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Sabine Hildebrandt; Claudia Krebs – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2025
The Pernkopf atlas is a well-known case study of anatomists' ethical transgressions in using bodies of Nazi victims for professional purposes and the relevance of this history for today. This study examines the likely sources from which Pernkopf developed his own anatomical gaze and pedagogical approach to depicting the human body. It also…
Descriptors: Human Body, Victims, Jews, European History
Ineson, Sam – Teaching History, 2022
How can we help students understand the Holocaust in its full historical complexity, particularly when they often come to class with misconceptions arising from the representation of the Holocaust in popular culture? Over a three-year period, Sam Ineson set out to integrate the historical Holocaust into his school's formal and informal curriculum,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, European History, Jews, War
Hagmayr, Martin; Fröschl, Felix – Journal of Museum Education, 2023
What does a learning center for civic education do in a museum environment? How and why can democracy be taught in a museum? The Museum Arbeitswelt in Steyr, Austria, offers with its "Politikwerkstatt" a learning environment for people of different age groups where they can learn, discuss, and talk about democracy. This article shows the…
Descriptors: Museums, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Futures (of Society)
Paula Cowan; Andrew Killen; Henry Maitles; Elysha Ramage – Intercultural Education, 2024
Unlike in England, where the Holocaust has been a compulsory part of the history curriculum for Key Stage 3 since 1991, the Holocaust is not mandatory in the Scottish curriculum. Therefore, Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust (TLH) in Scotland relies on the commitment of individual teachers and/or schools. Factors that impact TLH in Scotland…
Descriptors: Death, Jews, European History, Teaching Methods
Luku, Esilda – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2022
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the way the Holocaust is taught in pre-university education in Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. It analyses the context in which references to the Holocaust occur in curricula and examines different approaches adopted by teachers based on data collected in a survey. The research reveals that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Death, War
Joandi Hartendorp; Nicole Immler; Hans Alma – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2023
The Dutch perpetrated in both the Holocaust and chattel slavery. However, Dutch cultural memory does not significantly recognize Dutch perpetration in these sensitive histories. This article explores the interplay between cultural memory and history education as a potential explanation for this oversight, by specifically focusing on the…
Descriptors: Slavery, Teaching Methods, History Instruction, Death
Katie Sluiter – English Journal, 2024
The author's eighth-grade ELA curriculum is rich with opportunities for students to bear witness to a variety of experiences. Besides the Holocaust unit, they read "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018) while exploring police brutality and segregation; "The Giver" by Lois Lowry (1993) while investigating government…
Descriptors: Jews, Death, War, European History
Milan Masat – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
In this paper, we present partial results of a quantitative research investigation, the aim of which was to find out the preconceptions and misconceptions of students of teaching in implementation of the Shoah phenomenon into the teaching. We present the results of two questions: 1. The opinion of respondents on the implementation of the term…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Mašát, Milan – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2019
The paper aims to introduce opportunities for the presentation of the theme of Shoah within institutional education. In the article we deal in detail with the inclusion of a defined phenomenon in the teaching of literary education. The artistic narratives are a suitable standard for familiarizing pupils with the given subject, both in a factual…
Descriptors: Jews, Death, War, European History
Sarah Painitz – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2024
This paper provides concrete suggestions for teaching two Holocaust testimonies, Irene Hauser's diary and Ruth Klüger's memoir "Still Alive." Hauser's and Klüger's texts effectively illustrate the differences between diaries and memoirs while recounting similar experiences. Such a comparative analysis, I argue, achieves two goals: First,…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Autobiographies
Gudgel, Mark – Teachers College Press, 2021
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…
Descriptors: Jews, War, Homicide, European History
Stefania Manca; Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli; Albert Sangrà – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
Holocaust education, which refers to the teaching and learning of the Holocaust--the systematic genocide of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II--is an essential component of history and social studies education in many countries. Its primary aim is to raise awareness of the Holocaust, promote understanding of…
Descriptors: Jews, Death, History Instruction, European History
Caroline Conner; Andrea Miskewicz – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2023
This study examines how a museum-led professional development workshop impacts preservice teachers' perceived preparedness to teach the Holocaust. Utilizing an instructional model of historical empathy, researchers designed a virtual Holocaust education workshop for preservice teachers. Teacher candidates at three large universities were invited…
Descriptors: Jews, Social Discrimination, Museums, Faculty Development
Banerjee, Basabi Khan; Stöber, Georg – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2020
Recent surveys and reports document a growing phenomenon of "Hitlermania" in some parts of India. This article investigates whether the way in which National Socialism is presented in school education has encouraged this development or, on the contrary, has discouraged a positive valuation of the Nazis, including their leader. It…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Social Systems, History Instruction, European History
Stoddard, Jeremy – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2022
Over the past decade, scholars from a variety of epistemological and theoretical backgrounds have begun to engage more deeply with history as a form of difficult knowledge. It is difficult to comprehend and can be traumatic for different groups for different reasons. History as a school subject has largely been used as a tool of hegemony by…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Epistemology, Teaching Methods, Trauma