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Holocaust Testimony: Six Strands of Impact on Education Dr. Mary Johnson Senior Historian, Facing History and Ourselves January 2015

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Page 1: Holocaust Testimony: Six Strands of Impact on Education

Holocaust Testimony: Six Strands of Impact on

Education Dr. Mary Johnson

Senior Historian, Facing History and Ourselves

January 2015

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Never just testimony, pair with resources Primary sources

Mini Documentaries

Readings

Literature

Connections

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Select the clip that resonates, rather than the whole testimony

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Use of testimony clips to discuss moral dilemmas

Father Schmutzer

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The story of one person has power

Add to that the ability to have different accounts of similar experiences

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The power of engagement and empathyCoupled with the desire to continue telling the

story

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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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Our website: www.facinghistory.org Our PD: www.facinghistory/onlinelearning

@facinghistory#FHOnline

www.facebook.com/FacingHistory

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