1st Edition

Essentials of Holocaust Education Fundamental Issues and Approaches

Edited By Samuel Totten, Stephen Feinberg Copyright 2016
    246 Pages
    by Routledge

    246 Pages
    by Routledge

     

    Essentials of Holocaust Education: Fundamental Issues and Approaches is a comprehensive guide for pre- and in-service educators preparing to teach about this watershed event in human history. An original collection of essays by Holocaust scholars, teacher educators, and classroom teachers, it covers a full range of issues relating to Holocaust education, with the goal of helping teachers to help students gain a deep and thorough understanding of why and how the Holocaust was perpetrated. Both conceptual and pragmatic, it delineates key rationales for teaching the Holocaust, provides useful historical background information for teachers, and offers a wide array of practical approaches for teaching about the Holocaust. Various chapters address teaching with film and literature, incorporating the use of primary accounts into a study of the Holocaust, using technology to teach the Holocaust, and gearing the content and instructional approaches and strategies to age-appropriate audiences. A ground-breaking and highly original book, Essentials of Holocaust Education will help teachers engage students in a study of the Holocaust that is compelling, thought-provoking, and reflective

     

    Foreword: John Roth

    Introduction: Samuel Totten and Stephen Feinberg 

    1. Developing a Historically Accurate and Pedagogically Sound Holocaust Education Program: Foundational Concerns by Samuel Totten and 

    Stephen Feinberg 

    2. The Holocaust in History by Doris Bergen

    3. Myths and Misconceptions About the Holocaust by William Meinecke

    4. Literature and the Holocaust by Colleen Tambuscio  and Kim Klett 

    5. Film and the Holocaust by Lawrence Baron

    6. Teaching and Studying the Holocaust: Curricular Issues, Teaching Strategies, and Learning Activities by Samuel Totten and Stephen Feinberg 

    7. Incorporating Primary Documents into a Study of the Holocaust byWolf Kaiser

    8. The Use of the Internet in Teaching and Studying About the Holocaust by David Klevan and Margaret Lincoln

    9. Iconic Literary Works of the Holocaust: Issues and Concerns by Elaine Culbertson

    10. A Radical Innovation: Examining the Structure of the Holocaust Curriculum Through the Prism of Story by Karen Shawn

    11. What About "Other" Genocides? An Educator’s Dilemma or an Educator’s Opportunity? By Samuel Totten 

    Chronology of the Holocaust by Stephen Feinberg 

    Biography

    Totten, Samuel; Feinberg, Stephen

    "Totten and Feinberg are at it again. They have again joined together to produce a work that is richer and deeper in sources, that covers the Holocaust in a variety of disciplines and includes the resources for study the Holocaust and genocide in literature and film and now the internet. Essentials of Holocaust Education brings together distinguished scholars and master teachers to engage the most important questions relating to Holocaust and Genocide Education. It is essential reading for both experienced and novice educators. An excellent place to begin learning how to teach the Holocaust and an even more important resource for those who want to reflect deeply on their field."

    Michael Berenbaum, Professor of Jewish Studies, American Jewish University

    "A comprehensive guide for educators who are teaching or planning to teach about the difficult and complex topic of the Holocaust and genocide. This book addresses those fundamental questions about this tragedy that continue to perplex even those who have spent a lifetime studying and teaching the topic.  A useful and valuable addition which will be of help to teachers and their students alike."

    Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Emory University

     

    "In Essentials of Holocaust Education, Totten and Feinberg and a dozen prominent authors provide a wellspring of invaluable insights into teaching about the Holocaust. I am astounded at the broad array and wide range of pedagogical issues meaningfully discussed. I know of no other guide available anywhere as comprehensive this that is ideal for both beginning and experienced teachers."

     William Younglove, Instructor and Teacher Supervisor, California State University, Long Beach, and Teacher Fellow, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

    "Interest in Holocaust studies continues to expand dramatically. In these essays we learn how to teach the Holocaust well and why it tells us something profoundly important about human societies. In original reflections, all tested and honed by many years of teaching, renowned historians and expert educators lay out a variety of teaching practices, from the basic themes to explicit teaching strategies and activities."

    Nathan Stoltzfus, Dorothy and Jonathan Rintels Associate Professor of Holocaust Studies, Florida State University