
Getting to know and “adopting” my neighborhood

Three Promises: Personal Stories as Historical Material
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 about multiculturalism, war and peace, the Second World War, crimes against humanity, genocide and holocausts (e.g. the Jewish Holocaust), modern European history, moral and ethical issues, struggle for survival, etc.

Exhibition: A century of Jewish culture or “We are all the same by the different ways”
The main theme:
(1) To bring a different culture to the students by showing them that it is not so much different.
(2) The secondary theme is an exhibition management – creating and realization of the exhibition (studying, design and guiding).

"Rescued Memories": Creating a student exhibition
In this lesson plan, Cynthia Peterman illustrates how she used the Centropa database to create a student exhibition.

“Of Shtetls and Cities”: Creating a student exhibition
A student-created exhibition based on Centropa
photo taken by Jonathan Ah Kit, on April 28, 2000, CC licensing
