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about in Houston. Czuprynski pointed out that in many schools, students and teachers may be wary to discuss the Holocaust for fear of upsetting anyone, or simply because they dont have the knowledge to approach the subject thoroughly. He says that one of the first steps for schools and teachers would be to create safe, open places for discussion where those concerns are minimized. A simple discussion can be a form of social change, Czuprynski says. Theres no real safe area where students can talk about difficult subjects like this in school. If we educate them about what actually happened and create those areas, students can feel more confident about being open to discussing hard topics. New York State requires schools to teach the Holocaust in
students discuss the holocausts effects on our world today, and examine a map of active hate groups in the u.s..
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original and current members of the Beyond compliance coordinate committee celebrate being honored with the orange circle award. l to R: ashley taylor, Jessica Bacon, liat Ben-Moshe, Katrina arndt, Kiel Moses, Renee starowicz, andrew Bennett, danielle cowley.
We need to talk more in schools about the causes of Hitlers war and help kids understand the political and social climate before the Holocaust.
secondary education. However, specific topics and lessons are a teachers decision. A goal of the Fellowship is to educate future teachers about the Holocaust using in-depth, primary sources so they can create new ways to open full
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discussions of the Holocaust, its origins, events, repercussions, and present relevancy. Things dont just happen, Kane says. My focus would be on how things got started. We need to talk more in schools about the causes of Hitlers war and help kids understand the political and social climate before the Holocaust. Another important aspect of the Holocaust that Czuprynski says he hopes to highlight in his teaching is how social and political environments can perpetuate the extortion of groups of people that are seen as different. We need to help kids understand that people who were different had no real power, Czuprynski says. Those in power easily took advantage of groups like Jews, Poles, Gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled community. Alan Goldberg, Emeritus Professor and director of the Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative, says that the Fellowship has been designed to inspire future teachers to approach the topic of the Holocaust in a well-rounded way in their pedagogy, as Kane and
Czuprynski have. Because our students come from multiple disciplines they will be able to address the Holocaust from multiple perspectives and encourage a team approach to its teaching, Goldberg says. Our students might explore how art and music were used as examples of both resistance and coping. Because they have an understanding of events, they can provide students with tools for deconstructing/examining contemporary film and literature about the Holocaust. The bottom line is that our students can bring a number of new perspectives to the teaching of the Holocaust, Goldberg says. As the survivor generation is no longer with us to tell their stories, it will be these students who will carry their torch. The Spector/Warren Fellowship is made possible by a gift from Holocaust survivor Naomi Warren and her family. To learn more about the Fellowship visit teachingtheholocaust.org, or visit the fellowships Tumblr blog at spectorwarren.tumblr.com. n
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