United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Guidelines for Teaching

							United States Holocaust Memorial
             Museum
Guidelines for Teaching About the
            Holocaust
Define Holocaust
Define Holocaust
Define Holocaust
Define Holocaust
Define Holocaust
Avoid Comparisons of Pain
Avoid Comparisons of Pain
Avoid Simple Answers to
   Complex History
Avoid Simple Answers to Complex
            History
Just Because It Happened,
  Doesn’t Mean It Was
        Inevitable
Just Because It Happened, Doesn’t
      Mean It Was Inevitable
Just Because It Happened, Doesn’t
      Mean It Was Inevitable
Just Because It Happened, Doesn’t
      Mean It Was Inevitable
Just Because It Happened, Doesn’t
      Mean It Was Inevitable
Strive For Precision of
       Language
Strive For Precision of Language
Strive For Precision of Language
Strive For Precision of Language
 Make Careful Distinctions
About Sources of Information
Make Careful Distinctions About
   Sources of Information
Make Careful Distinctions About
   Sources of Information
Try to Avoid Stereotypical
       Descriptions
Try to Avoid Stereotypical
       Descriptions
Do Not Romanticize History to
  Engage Students’ Interest
Do Not Romanticize History to Engage
         Students’ Interest
Do Not Romanticize History to Engage
         Students’ Interest
Contextualize the History You
       Are Teaching
Contextualize the History You Are
            Teaching
Contextualize the History You Are
            Teaching
Contextualize the History You Are
            Teaching
Contextualize the History You Are
            Teaching
Translate Statistics Into People
Translate Statistics Into People
Translate Statistics Into People
Be Sensitive to Appropriate
 Written and Audio-visual
          Content
Be Sensitive to Appropriate Written
     and Audio-visual Content
Be Sensitive to Appropriate Written
     and Audio-visual Content
     Strive for Balance in
Establishing Whose Perspective
  Informs Your Study of the
           Holocaust
Strive for Balance in Establishing
Whose Perspective Informs Your
     Study of the Holocaust
Strive for Balance in Establishing
Whose Perspective Informs Your
     Study of the Holocaust
Strive for Balance in Establishing
Whose Perspective Informs Your
     Study of the Holocaust
Strive for Balance in Establishing
Whose Perspective Informs Your
     Study of the Holocaust
Select Appropriate Learning
         Activities
Select Appropriate Learning Activities
Select Appropriate Learning Activities
Reinforce the Objectives of
    Your Lesson Plan
Reinforce the Objectives of Your
          Lesson Plan