Learning Path
The Holocaust for Junior Cycle History (LO 3.10) Learning Path
By Anne-Marie Ryan
Worksheets based on British Library online resource 'Voices of the Holocaust'. Can be used to form a unit of learning on the causes, course and consequences of the Holocaust (LO 3.10).
5 resources in this Learning Path
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Voices of the Holocaust
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/voices/holocaust.html Added: 28 Jul 2005 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: ProjectPersonal testimonies from Holocaust survivors. Excellent material for project work. The testimonies are personal, individual, true stories, which describe life during the Holocaust. Well worth a visit.
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- 5-6
- SESE History
Strand: Life, Society, Work & Culture
Strand unit: Life during World War II
Suggestions for use: An excellent resource for project work with a collection of Holocaust survivors testimonies including photos.
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Worksheet, oral testimonies of life before the Holocaust
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/32949/32693.pdf Added: 10 May 2020 Contributor: Anne-Marie Ryan Resource type: Audio / Video / Primary Source / WorksheetWorksheet containing questions based on oral testimonies of life for Jewish people before the Holocaust. Based on recorded accounts available on the British Library's Voices of the Holocaust online learning resource: http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/voices/holocaust.html
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- JC
- History
Strand: 3. The History of Europe & The Wider World
Strand unit: 10. The Significance of Genocide
Suggestions for use: This resource can be used in conjunction with two other resources based on the British Library oral testimonies to complete a unit of learning on the Holocaust. Students can listen to each account or read each account depending on access to IT equipment. Lower ability students could focus on oral testimony 1 and oral testimony 2 only.
Key Skills: Managing Information and Thinking Literacy
Strand: 1. The Nature of History
Strand unit: 1. Develop Historical Empathy: Study the Past
Strand: 1. The Nature of History
Strand unit: 6. Primary & Secondary Sources
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Worksheet, oral testimonies of life in the ghettos (Nazi era)
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/32950/32694.pdf Added: 10 May 2020 Contributor: Anne-Marie Ryan Resource type: Audio / Video / Primary Source / WorksheetWorksheet containing group work activity based on oral testimonies of life in the ghettos for Jewish people. Based on recorded accounts available on the British Library's Voices of the Holocaust online learning resource: http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/voices/holocaust.html
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- History
Strand: 3. The History of Europe & The Wider World
Strand unit: 10. The Significance of Genocide
Suggestions for use: This resource can be used in conjunction with two other resources based on the British Library oral testimonies to complete a unit of learning on the Holocaust. Students work in groups to listen to one oral testimony each and then share the information with other group members. This can then feed into a class discussion about life in the ghettos during World War II.
Strand: 1. The Nature of History
Strand unit: 1. Develop Historical Empathy: Study the Past
Strand: 1. The Nature of History
Strand unit: 5. Job of the Historian
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Worksheet, oral testimonies of life in camps during the Holocaust
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/32951/32695.pdf Added: 10 May 2020 Contributor: Anne-Marie Ryan Resource type: Assessment / Audio / Video / Primary Source / WorksheetWorksheet containing an activity based on the oral testimony of Holocaust survivor Edith Birkin's experience in Auschwitz concentration camp. Based on the recorded account available on the British Library's Voices of the Holocaust online learning resource: http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/voices/holocaust.html
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- History
Strand: 3. The History of Europe & The Wider World
Strand unit: 10. The Significance of Genocide
Suggestions for use: This resource can be used in conjunction with two other resources based on the British Library oral testimonies to complete a unit of learning on the Holocaust. The writing activity in this worksheet could be used as an assessment for this unit of learning.
Strand: 1. The Nature of History
Strand unit: 1. Develop Historical Empathy: Study the Past
Strand: 1. The Nature of History
Strand unit: 9. The Significance of History-IRE/EU/World
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Auschwitz: a short history of the largest mass murder site in human history
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ration-concentration-camp-holocaust Added: 10 May 2020 Contributor: Anne-Marie Ryan Resource type: Audio / Video / Secondary SourceVideo and article containing a brief history of Auschwitz concentration camp, the largest death camp where an estimated 960,000 were killed during the Holocaust.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- History
Strand: 3. The History of Europe & The Wider World
Strand unit: 10. The Significance of Genocide
Suggestions for use: This resource, particularly the video, is simple enough to be accessible to the majority of Junior Cycle students. Can be used as an information source for students studying this topic.
