ARCHIVE for HMD2011: Untold Stories
The case studies and related education resources for HMD2011, Untold Stories, have been archived. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is currently focusing on the theme for this year, Speak Up, Speak Out.
HMD 2011 Citizenship Activities (Primary/Lower Secondary)
A note for educators on the context of the tasks: In these activities it is important to encourage your students to value themselves as members of their own communities in school/college and in the surrounding locality. Challenge them to articulate their own ideas based on their own experiences within school/college and local society. They might also base their ideas on observations of the institutions, voluntary groups and individuals which make up the local community. Help them explore the connections between communities on the wider national and international stage.
The activities will link to the Untold Stories of the Jews of Greece case study but you should not introduce discussion on the lost communities until students have thought about the make -up of their own community. Only after this local focus will students be able to fully appreciate what is lost when the rights of certain members of a community are removed. Work through the ideas at your own pace over a series of lessons. Encourage everyone to explore their own sense of social justice and moral responsibility and help students to understand that individual choices and behaviour, including their own, can affect local, national or global issues and political and social institutions.
You can download the complete lesson plan below. Please don’t forget to order our free Campaign Pack which will assist you in your activities for HMD 2011. The pack contains free posters, a film, advice and hand out material.
- Citizenship Activities (Primary/Lower Secondary) (PDF: 292523 KB)