Chapter 3: Teaching About the Perpetrators

Teaching about the Holocaust can be overwhelming. How can we provide a meaningful learning experience for our students in a limited amount of time What is an effective approach to making learning about the Holocaust relevant and meaningful to students in today s world This Educator Video Toolbox is aligned to Echoes and Reflections, a comprehensive Holocaust education program that delivers professional development and a rich array of multimedia resources for middle and high school teachers. It sets forth the basic pedagogical framework to help you effectively teach the subject of the Holocaust, including teaching the Holocaust as a human story. In the center of this story are the Jewish victims, who lived in a world of dehumanization. We believe that when teaching about the victims we should teach about the choiceless choices that they confronted, as well as the instances of light in the darkness where their compassion and resistance were evident. Additionally, we should teach the hu