Educational Materials
The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme supports the development of educational curricula by Member States on the lessons of the Holocaust in a number of ways. In cooperation with leading institutions on Holocaust studies, the Programme has developed a wide variety of educational tools. All are available and free upon request, and in all UN official languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The Programme’s latest products are a study guide and companion DVD for high school students entitled “Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion" and serve to better our understanding of women’s experiences during the Holocaust.
Other educational materials include the Discussion Papers Journal Series, which contains papers drafted by prominent experts on the Holocaust and genocide, among them Madame Simone Veil, Professor Yehuda Bauer, and Elie Wiesel. This publication provides a forum for scholars and experts on Holocaust and genocide from around the world to raise issues for debate and further study amongst secondary school and university students. The Programme also developed The Footprints for Hope initiative, which includes a short educational film titled “Footprints: Discovering the Holocaust through Historical Artefacts”, a power-point presentation and a lesson plan. These tools are designed for educators to introduce and explore the history of the Holocaust with primary school children through a discussion about an historical artefact, a child’s shoe found at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The Programme’s gateway website also offers a number of innovative information products and teaching resources on the Holocaust and prevention of genocide, such as teachers’ guidelines, the Electronic Notes for Speakers (an online pedagogical tool that provides concise, detailed information on the history and human experience of the Holocaust), etc.
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