Pedagogical Guide to Teaching History through the use of World War II Memorials

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Lesson plan Essay Materials for educators

Pedagogical Guide

Abstract: Read our essay on the memorial landscape in Europe and some pedagogical recommendations on how to incorporate memorial sites into history education.

Introduction About the guide

Chapter 1 The Landscape of Memory and Memorials of World War II in Europe

Chapter 2 Pedagogical Recommendations

Annex I Instructions for visiting memorial sites

Annex II List of similar memorial sites

Lesson plan 8 learning activities Age: 15+

Learning Activities

Abstract: The learning activities can be adapted to other memorials local to you, or used as they are.

Visit-based Memorials in the past, present, and future using the example of Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Classroom-based The Stumbling Stones project as an example of victim commemoration

Classroom-based A forgotten page of history: the Chișinău ghetto

Visit-based World War II memorials from the perspective of the Șerpeni Bridgehead Memorial

Visit-based Lessons from the camps: how to learn about violations of basic human rights by visiting a former World War II concentration/extermination camp

Classroom-based The Katyń massacre: human rights and the Katyń lie

Visit-based Pavlov’s House and Gerhard’s Mill as reminders of the devastating consequences of World War II

Classroom-based Using the Rzhev War Memorial to learn about the ‘hushing-up’ of history

Contributors

Project Coordinator

Marcus Chavasse, Civil Society Forum e.V., Berlin, Germany;

Project Leader

Kristina Smolijaninovaitė, Civil Society Forum e.V., Berlin, Germany;

Linguistic Editor

Richard Coombes, United Kingdom;

Education Consultant

Benny Christensen, Copenhagen, Denmark;

Content editor

Olivia Durand, Oxford, UK;

Designer

Laura Klimaitė-Lusa, Klimaitė Klimaitė, Berlin, Germany;