Holocaust Education Design (224-0-20)
Instructors
Danny M. Cohen
Meeting Info
Annenberg Hall 345: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
Overview of class
In this course, we'll investigate the formal teaching of the Holocaust at the middle school and high school levels. We'll explore the teaching of survivor testimony and young adult fiction, as well as the design of educator training, including common, problematic, and groundbreaking pedagogies for teaching about atrocity. Th
Class Notes
This class was previously offered as Pedagogies for History and Injustice: Holocaust Education Design (SESP 324). You will not be able to take this course if you have taken SESP 324.
Danny M. Cohen teaches three classes that focus on the Holocaust in different ways. Here is information on each and how they are different:
(1) HOLOCAUST EDUCATION DESIGN - Fall Quarter (LS 224)
Previously Pedagogies for History and Injustice: Holocaust Education Design (SESP 324)
In this course, we'll investigate the formal teaching of the Holocaust at the middle school and high school levels. We'll explore the teaching of survivor testimony and young adult fiction, as well as the design of educator training, including common, problematic, and groundbreaking pedagogies for teaching about atrocity.
(2) MAGIC, MONSTERS & THE HOLOCAUST - Winter Quarter (SESP 360)
Previously Public Learning Through The Arts: Magic, Monsters & The Holocaust as well as Memory, Monsters, and Magic: The Holocaust and Popular Culture (SESP 351)
In this course, we'll explore public learning about the Holocaust through popular film and fiction. We'll question which historical narratives are being told and which are being ignored, and we'll ask why and how genres like fantasy, sci-fi, fairy tales, and time travel are commonly used to bring stories of mass-violence to the public.
(3) HOLOCAUST MEMORY, MEMORIALS & MUSEUMS - Spring Quarter (LS 323)
Previously Trauma and Atrocity: Holocaust Memory, Memorial and Museums (SESP 323)
In this course, we'll draw connections between individual trauma, intergenerational memory, and the politics of collective memory and collective forgetting. We'll examine memorials, commemorative events, museums, and exhibitions around the world, and we'll consider how their designs affect mainstream framings and perceptions of the Holocaust and atrocity today.
Class Attributes
Attendance at 1st class mandatory
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: AntiReq: Students must not have taken SESP 324-0.