New York – The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York announced recently the launch of “Coming of Age Now, Coming of Age in the Holocaust”, a new multi-media website designed by C&G Partners to introduce middle and high school-aged students and educators to the stories of young people who survived the Holocaust.
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This free website will help students of all backgrounds around the globe create a personal connection to history and discover the relevance to our world today.
Ivy Barsky, Deputy Director of the Museum said, “As Holocaust survivors age and leave us, we created this meaningful curriculum to keep their voices alive and to retain the power of their stories for young people coming of age today.”
The “Coming of Age” curriculum includes 13 unique stories to help students learn about the Holocaust through personal narratives. Students will hear directly from survivors through video testimony and will read about their lives before, during, and after the Holocaust.
One teacher who used an early version praised the site saying, “It personalizes the Holocaust. It is about six million individuals.”
Following each lesson, students learn about the historical context of each story through geography questions, online discussions with their peers, primary documents and artifacts, and timelines of the survivors’ lives. The students then create a timeline of their own and complete a research project.
Students will reflect on the challenges survivors faced in maintaining their identities, responsibilities they assumed during difficult circumstances, sacrifices they made for others, and lessons they want to impart to the next generation.
Online: http://comingofagenow.org/
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