Teaching the Holocaust: Navigating the Complexities and Challenges

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In dealing with complex issues and topics, it is vital that teachers and administrators are well-equipped with meaningful and culturally sensitive tools and responses that enable them to support the needs of all learners. Certainly, this holds true for Holocaust studies. In this module, with the assistance of research related to the topics at hand, we will dissect and role-play real-world scenarios that, in one form or another, have happened to teachers. Through these scenarios, students discuss reactions/relevance, reflect on similar circumstance/situations, and collaboratively determine meaningful responses. Through examining myriad possible responses and approaches to challenges that can arise in a Holocaust education unit, students will be prepared to facilitate instruction in a manner that meets the needs of all applicable stakeholders while ensuring that the invaluable content is not diminished or distorted.