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featured resources

The Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust:
One Man Takes a Stand

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This resource features:

-Background information on the Armenian Genocide and Armin Wegner, as well as strategies for addressing comparative genocide in the classroom.

-Activities on decoding photographs and writing as resistance that draw on primary sources from the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide and Darfur.

- A timeline and recommended resources about the Armenian genocide.

Also Recommended:

Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians - A Multimedia Resource Guide for Teachers
- by Facing History and Ourselves | www.facinghistory.org

Scream the truth at the world

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Please use the Pre-Visit Activity only, "Images of Jewish Resistance", to prepare students for their tour of In Defiance.

Resistance During The Holocaust
A pamphlet that explores examples of armed and unarmed resistance by Jewish and non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Recipe Book

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written by Rebecca Teitelbaum, Ravensbrück
concentration camp, Germany, 1943

In 1946 Streicher, the publisher of the virulently anti-Semitic newspaper Der Stürmer, was convicted of "crimes against humanity" for his role in inciting the persecution and murder of Jews through the dissemination of hate propaganda. Using primary source material as evidence, students will reenact Steicher's trial, learning about the Nuremberg tribunals' processes and contemporary significance.

The VHEC is pleased to offer all material necessary for conducting a mock trial in the classroom:

Download a Teachers' Guide for the student mock trial

Download a PowerPoint presentation of evidence used in the mock trial (grades 7-9)

Download a PowerPoint presentation of evidence used in the mock trial (grades 10-12)

Holocaust Education Teacher Resource

This general resource contains guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, suggestions for preparing students for survivor speakers, frequently asked questions about the Holocaust, a timeline, a glossary, as well as recommended websites and readings.

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Teacher’s Guides

Teacher’s Guides complement VHEC exhibits and support classroom learning. They include pre and post-visit activities, discussion questions, student readings, primary documents, glossaries, timelines and recommended resources.

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Discovery Kits

Discovery kits are designed to put primary documents and artefacts into the hands of students. Students are encouraged to examine, describe and analyze the artefacts as a way to investigate issues of discrimination, segregation, hiding, resistance, as well as the aftermath of war and immigration. Learning is supported by Student Information Cards and Teacher’s Guides.

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Classroom Book Sets

Classroom book sets are chosen to engage young adult readers while offering insight into the authors’ experiences of the Holocaust. They are commonly taught as part of the British Columbia curriculum and are appropriate for middle and high school students.

Classroom book sets are available for a four-week loan period. Each set contains 30 copies of the book, a related video and a binder of additional resources and readings. Pick-up and delivery or courier costs are the responsibility of the teacher.

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