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Elementary

The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre has developed pedagogical activities to help students reflect on the consequences of racism, to better understand history and to appreciate diversity in society.

 

Activities in class before your Museum visit

Hana's Suitcase
Elementary 3rd Cycle


The Hana's Suitcase educational project was created as a tool to be used to reflect on the Holocaust  and issues of tolerance and social harmony.


With your students, you will explore the suitcase and the life of young Hana who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944.

The suitcase and its content -

MHMC Photo


  

The teacher's pedagogical guide


  

The suitcase -

MHMC photo



The class will receive a suitcase that contains:
Education level: Elementary 3rd Cycle
Language: French or English
The suitcase is loaned free of charge,  by reservation.
Download the Pedagogical Guide (PDF)
Consult the flyer (PDF)
To reserve the suicase and its content, use the form below.


The following are the activities available at the Museum:

 

Guided Tour

Alain Thibault Photo

Your class will learn about the history of Jewish communities before, during and after the Holocaust.
A guided tour provides direct contact with historical documents and testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust, and promotes new insight into what has been learned in class.
Education Level: from Grade 6 to University
Languages: French, English
Number of Participants: from 10 to 45 students maximum, split into subgroups of 15 students
Cost: $5 per student
Duration: from 90 minutes to 2 hours depending on the number of participants
To reserve a guided tour for your class, use the form below.

Survivor Testimony

Ted Bolgar in 2007

- MHMC Photo

A guided tour at the Museum can be followed, if you wish, by a Holocaust survivor testimony, an unforgettable experience.

History is not simply a collection of events and dates.  It is the story of human beings. A testimony adds the human dimension of the millions of victims. It puts students in personal contact with an incomprehensible part of history.
Education Level: All levels
Languages: French, English
Number of participants: depending on room capacity, 10 to 100 participants 
Cost: $95 to reserve a conference room. The testimony itself is free, a donation to the Centre is appreciated.
Duration: from 45 to 60 min depending on the speaker
To reserve a testimony for your class, use the form below.

 

Activities in Class After Your Museum Visit

 

The Heart from Auschwitz
 Elementary 3rd Cycle


Your students will review their museum visit and reflect on the Heart from Auschwitz, made for a young woman on her birthday at enormous risk to those involved. The students will learn about the Heart and how it was made.



The heart which was offered to Fania for her birthday



 








Inside the heart

  









The heart in the museum

In turn, they will construct a heart in which they will write their resolutions for living in harmony in the future.

Made by Vanessa della Valle's Class, Mary Gardner School

  

Made by Mélanie Blondin's Class, école Honoré-Mercier



  

Made by Jean-Louis Stevenin's Class, école Lambert-Closse
Activity Materials:
1. A pedagogical guide (24 pages)
2. A reproduction of the Heart
3. A CD:
Education level: Elementary 3rd Cycle
Language: French or English
The CD and the reproduction of the Heart are loaned free of charge,  by reservation.
Download the Pedagogical Guide (PDF)
To reserve CD & reproduction, use the form below.


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