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ERIC Number: EJ600328
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
The Holocaust, Human Rights, and Democratic Citizenship Education.
Shiman, David A.; Fernekes, William R.
Social Studies, v90 n2 p53-62 Mar-Apr 1999
Believes that there are connections among the study of the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights that support a vision of democratic citizenship. Provides three themes that focus on human rights issues by exploring the Holocaust: (1) constructing the other; (2) rationalizing injustice; and (3) courage and resistance to patterns of oppression. (CMK)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Empathy, Genocide, Nazism, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, World Problems, World War II
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Holocaust