holocaust testimony: six strands of impact on education
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Holocaust Testimony: Six Strands of Impact on
Education Dr. Mary Johnson
Senior Historian, Facing History and Ourselves
January 2015
Never just testimony, pair with resources Primary sources
Mini Documentaries
Readings
Literature
Connections
Select the clip that resonates, rather than the whole testimony
Use of testimony clips to discuss moral dilemmas
Father Schmutzer
The story of one person has power
Add to that the ability to have different accounts of similar experiences
The power of engagement and empathyCoupled with the desire to continue telling the
story
Holocaust testimony provides a powerful educational model that now is used for other studies of genocide and history
Civil Rights
Nanjing
Rwanda
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