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Make your classroom a supportive and communicative place to be before beginning a unit on the Holocaust. Working together as a class, learners reflect on their previous experiences of classroom discussions before establishing a collaborative protocol for discussing sensitive issues in a respectful way.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use the lesson at the beginning of the year to reap the benefits of the discussion activities all year long
- Encourage learners to write a short journal entry about what the term facing history means to them
Classroom Considerations
- Requires a journal for each member of the class; have them each bring their own journal or purchase a bulk set of journals at an office store
- The introduction lesson to a 17-part history unit
Pros
- Designed for the connected unit on the Holocaust, but discussion practices and contracts are applicable to any lesson when establishing a protocol for classroom community
- Provides letters for both students and parents, as well as a survey to introduce the lesson's themes and a list of classroom expectations for discussion
Cons
- None