Holocaust Remembrance Week
January 24-28, 2022
Supporting Complex History
Holocaust Remembrance Week shall include age-appropriate instruction, as determined by each school district. Instruction shall include: (1) information about the history of and lessons learned from the Holocaust; (2) participation, in person or using technology, in learning projects about the Holocaust; and (3) the use of materials developed or approved by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
*Please note that the THGC, like the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, does not recommend explicit Holocaust instruction before 6th grade. Elementary schools may choose their own materials that cover broader themes, such as community, tolerance, being an upstander, and anti-bullying.
Prior to beginning instruction on the Holocaust or embedding aspects of the content within your instruction, it is highly beneficial for you to increase your knowledge and comfort with the topic. Provided within this resource are avenues for you to increase your own personal knowledge of the Holocaust and the many stories that remain untold, as well as appropriate instructional strategies to utilize in the classroom.
Echoes & Reflections Resources for Educators
Educator Resource: Video Toolbox
https://echoesandreflections.org/video_toolbox/
Teaching about the Holocaust can be challenging. The following videos are helpful guides and refreshers to prepare for classroom instruction. Each video is roughly 15-minutes long and provides historical context, methodological and pedagogical suggestions, and questions for discussion.
Timeline of the Holocaust
Designed as a resource for students, this timeline chronicles key dates in the history of the Holocaust from 1933-1945. Click on specific events to deepen your learning with additional information and primary source materials.
Webinar Recordings
The webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world. All webinar recordings are one hour in length.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. Learn more about the Holocaust, antisemitism, and genocide below.
Yad Vashem - What Was the Holocaust?
Literacy to Support
Articles of Interest
Museum Sites with Resources
Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum
El Paso Holocaust Museum
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antionio
Jessica Torres
Continuous Improvement Liaison & Social Studies Content Specialist
ESC Region 12
Email: jtorres@esc12.net
Website: https://www.esc12.net/page/ge_socialstudies
Location: ESC Region 12, West Loop 340, Waco, TX, USA
Phone: (254) 297-1284
Twitter: @owl_b_torresedu