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Teaching and Learning Through the Holocaust

Thinking About the Unthinkable

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Editors:
  1. Anthony Pellegrino

    1. University of Tennessee System, Knoxville, USA

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  2. Jeffrey Parker

    1. Levine Institute for Holocaust Education, Washington, USA

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  • Pushes beyond perspectives, orientations, and pedagogies traditionally associated with learning through the Holocaust
  • Explores motivation, frameworks, and applications from academics and practitioners
  • Incorporates multi-perspectivity and attention to audiences through combination of lessons, and theoretical perspectives

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Thinking About the Unthinkable

    • Anthony Pellegrino, Jeffrey Parker
    Pages 1-7

  3. Setting the Educational Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. A Conversation About Holocaust Education

      • Alex d’Erizans, Corey Harbaugh, Kimberly Klett, Jeffrey Parker, Anthony Pellegrino
      Pages 11-27

    3. Mandates on Holocaust and Genocide Education in the United States

      • Lindsey Stillman
      Pages 29-60

    4. The Problem with Hard Histories

      • Jennifer Rich
      Pages 61-74

    5. Fathoming National Socialism and the Holocaust: Historical Empathy and Holocaust Pedagogies

      • Alex d’Erizans
      Pages 75-106

    6. Dewey, Democracy, and Holocaust Education

      • Jeffrey Parker
      Pages 107-123

    7. An Education Epidemic: What United States Textbooks (Don’t) Say About the Holocaust

      • Steven Steigerwalt, Gina Pfeiffer
      Pages 125-152

  4. Moving Holocaust Education Beyond Traditional Paradigms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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  5. Moving Holocaust Education Beyond Traditional Paradigms

    1. Putting in the Pre-work to Teach the Holocaust for Racial Justice

      • Tiffany Mitchell Patterson
      Pages 155-163

    2. Rethinking Holocaust Education with Teacher Trainers

      • Jennifer Rich
      Pages 165-182

    3. False Dichotomy: How STEM and the Humanities Support Each Other

      • Darby Riley, Cayla Ritz
      Pages 183-204

    4. Keeping It Authentic: Harnessing Technology to Teach the Complexities of the Holocaust

      • Matthew Hensley, Noelle Smith
      Pages 205-224

    5. Teaching the Holocaust with Elementary Students Using Content Area Picture Books

      • Deborah Wooten, Heather Matthews
      Pages 225-246

    6. Going Forward

      • Jeffrey Parker, Anthony Pellegrino
      Pages 247-253

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 255-258
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About this book

This book serves as a critical resource for educators across various roles and contexts who are interested in Holocaust education that is both historically sound and practically relevant. As a collection, it pulls together a diverse group of scholars to share their research and experiences. The volume endeavors to address topics including the nature and purpose of Holocaust education, how our understanding of the Holocaust has changed, and resources we can use with learners. These themes are consistent across the chapters, making for a comprehensive exploration of learning through the Holocaust today and in the future.  

Reviews

“Teaching about the Holocaust remains one of the most timely and difficult topics to address in schools. This well-written and organized collection of works from a diverse group of authors offers educators a variety of perspectives on ways to engage contemporary learners with the Holocaust. Both challenging and thought provoking, this text is a must read for anyone interested in new ways of teaching the complexities of Holocaust education.” (Stewart Waters, Associate Professor, Social Sciences Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Tennessee System, Knoxville, USA

    Anthony Pellegrino

  • Levine Institute for Holocaust Education, Washington, USA

    Jeffrey Parker

About the editors

Anthony Pellegrino is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee, USA. 

Jeffrey Parker is Program Coordinator at the Levine Institute for Holocaust Education, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., USA. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching and Learning Through the Holocaust

  • Book Subtitle: Thinking About the Unthinkable

  • Editors: Anthony Pellegrino, Jeffrey Parker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72636-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72635-5Published: 17 December 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72638-6Published: 17 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72636-2Published: 16 December 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 258

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, History of World War II and the Holocaust, Education, general, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

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