Teaching the Holocaust (& Night)



GROUP A: Asher, Adam, Joe, Ally, & Malissa

1. When and why did the Holocaust start to get more curricular coverage?

2. How can students understand genocidal violence without taking the subject seriously?

3. How can students take the subject seriously without understanding genocidal violence?

GROUP B: Ashley, Caleb, Lindsey, Reggie, & Daylon
1. What is ‘sacrilization’ and ‘trivialization’ AND how are these realities problematic?

2. What does is mean to say the role of Israel is “vexed” in public opinion? AND Why is Israel’s political role vexed in public opinion?

3. How is teaching on the Holocaust linked to current Middle Eastern conflict?

GROUP C: Meghan, Andy, Justin, & Jordan
1. Why is anti-Semitism an essential component to teaching the Holocaust?

2. Why does teaching anti-Semitism “get people on all sides riled up”?

3. Give 4-5 historical examples of anti-Semitism (see the middle of p.53)?


Author: Justin Detmers


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