Few topics in modern history draw the attention that the Holocaust does.
It will transform how students learn about the Holocaust and the circumstances surrounding it..
Each chapter provides pedagogical case studies for Teaching content such as antisemitism, resistance and rescue, and the postwar lives of displaced persons.
Using a vast array of source materials-from literature and film to survivor testimonies and interviews-the contributors demonstrate how to guide students through these sensitive and painful subjects within their specific historical and social contexts.
Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust provides a starting point for teachers in many disciplines to illuminate this crucial event in world history for students.
Yet it has also been used to teach tolerance, empathy, resistance, and hope.
The Shoah has become synonymous with unspeakable atrocity and unbearable suffering.
Few topics in modern history draw the attention that the Holocaust does
