Reading and Remembrance: Anti-Racism and Holocaust Education

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The Holocaust Education Week Committee of the GTA hosts one of the largest and most diverse educational programs in North America. There are many free GTA events that are suitable for youth and children. As well as these events, there are free resources available to educators (see Choose Your Voice listed elsewhere on the website).

material

• "A Pittance of Time"

• Speeches

• A Spark in Canada to Illuminate the World

• Silences

FAST . Choose Your Voice: Anti semitism in Canada

• Lesson 1: "Bursting" the Voices of Stereotyping

• Lesson 2: Voices from the Past

• Lesson 3: Voices from the Present

• Lesson 4: Choose Your Voice

Literature

• Reflections/Readings for Remembrance Day

• The Hangman - The Play

• The Hangman - The Poem

hiding edith

• Holocaust survivor Edith Gelbard and author Kathy Kacer whose latest book Hiding Edith: A True Story describes the wartime experiences of Edith Schwalb Gelbard, a young Jewish girl sent to live in the French town of Moissac after the invasion of France by Germany.
• Edith's story is remarkable not only for her own bravery, but also for the bravery of those who helped her-an entire town which heroically conspired to conceal the presence of hundreds of Jewish children living in the "safe" house. Kathy Kacer is the award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi's Dresser, Clara's War and The Night Spies.
• Jury Comments on the Finalists for the 2006 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
  Hiding Edith: A True Story by Kathy Kacer
  "A wonderful, poignant story that has never been told before . Children will be captivated by this book . The writing is fantastic and reads like fiction . An extraordinarily uplifting true story."
• Hiding Edith, along with the others in the "Holocaust Remembrance" series published by Second Story Press, should be part of every elementary school library collection. They should be taught not just as lessons in history but also as lessons that relate to events taking place right now around the globe. In a world where genocide still occurs, children should be aware that they can make a difference in a variety of ways, perhaps different than in World War II, but that the lesson of the Holocaust - Never Again - is dependent on them. Harriet Zaidman, teacher-librarian, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• Hiding Edith poster

other

• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

• The Cautionary Tales: dehumanization, mistreatment and slaughter

• Teacher Materials for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Kristallnacht - Trailer (QuickTime Movie)
  KRISTALLNACHT: Night of Broken Glass - lesson plan

• A Spark in Canada to Illuminate the World

• United Nations Declaration in French

Links for Remembrance Day | Veterans' Week | Womens' History Month: Canadian War Museum | Canadian Museum of Civilization | The Memory Project |
The Royal Canadian Legion |The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry | 48th Highlanders Museum | 48th Highlanders Memorial Video | Veterans Affairs Canada |
First World War Audio Archive | Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library | CBC Digital Archives |
The Historica-Dominion Institute | We'll Never Forget by Jean Miso | Poppy Manual

Anciens Combattants Canada | La Légion royale canadienne | Le Projet Mémoire | Musée canadien des civilisations | Musée canadien de la guerre
Livres Rares et Collections Spéciales, Bibliothèques de McGill | La force francophone | Des femmes sur tous les fronts
Institut Historica-Dominion | Commission de la capitale nationale | Manuel du coquelicot