Within this section you can find out further information on our acclaimed classroom materials, resources and lesson plans. Some of these are open-access, others are linked to particular CPD programmes. You can explore these below.

• British responses to the Holocaust

  Our research shows that students lack an understanding of British responses to the Holocaust. This lesson uses archival sources to help them construct an evidence-based account. This lesson responds to the...

  

• Authentic encounters

  Through the interrogation of an authentic artefact, students first encounter Leon Greenman, an Englishman deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau with his wife and child.

  

• Telling the story of ‘resistance’

  Is there a 'best way' to narrate resistance during the Holocaust? Drawing on examples, students construct their own representation of the past.

  

• Being human?

  Students uncover how and why ordinary people became complicit in mass murder and reveal searching questions about what it is to be a citizen in the modern world.

  

• A space called ‘Treblinka’

  Through an enquiry focusing on Treblinka in late summer 1942, students confront the chaotic reality of genocide and developmental nature of the Holocaust.

  

• What happened to Helene Seligmann and her family?

  Using family photographs and documents, students piece together what happened to Helene Seligmann and her family.

  

• What is justice?

  Rich discussion abounds as students are encouraged to explore their ideas of justice and reflect on images of justice.

  

• What is needed for justice?

  Students develop their understanding of justice by exploring the structures and processes needed for justice in the world.

  

• Justice achieved?

  As the outcome of the Demjanjuk trial is shared, students reflect on whether justice has been achieved for Helene and her family.

  

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