Today is International Human Rights Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document signed in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust.
Topics: Choosing to Participate, Video, Civil Rights, Holocaust and Human Behavior, Universe of Obligation, Media Skills, Holocaust Education, Online Learning, Flipped Classroom, Facing Technology
As part of Facing History’s revision of our Facing History: Holocaust and Human Behavior resources, we will be making new videos available to you for classroom use. Check out two new series today! Any of these clips would fit well in a flipped classroom exercise.
Topics: Antisemitism, Video, Holocaust and Human Behavior, Media Skills, Holocaust Education, Flipped Classroom, Facing Technology
What does national identity mean to you?
Topics: Holocaust and Human Behavior, Media Skills, Critical Thinking
In this new video, psychologist Deborah Plummer describes what she calls a "transracial society": "All of us inhabiting the earth [together]." Do we live in a transracial society today? Plummer says no, but offers ideas on how we can get there:
Topics: Safe Schools, Holocaust and Human Behavior, School Culture, Media Skills, Critical Thinking
Nazi Art Discovered: Leading Classroom Discussions on the Role of Art in Nazi Germany
Posted by Julia Rappaport on November 15, 2013
Last week, news broke about the discovery of 1,500 pieces of artwork – art that Nazis had confiscated during World War II. Found in a Munich apartment, the paintings included works by artists Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall, among others.
Topics: Art, Video, Holocaust and Human Behavior, Innovative Classrooms, Media Skills, Museum Studies, Holocaust Education, Online Learning, Restorative Justice, Flipped Classroom
How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do: An Introduction to Stereotype Threat
Posted by Julia Rappaport on November 7, 2013
"Stereotypes are one way by which history affects present life," social psychologist Claude Steele says in this video about the history of stereotypes and how negative stereotypes impact us toda
Topics: Safe Schools, Stereotype, Holocaust and Human Behavior, School Culture, Critical Thinking