QUICK RESOURCE SHEET #93

Holocaust resources

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The Internet is a valuable tool for those teaching about the Holocaust. A Google search for the term “Holocaust” results in over 30,000,000 hits. Naturally, no brief handout can possibly convey the depth and breadth of resources available. Furthermore, no two teaching contexts are identical; what works well in one classroom may be of little use in another.

But the following list does give you a hint about the types of organizations creating web content on the Holocaust, and what they can offer. For ease of use, I have divided these resources into four different categories. Bear in mind that these divisions are somewhat artificial, and there will be some overlap of content between categories, with many of these sites providing lesson planning ideas, for example.

Let this information be just the start of your own search. As you scan a number of the sites below, you are likely to discover many compelling stories, the kinds of stories that upon reflection help us to renew our commitment to the ongoing exploration of the Holocaust within the classroom. Bottom of Form

General Educational Resources

http://www.holocaust-education.dk/Default.asp - The Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

http://www.holocaust-trc.org/ - Holocaust Teacher Resource Center

http://www.holocaustef.org/ - The Holocaust Educational Foundation

http://www.holocaust-education.de/ - The Nazi Era and the Holocaust in German Education

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/holocaust/ - New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/cgjs/teachingpack/ - Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex

Museums and Public Centers

http://www.hatikvah-center.org/ - Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center

http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/hecjpn/indexENGLISH.html - Holocaust Education Center, Japan

http://www.mchekc.org/ - Midwest Center for Holocaust Education

http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=fwLYKnN8LzH&b=242023 – Simon Wiesenthal Center

http://www.vhec.org/ - Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

http://www.yadvashem.org/ - Yad Vashem

Lesson Plans

http://www.remember.org/educate/ - Cybrary of the Holocaust

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson187.shtml - Education World - Teaching the Holocaust

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/survivor.jsp - Tolerance.org, “One Survivor Remembers”

Miscellaneous

http://www.bahohp.org/ - Bay Area Oral History Project

http://www.shamash.org/holocaust/photos/ - Shamash, Holocaust photos

http://holocaust-education.net/home.asp?langid=1 – Learning about the Holocaust through art

http://exlibris.memphis.edu/Secher-Schab/secher00.htm - Letters from those who were left behind

http://fcit.usf.edu/Holocaust/arts/musVicti.htm - Music of the Ghettos and Camps

Previous editions of the QUICK RESOURCE SHEET

#1 – Creating quizzes (and more) online                                                         

#2 – Vocabulary builders

#3 – Online discussion groups for English teachers                                    

#4 – Grammar headaches – and how to cure them

#5 – Resources for new teachers                                                     

#6 – International Education Week

#7 – Mentoring programs                                                                    

#8 – Education publications online

#9 – Applied Linguistics                                                                   

#10 – English for Young Learners

#11 – World AIDS Day                                                                      

#12 – Online writing guides

#13 – E-mail exchanges                                                                      

#14 – Free online English courses

#15 – Effective e-mail communication                                             

#16 – Libraries online

#17 – American Studies                                                                     

#18 – Teaching methodologies

#19 – Internet tutorials                                                                       

#20 – Using the newspaper – Part I

#21 – Making books                                                                           

#22 - Using the newspaper – Part II

#23 – Human rights in language teaching

#24 – Blogging

#25 – Poetry and language teaching

#26 – The communicative approach

#27 -  Idioms

#28 – Earth Day

#29 – Alternative assessment

#30 – Peer assessment

#31 – Self-assessment

#32 – Portfolio assessment – Part I

#33 -  Portfolio assessment - Part II (Online Portfolios)

#34 – Intercultural communication

#35 – Teaching Adults

#36 – Learning disorders / Special needs

#37 – Using computers in reading instruction

#38 – Use of authentic materials

#39 – English for Medical Purposes

#40 – Sources for authentic materials

#41 – Education and technology

#42 – Academic writing

#43 – Teaching and stress

#44 – Back to school

#45 – Motivating students

#46 – Action research

#47 – Internet terminology

#48 – Fluency

#49 – Curriculum design

#50 – Pragmatics

#51 - Podcasting for English teachers

#52 – Critical reading

#53 – Learner autonomy

#54 – Scaffolding

#55 – Holidays

#56 – English for Academic Purposes

#57 – Mixed-level classes

#58 – The brain and language learning

#59 – Book clubs/Readers’ groups

#60 – Teachers and technology

#61 – Using video in the language classroom

#62 – Internet-based classroom projects

#63 – Observing student teachers

#64 – Digital literacy

#65 – Group work

#66 – Giving feedback on student writing

#67 – Vlogging

#68 – Educational leadership

#69 – The first five minutes: How to get a class warmed up

#70 – Managing test anxiety

#71 – Developing listening comprehension

#72 – Discourse analysis

#73 – English for Tourism

#74 – Storytelling

#75 – Virtual Learning Environments

#76 – Sociolinguistics

#77 – Corpus Linguistics

#78 – Teaching teenagers

#79 – Lexical Approach

#80 – Humanism in language teaching

#81 – Collaborative teaching

#82 – Distance learning

#83 – Open Education

#84 – The non-native speaker as English teacher

#85 – Contrastive grammar

#86 – Plagiarism

#87 – English through drama

#88 – Lifelong learning

#89 – Global teaching and learning

#90 – Collaborative online learning

#91 – Phrasal verbs

#92 – Media-based learning guides