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You are memory<\/h1>\n

Memorial didactics: lessons on Judaism and the Shoah in primary school<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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\u00ab For didactic memory it is necessary to contextualize the Holocaust within a continuous path, understanding that that precise moment, so often depicted in books and movies, is the terminal point of a journey of hate, propaganda, violence and racist politics. \u00bb<\/em> – (Matteo Corradini)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The volume<\/p>\n

The book offers a journey of discovery of memory<\/strong> divided into 5 stages and 20 activities<\/strong> complete with theoretical and practical tools to talk about memory and the Shoah in primary school<\/strong>. It offers methodological indications<\/strong>, stimulating the personal openness of teachers towards these topics, and numerous operational proposals <\/strong>to involve the classes in interesting practical paths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Targets<\/p>\n

The activities proposed in this memory teaching manual<\/strong> are designed for students to have meaningful and formative experiences, and for their “remembrance” to be sensible and engaging.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each stage of the process corresponds to general objectives, just as each single activity has specific objectives. The course is designed to train the teachers themselves<\/strong> and all those who wish to accompany students in an authentic and profound educational relationship.<\/p>\n

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Volume structure<\/p>\n

The course is divided into 5 stages<\/strong>. Each stage contains various proposals for further study, research, expression, and workshops: <\/strong>from the exploration of Jewish culture to the mechanisms of prejudice and marginalization implemented by the Nazi and fascist regimes, up to the start and completion of the extermination of millions of people.  At the end of the course, another 20 independent activities<\/strong>, to be included in a broader framework.<\/p>\n

The volume offers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The description of the method <\/strong>and programme <\/strong>proposed by the author for teaching the memory of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reflections on the meaning <\/strong>and value <\/strong>of memory with the aim of helping us to become memories of the past ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A section with 20 activities<\/strong> to be proposed in class to talk about:<\/p>\n

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  • Jewish identity and culture<\/li>\n
  • persecutions and prejudices<\/li>\n
  • the first phase of extermination<\/li>\n
  • the years following the Shoah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Leaf through some selected pages from the book that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:<\/strong><\/p>\n