resource Type: 
Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
Theme: 
Human rights
Preventing violent extremism / genocide
Level of education: 
Primary education
Secondary education
Higher education
Lifelong learning
Non-formal education
Keywords: 
Holocaust
Holocaust education
genocide