Why Study 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, this lesson is meant to be used at the beginning of a year long course. Feel free to modify the lesson to fit your specific needs.
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My Family and My Roots: A Film Project

In the framework of the Roots project, students choose a family member or a Jewish person, and use modern technologies to create a film presenting the story of that person. Organizing this project, from identifying the person, collecting photographs, making video footages, writing the script, putting together the film - is entirely the responsibility of the students, with the help of the teacher who guides them through the whole process.

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The Great Centropa Treasure Hunt

Between 2000 and 2010, Centropa interviewed 1,200 Jewish Holocaust survivors still living in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. Centropa then digitized 22,000 of their photographs and asked them to tell their stories about the entire 20th century -- as they lived it. This Treasure Hunt will help you familiarize yourself with the Centropa website and all it has to offer as you work on creating your project. Use the Centropa site to answer the following questions and you will know how to find the resources you need for other projects. 

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3 lives

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 own movies interviewing 3 members of the Turkish - Jewish community.  

You can find the detailed planning of the 6 week lesson plan attached (in Spanish and English). the short movie making process is also attached with questions subjects. 

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81 Rue de Monceau

I fancy that I have a fairly good vocabulary. That said, The Hare with the Amber Eyes had me looking up more words than I have in a long time. And it was a splendid book! Not just challenging but well written and engaging. So much so that I made sure that Susan and I made a point of finding the Ephrussi house, just north-west of the Arc de Triomphe. An interesting expeience. Tomorrow we go to where three wars ended/started - Versailles and Compeigne - and Sunday to the Nazi/Vichy transit camp at Drancy.

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Bulgaria in the Holocaust

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 in Denmark with that of most Jews in Poland, trying to determine the foundation for most Danish Jews’ survival of the Holocaust, compared to those of Poland.  The part of the lesson about Bulgaria stems from a reading the students have completed in advance, which mentions rescue in Bulgaria, Le Chambon (France), and Denmark. 

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The HOLOCAUST in Serbia

This  lesson about the Shoah  is  designed  for  a  history  class.  The  topic  can  also  be  approached   multidisciplinary  (i.e.  it  can  include  subjects   such  as  Serbian/mother  language,   mathematics,  geography,  chemistry,  art,   music,  informatics  and  computing,  religious   education,  civic  education).

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