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Holocaust & Human rights education center This curriculum guide was developed by a group of master teachers who have studied and taught the Holocaust in the context of history and the language arts. The New York State Core Curriculum and Learning Standards in English Language Arts and Social Studies have guided our selection of activities, historical documents and assessment tools. All materials and activities have been field-tested; they are challenging, age-appropriate and well suited to the needs of a diverse student population. 
Mémorial de la Shoah - Musée, Centre de documentation juive contemporaine The Shoah Memorial provides access to various resources on the Holocaust, mostly in French. 
Citizenship Education: Human Rights, History and Memory 50 Years After the 1973 Coup Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: Chile. Ministry of Education Educational material that proposes a series of activities regarding the commemoration of the 50 years of the coup d'état, a topic that brings together the country through various channels and constitutes a great opportunity to contextualize the learning objectives linked to memory, democracy and human rights. 
Natural disaster preparedness and education for sustainable development Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific Natural Disaster Preparedness and Education for Sustainable Development provides details of the development of culturally appropriate and locally relevant educational material for natural disaster preparedness that targets key stakeholder groups and integrates Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) principles and strategies. It is expected to develop and strengthen a regional network to implement and further ESD initiatives throughout the region by promoting education for natural disaster preparedness as well as ESD. This will underpin an identified key area of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. The publication articulates the lessons learned by the four in-country project teams (i.e., the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia and India) and two collaborating organizations (i.e., Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society) in developing materials in collaboration with community groups in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides insights into effective techniques to develop locally relevant educational materials, and highlights some of the challenges in that field. 
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre The Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society was founded in 1983 by survivors of the Holocaust. The founders’ goal was to leave a permanent legacy in the form of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre devoted to the Holocaust and based on anti-racism education. Online, teachers have access to practical guides for teachers and activities with discovery kits for primary and secondary pupils. Lesson Components from Echoes and Reflections Prepared by the Anti-Defamation League, the USC Shoah Foundation and Yad Vashem, Echoes and Reflections provides educators with the professional development and resources necessary to acquire the necessary knowledge, capacity, and practice to responsibly and effectively teach the Holocaust. The ten multipart lessons in the Teacher's Resource Guide, along with additional supplementary material provided here, can enhance both teachers' and students' experiences with Echoes and Reflections. Holocaust Educational Trust - Teaching Resources The Holocaust Educational Trust aim is to educate young people from every background about the Holocaust and the important lessons to be learned for today. The Trust works in schools, universities and in the community to raise awareness and understanding of the Holocaust, providing teacher training, an outreach programme for schools, teaching aids and resource material. The Teaching Resources section of the Trust’s website provides free, downloadable lesson plans, classroom resources and guidance documents for teachers. The access to the teaching resources is free, but you need to login to access the materials. The Holocaust Explained The Holocaust Explained website, prepared by the London Jewish Cultural Centre, aims to help students with their school work, both in school and at home. It is designed to support the school curriculum. The site has images (pictures, maps, videos, diagrams) to help explain concepts and events. There is text to describe the historical events and 'reflective learning activities' to enhance students' understanding of the issues and concepts. Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance The Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education contains resources for teaching about the Holocaust : questions/answers, a timeline, key definitions, etc. Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies of the Yale University Library In the 1970s the Holocaust Survivors Film Project began videotaping Holocaust survivors and witnesses in New Haven. Since then, the Fortunoff Archive has worked to record, collect and preserve Holocaust witness testimonies, and to make its collection available to researchers, educators and the general public. The Fortunoff Archive currently holds more than 4,400 testimonies, which are comprised of over 10,000 recorded hours of videotape. The Fortunoff Archive and its affiliates recorded the testimonies of willing individuals with first-hand experience of the Nazi persecutions, including those in hiding, survivors, bystanders, resistants and liberators. Testimonies are recorded in whatever language the witness prefers, and range in length from one-half hour to over 40 hours.