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Holocaust Resources Unit
Holocaust Resources Unit
  • Unit Description
  • Objectives
  • Materials and Resources
  • Relation to Standards
  • One Computer versus Many
  • Internet Resources

  • Unit Description

        The Holocaust is an historical event that provides unique teaching opportunities and challenges. It can serve as a lens for students to understand the complex interplay of human intention, political and military power, and racial and ethnic hatred. At the same time, the magnitude and evil of the Holocaust places serious demands on educators. We who teach about the Holocaust must approach our subject matter carefully, being sure to properly contextualize its history so that events and people do not end up as lifeless stereotypes. We also need to be sure that the material we use is both appropriate for our students and true to the historical record.

        Given the special circumstances that surround any teaching about the Holocaust, we at LETSNet have decided not to provide a traditional unit with pre-made lessons, but instead offer an annotated listing of Web resources about the Holocaust. We wish to support teachers who seek to integrate the Web into their teaching about the Holocaust. We put forth these resources for teachers to embed within their own curricular units on the Holocaust that they have developed. Up to Contents

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    Objectives

        In learning about the Holocaust students should:

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    Materials and Resources

        In developing our lessons and activities, we made some assumptions about the hardware and software that would be available in the classroom for teachers who visit the LETSNet Website. We assume that teachers using our Internet-based lessons or activities have a computer (PC or Macintosh) with the necessary hardware components (mouse, keyboard, and monitor) as well as software (operating system, TCP/IP software, networking or dial-up software, e-mail and a World Wide Web client program, preferably Netscape, but perhaps Mosaic or Lynx). In the section below, we specify any "special" hardware or software requirements for a lesson or activity (in addition to those described above) and the level of Internet access required to do the activity.

    1. Special hardware requirements: none.
    2. Special software requirements: none.
    3. Internet access: A medium-speed (28,000 BPS via modem) or high-speed (greater than 1 MBPS via network).
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    Relation to Standards

        The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has created a set of guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust. These, together with the National Council for the Social Studies document "Expectations of Excellence," provide an excellent set of standards for teachers to use in their development of units of study on the Holocaust. Up to Contents

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    One Computer versus Many

        The plans for this unit are tailored to fit teaching situations where students have access to several computers with an Internet connection. To accommodate classrooms that do not have access to a computer lab with full Internet connections, students can work in research groups to explore Internet sites and conduct their research.

        If you have only one computer with Internet access, you may choose to do one of the following:

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