Shedding light on the darkness : a guide to teaching the Holocaust / edited by Nancy A. Lauckner, Miriam Jokiniemi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lauckner, Nancy Ann, 1941- editor.

Jokiniemi, Miriam, editor.

Series:

Modern German studies Shedding light on the darkness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching (Higher)--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 261 p. )

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Increasingly, German Studies programs include courses on the Holocaust, but suitable course materials are often difficult to find. Teachers in higher education will therefore very much welcome this volume that examines and reflects both the practical and theoretical aspects of teaching about the Holocaust. Though designed primarily by and for North American Germanists and German Studies specialists, this book will prove no less useful for teachers in other countries and associated disciplines. It presents and describes successful Holocaust-related courses that have been developed and taught at U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities, demonstrating the depth, breadth, and variety of such offerings, while remaining mindful of the instructor's special moral responsibilities. Reflecting as it does, the innovative Holocaust pedagogy in North American German and German Studies, this collection serves the needs of educators who wish to revise or update their existing Holocaust courses and of those who are seeking guidance, ideas, and resources to enable them to develop their first Holocaust course or unit.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I

Chapter 1 THE HOLOCAUST THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM

Chapter 2 THE WELL-UTILIZED SURVIVOR

Chapter 3 VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS The Many Voices of the Holocaust

Chapter 4 DESIGNING WITHIN AND AROUND LIMITS The Holocaust,Madonna, and Me

Chapter 5 THE DIFFICULTY OF BREAKING THE SILENCE Teaching the Holocaust in a Program of German Literature and Culture

Chapter 6 FOUR GENRES AND ONE QUESTION:WHY?

Chapter 7 THE HOLOCAUST AND RESISTANCE IN GERMAN LITERATURE

Chapter 8 INSERTING A SHORT COURSE ON THE HOLOCAUST INTO GERMAN OFFERINGS AT A SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE

Chapter 9 TEACHING THE SHOAH IN CONTEXT A Course on Jewish German Relations

Chapter 10 GERMAN MYTHS AND JEWISH TRAUMAS Teaching Postwar Cultural History 1945–1995

Chapter 11 WITNESS GRETE WEIL An Intensive Summer Graduate Seminar

Chapter 12 A GRADUATE SEMINAR ON THE HOLOCAUST AND THE THIRD REICH AS REFLECTED IN POSTWAR GERMAN LITERATURE

PART II

Chapter 13 THE NAZI PERIOD, THE HOLOCAUST, AND GERMAN-JEWISH ISSUES AS INTEGRAL SUBJECTS IN A GERMAN LANGUAGE COURSE

Chapter 14 THE HOLOCAUST IN AN INTRODUCTORY GERMAN LITERATURE COURSE Problematic Responses as a Catalyst for Curricular Change

Chapter 15 BEYOND CULTURAL LITERACY “Interactive Autobiography” as Holocaust Pedagogy

Chapter 16 THE TEACHING (AND NOT TEACHING) OF “THE DISASTER”

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL READINGS ON THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NAZI ERA

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78920-582-4

1-57181-208-3

OCLC:

1453644827