Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior

This online seminar features Facing History’s seminal resource Holocaust and Human Behavior and is intended for 6-12th grade world history, U.S. history, humanities, or English language arts educators. Help students wrestle with the profound moral questions raised by the study of the Holocaust and foster their skills in civic engagement, ethical reasoning, critical thinking, and empathy — all of which are necessary for sustaining democracy. In this online seminar —featuring Holocaust and Human Behavior—teachers will: 1. Learn current scholarship on the history of the Holocaust and new research focused on human behavior, group dynamics, and bias 2. Learn a new way of structuring curriculum to help students connect history to their own lives and the choices they make 3. Engage with classroom-ready multimedia resources and learn how to build a customized unit that meets your curriculum objectives 4. Discover new teaching strategies that help students interrogate text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully 5. Increase their ability to facilitate respectful classroom discussions on difficult issues such as racism, antisemitism, and other forms of exclusion in a way that invites personal reflection and critical analysis