Lesson ideas: The Arts and the Holocaust

The Arts and the Holocaust

This pack was produced by Reeling and Writhing to teach children about the Holocaust. Many of the activities can also be adapted to cover other aspects of religious intolerance. The full pack can be downloaded at http://www.reelingwrithing.com/holocaust/download.htm

The pack takes a cross curricular approach, offering a wide variety of resources and suggestions for activities, all of which relate clearly to one of the four key purposes of the 3- 18 curriculum: enabling young people to become responsible citizens.

The following are some of the activities in the pack which can be used with a minimum or without any adaptation:

Creative Writing (p28/29)
Word definitions (p47)
Performance (p47)
"Future of Scotland" poster (p87)
"The Falling Angel" by Marc Chagall (p94-96)
Sort by style (p103)
Banning your music p105
"I don't like it" Game (p133)
Young people under persecution (p142-144)
Challenge (p143)
Alienating Experience (p151).

Here are some activities inspired by or adapted from the pack:

In the News (p31/32)
Persuasion (p30 and p85)
Discrimination in the Human Race (p37)
Colour snobs (p71)
Reaching Out to help others: from p93 and p149
It has happened before, therefore it can happen again (p155)