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Jewish Life in Germany: the Erna Goldmann Story

History
Jewish life was part of Germany and German culture in the 19th and beginning 20th century, but disappeared with the Nazi-Regime in 1933. Using the Erna Goldmann film, From Frankfurt...
10, 11, 9

Matilda Kalef - Three Promises

History
1. This particular lesson is suitable for teaching about the Holocaust, since students will have the opportunity to learn that the Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder...
10, 11, 12, 8, 9

Survival in Sarajevo - Helpful Advice on how to realise Centropa's exhibition in you area

Civic activism
Michael Heitz from the Albert-Schweitzer-Schule in Sinsheim, Germany brought the Centropa exhibition "Survival in Sarajevo" to his school and together with other schools, organisations, and NGO's he organised various activities...

Holocaust and Human Rights

Civic activism

The subject: "Learning about the Holocaust and Human Rights" was selected as part of a school activity program and particularly as  part of the lesson, "The Joy of Reading", it was...

10

Analyzing a Centropa Film

other projects

Students watch films all the time.  But do they think about how a good story is told through film?  To get your students to think about how filmmakers tell stories...

10

"20th Century Europe, as seen from Palestine-Israel"

History

Students will learn about historical events that took place in Europe in the 20th century, and see how those events were covered by newspapers in mandatory Palestine and (after...

9

How to use the Lilli Tauber film in Greece

History
11

Three Promises: Personal Stories as Historical Material

History

This lesson plan uses group work, creative writing, and multimedia to teach subjects including History, Literature, Civics, Social and Political Education, Philosophy, Language etc. It is also useful in discussions...

11

27 January -- International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Civic activism
11

All people are kinsfolk

History
10

My Spanish Bosnian Life The Montiljo Family of Sarajevo

History

Overview information

Teachers: Pecoler Lorieta, Eskenazi Milutinovic Marsela, Isailovic Vera, Sterjova Daniela, Saric Melika, Cirino Katiusca
Type of school: Primary public schools, Public High Schools  
Subjects taught: History, Civic...

9

Homeland Project

other projects

This project will introduce you to editing in Adobe Premiere Pro, while letting you explore a social/historical issue. This issue affected many Jews in the 20th Century and is...

University

A story of one human life as a history lesson - Photos as a key to understanding the past.

History
7

Lesson plan to "Teofila Silberring: So that Memory doesn't die"

History

Subject : “We know ourselves only to the extent we have been tested”   (W.Szymborska).

Human attitudes towards different life situations.

A Meeting of Minds, Culture, and Penfriends!

other projects

In this cross-cultural project with students in North Carolina and Slovakia, our students are paired with a penfriend based on shared interests. The NC students wrote letters, but penfriends will...

8

Telling Jewish Stories using Wordle

History

Students are each given a short, multimedia film from Centropa to watch. As they watch – they may need to watch it more than once – they are to write...

10

A Survivor's Story: Dr. Richard Bugajer

History

Students in my class and Melanie Shaul’s class in Hadera, Israel, read the autobiography of Dr. Richard Bugajer, My Shadowlife. Melanie and I met his widow in Vienna, on...

10

Love on a Paper Airplane

History

The class watched Centropa’s film Love on a Paper Airplane as an introduction to the love story of Judit Kinszki’s parents, and the early modern photography of Imre Kinszki (Judit’s...

10

Cross-cultural Cookbook Project

other projects

We began by watching Centropa’s film So Memory Doesn’t Die, about Teofila Silberring’s harrowing experience during the Holocaust. She was saved from starvation by a kind family friend who gave...

10

Using the Beno and Roza film with Macedonian students

History

This lesson is intended for Macedonian students in the final year of primary education (aged 14-15) The content of this lesson is part of the civic education curriculum, topic –...

9

"Three Promises" - Lesson Plan

History

Aims:

-       Identifying causal relations between characters and events

-       Helping the students develop critical thinking skills through the analysis of historical sources (a film)

-       Raising students’ consciousness...

11

Why Study History?

History
The goal of this lesson is to introduce students to the major reasons for studying History (any History course will be appropriate with this lesson). Having said that...
10, 11, 12, 8, 9

3 lives

History

The project is done by a group of 6 students for Spanish elective class where the students first watched Kalef movie by Centropa then based on the movie, created their...

9

The family - The root gives life to a tree. The family gives life to mankind.

History

Grade of Class:

primary school students aged 11-12 students 13-14 and their parents Number of students in one class: 15 to 17

The familyThe root gives life to a tree...

6

Bulgaria in the Holocaust

History

In studying rescue, the students learn about individual rescuers (mainly in Eastern Europe) and the challenges they faced. They also compare rescue on a national context, contrasting the Jewish experience...

8

How to Use Centropa resources in the English Language Classroom

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This lesson plan consists of a Powerpoint presentation that you can download  below.

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Using the Lewin film in ESL class

History

Herbert Lewin - stories of my life compared with "Address Unknown"

The story of Herbert Lewin reflects the life of a secular Jewish family with its gentile neighbors  in Vienna...

10

The Years Make Their Own: Teaching ESL/History

History
8

"Three promises": A project about the Kalef family

History

This project uses family photos from the Kalef family to trigger a discussion about memory.

8

So that Memory Doesn't Die

History

In this 45 minute lesson, high school students explore two important aspects of survivors’ lives: 1) rebuilding their lives after living through horrors and losing their families, and 2) sharing...

10