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New Illustrated Holocaust Glossary

smartley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:35:59 +0000

Click here to download a glossary to support teaching the Holocaust to students of Key Stage 3 and above.

It contains photos, sections of survivor testimony, and a special feature on one Holocaust survivor, Zdenka Fantlová. A photo of the suitcase Zdenka used when being transported to Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz appeared in a booklet produced by the Guardian in September. Zdenka’s story is about to be published for the first time in the UK on Holocaust Memorial Day 2010.

Her book is dedicated:

To an unknown member of the British Army,
who, through his humanity, saved my life in
Bergen-Belsen in April 1945.

Watch a video.

You can find out more Zdenka’s story in the glossary.

Click here to find out more about buying Zdenka’s book “The Tin Ring“.

Anyone who can shed light on the identity of this officer is asked to get in touch.

Illustrated Holocaust Glossary

smartley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:56:40 +0000

This Illustrated Holocaust Glossary, completed as part of the Fellowship in Holocaust Education at the Imperial War Museum, is free to download and use with students. It is recommended for students of 14 years and above.

Within the glossary are photos and sections of survivor testimony. It also has a special feature on one Holocaust survivor, Zdenka Fantlová. A photo of the suitcase Zdenka used when being transported to Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz, appeared in a booklet produced by the Guardian in September 2009. Zdenka’s story is about to be published for the first time in the UK on Holocaust Memorial Day 2010.

Her book is dedicated:

To an unknown member of the British Army,
who, through his humanity, saved my life in
Bergen-Belsen in April 1945.

You can find out more in the glossary. Take time to read it.

In addition, there are links to two questionnaires – one for teachers and one for students. Once you or your students have used the glossary, please spare a few moments to complete the questionnaire. The results will be used to make improvements in any new editions.

Click here to download the Holocaust Glossary.

Free Holocaust Education CPD for teachers

smartley — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:22:05 +0000

A FREE Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme in Holocaust Education is now available to secondary school teachers across England. The HIGH-QUALITY, high-impact CPD will be delivered by internationally recognized experts from the Holocaust Education Development Programme (HEDP), part of the world renowned Institute of Education, University of London. The CPD content has been strongly informed by an in-depth national survey that has highlighted exactly where many teachers are facing issues or constraints to their ability to teach about the Holocaust effectively. The CPD is delivered in workshops and will also provide age-appropriate and effective classroom-ready materials and RESOURCES.

The Legacy of Hope

smartley — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:38:39 +0000

This is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January) 2010. There are many useful resources, both primary and secondary, to be found on the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website. There are ideas for assemblies and a range of subject areas including PSHE/Citizenship, Maths and Science, RE, Music and Drama, ICT, English, Humanities and Design and Technology.

September 1st

smartley — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:06:32 +0000

On this day, 70 years after the Nazi invasion of Poland, a steam train will leave Prague to retrace the journey taken by Jewish children who were trapped in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930’s. On 1st September the Winton train (named after Sir Nicholas Winton who organised the Kindertransports to enable the children to escape) will make this commemorative journey with some of the survivors and their families. Over 600 Jewish children were saved by these journeys. The train due to leave on September 1st 1939 never began. Sir Nicholas, now aged 100, will be at Liverpool Street Station on Friday 4th September 2009 to greet passengers making this journey of remembrance.

Click here to find out more.

Why remember?

smartley — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:16:03 +0000

Did you know that the term genocide did not exist until 1943? It was created by a Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael (Rafal) Lemkin. It is described as any one of a number of acts intent on destroying in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

To remember the 15th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, pupils at Hampton School have set up a project to collect 8,000 online responses to the question, “Why should we remember?” – one response for each 100 victims.

Last year the pupils joined with those from Hampton Community School to produce a short book which contains interviews with genocide survivors and witnesses as well as responses from forty well known figures including Tony Blair, David Cameron, George Carey, Stephen Fry and Boris Johnson.

To order a copy of the book, or add a “Why should we remember?” response, click here or on the book.

Building an online Holocaust Exhibition

smartley — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:36:03 +0000

Andy Lawrence, along with 24 others including me, is a Fellow from the 2007-8 Holocaust Education programme run by the Imperial War Museum. He has developed a resource using digitised versions of authentic primary sources – including letters, postcards, lists, photographs. Students can use this to discover what happened to various members of the Blechner family during the Holocaust. Having done their research, they can then select resources to create their own online exhibition.

Click to download a pdf of Teachers’ Notes giving information on the Blechners and how to use the Exhibition builder.

To try this out, click here, and then use the user name ha1-sharona and password sharon. If you wish to use the resource with students and discuss setting up individual student accounts, then contact Andy directly.

Light a Candle

smartley — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:04:22 +0000

In many faiths, the lighting candles is a symbolic representaton of ideas such as joy, remembrance. As part of supporting the theme to Stand Up to Hatred for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, you are invited to light a candle. “By lighting a candle you are showing your support at embracing diversity and dispelling the darkness that racism, oppression and ignorance can lead to.” Click on the candle and add your light.

Stand Up …

smartley — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:29:05 +0000

… to Hatred.

This is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2009. January 27th – the date of the liberation of Auschwitz is the date on which victims of the Holocaust and other genocides are remembered.

Education materials are available from the Holocaust Memorial Day website.

Learning Outside the Classroom

smartley — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:44:36 +0000

A new resource has been created to give ideas for providing high quality experiences outside the classroom. This can be found on the Learning Outside the Classroom website.

In addition Sacred Space part of the new REonline website for RE practitioners, provides inspiring ideas for quality RE and spiritual development in sacred space.

There are a series of case studies together with some advice to prevent withdrawal from visits. There is also a booking form to hire banners and order bookmarks to raise the profile of LOtC in sacred space if holding a conference event.

Take a look at the impact LOtC can have on RE and spiritual development by clicking here.

There is additional information about Sacred Space on the official Sacred Space section of the LOtC website.