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In the Classroom
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre develops pedagogical activities to help students reflect on the consequences of racism, to better understand history and to appreciate diversity in society. All activities are created and based on the Québec Education Program.The following are educational activities which you can conduct in class.
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.
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- The Teacher's pedagogical guide (39 pages)
- A copy of the book Hana's Suitcase written by Karen Levine, for each student
- The History of the Holocaust: A Reference Tool
- Nine reproductions
- A DVD
- Hana's family photo album
| 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. |
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.
In turn, they will construct a heart in which they will write their resolutions for living in harmony in the future.
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1. A pedagogical guide (24 pages)
2. A reproduction of the Heart
3. A CD:
- 1 video on the Heart from Auschwitz
- Photos of the Museum and the Heart
- The History of the Heart (PDF)
- 1 video on the construction of the Heart
- 1 video interview of the woman who initiated the construction of the Heart
- The translations of the Heart
| 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. |
| A Century of Genocides, an exhibition |
Secondary 2nd Cycle |
This activity engages students in making connections between the Holocaust and other genocides in the 20th Century. While this universal dimension is not included in the exhibition, students will discuss the topic with their guides.
The objective of this activity is to imagine an additional room in the Museum's exhibition. They will produce their own exhibition connecting the Holocaust to other genocides in the 20th Century.
- Didactic panel texts from the Museum
- The definition of genocide
- Photographs
- Document resources
- Overviews on the genocide of Hereros in Namibia, the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Cambodian genocide, the genocide of Muslims in Bosnia and the Rwandan genocide
- A model exhibition scenario
- Tips on writing exhibition text
- Research links for images
| Education level: Secondary 2nd Cycle |
| Language: French or English |
| This activity is a pilot project until June 2010. |
| Contact the Centre to participate in this pilot project |
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