Collected: Educational Project about “Learning from Biographies” in General Sciences in Primary School

Original Title: Eingesammelt: Ein Unterrichtsprojekt zum‚ “Lernen an Biographien” im Sachunterricht der Grundschule

(In D. Pech, M. Rauterberg, & K. Stocklas, (Eds.). Möglichkeiten und Relevanz der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Holocaust im Sachunterricht der Grundschule, Supplement 3, pp. 17–34)

The article presents a project aimed at developing suitable methods for Holocaust Education already in the German primary school. Based on Ido Abram’s three-step-program as well as Wolfgang Klafki’s critical didactics, the project has developed a biographical approach to create possibilities for identification among the students. This is tested in a 3rd grade class and is thereafter evaluated.

The above abstract is taken from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Education Research Project. Please also consult the full list of abstracts in 15 languages and the accompanying publication Research in Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust: A Dialogue Beyond Borders. Ed: IHRA, Monique Eckmann, Doyle Stevick, Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs, 2017, Metropol Verlag at www.holocaustremembrance.com/resources/publications.