Teacher Resources
Courage to Care encourages
Individual acts of courage – by emphasising how important it is for each individual to take a personal stand against acts sparked by prejudice based on race, religion, colour or national origin.
Social activism – by assisting students and other visitors to understand the complexities of history, and how individual acts of conscience can affect political outcomes.
Action against apathy – by showing the results of doing nothing in times of stress, when an active role could avoid injury and save lives.
A sense of empathy – by helping those who have never seen or been exposed to discrimination to see the results of prejudice or racism.
A better understanding – by showing that history is not just what is in the books, but that it involves real people in real everyday situations.
Teachers' guide
A comprehensive site which includes downloadable video footage of survivor testimony, translated primary source documents, photograph galleries grouped thematically, comprising over 1100 photos, virtual-reality movies, quizzes, maps, plays and lesson plans.
Program Aims
The Courage to Care program targets students in years 8-12. It now also accepts primary school students in years 5 and 6.
Program Summary:
The educational experience consists of 5 components:
Program components:
- Pre-visit activities
We recommend that, prior to an exhibition visit, teachers present an introduction to the historical phenomenon of the Holocaust prior to the exhibition visit is recommended. Teachers may prepare students on a particular subject and use a story or film as a springboard for class discussions.
- Exhibition viewing
Duration: 2 hours
The exhibition is relevant for secondary school students in years 8-12 , to the General Public and now also accepts primary students in years 5 and 6.
Outline
On arrival, you will be greeted by a staff member who will organise your students and prepare them for participation in the program. Students in groups of 20 will:
- view the exhibition with a trained guide
- engage with a Holocaust survivor
- participate in an facilitated Living in Harmony workshop.
The workshop gives students the opportunity to respond to the exhibition and to their conversation with a survivor, and to appreciate how these are relevant to their own lives.
- Living in harmony worskhops
Living in Harmony workshops provide an opportunity for the students to explore their reactions, feelings and thoughts towards the exhibition and to consider the relevance to their own circumstances.
Carefully selected and fully trained facilitators who have been carefully selected and fully trained in the skills of facilitation conduct the workshops.
- Post-visit suggested activities
Encourage students to express how the Courage to Care program changed the way they feel about the world they live in?
- Racism at your school
Encourage students to express how the Courage to Care program changed the way they feel about the world they live in?
More on the Program
It is through and by means of education that individuals can be provoked beyond themselves… It is through and by means of education that they may become empowered to think about what they are doing, to become mindful, to share meanings, to conceptualise, to make varied sense of their lived worlds ." Maxine Greene - The Dialectic of Freedom, 1988
Thinking towards the future
We continue to be forward-thinking, and while staying true to our message, to evolveand address contemporary issues. An individual has the power to make a difference . That is our vision.
Righteous Among the Nations
Non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, often at great personal risk, are honored by Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem as the "Righteous Among The Nations" . By saving Jews, these people proved that rescue was possible. In so doing they enhanced the dignity of humanity. More than 17,000 such people have been honored in this way.
Holocaust links
Major links for more information
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation http://www.vhf.org