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Teaching the Holocaust and Human Behaviour in the Classroom

Explore our classroom-ready resources and teaching strategies to enable you to best support students in studying the Holocaust.

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The Holocaust

Studying the Holocaust using Facing History’s approach allows students to wrestle with the profound moral questions raised by this history and fosters their skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking, empathy, and community engagement - all of which are critical for sustaining democracy. This webinar highlights our classroom-ready resources and suggest effective teaching strategies to enable you to best support your students in studying this critical, challenging period in history.

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Book: Holocaust and Human Behaviour
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This webinar explores how images from Holocaust and Human Behavior can be used to support students' understanding of key themes in the history of the rise of the Nazis.

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