THE GUIDELINES
| 1. Define the
term Holocaust.
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| 2. Contextualize the history you are
teaching
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| 3. Translate statistics into people.
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| 4. Strive for precision in language.
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| 5. Avoid simple answers to complex history.
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| 6. Just because it happened does not mean it
was inevitable.
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| 7. Try to avoid stereotypical descriptions.
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| 8. Strive for balance in establishing whose
perspective informs your study of the Holocaust.
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| 9. Make careful distinctions about sources of
information.
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| 10.Do not romanticize history to engage
students' interests.
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| 11.Be sensitive to appropriate written and
audiovisual content.
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| 12.Select appropriate learning activities.
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| 13.Reinforce the objectives of your lesson
plan.
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| 14.Avoid comparisons of pain.
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