OVp119 Ethical issues of the Holocaust and genocide

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OVp119/01: Wed 16:00–17:50 E4003 Pracovna, S. Lesňák
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The students will learn how to use an educational online tool IWitness. They will learn a variety of ways how to integrate a video testimony into the curriculum (they will watch, search, edit, and share testimonies, videos, images, and the other content). The subject EIHG gives the opportunity to better understand how Holocaust and Genocides had an impact on individual lives. The subject EIHG offers to the students an opportunity to gain experiences with an online tool Iwitness.
Key topics
1-2. Antisemitism 3. Bystanders 4. Choice/Dilemma 5. Rescuers/Aid 6. Stereotypes 7. Propaganda 8-9. Refugees, Immigration 10. War Crimes Trials 11.Reflections on Genocide 12. Identity
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Art from the holocaust :100 works from the Yad Vashem collection. Edited by Walter Smerling - Eliad Moreh-Rosenberg. Bonn: Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V., 2016, 389 stran. ISBN 9783868323153. info
  • SNYDER, Timothy. Black Earth : the Holocaust as history and warning. First published. London: Vintage, 2016, xv, 462. ISBN 9781784701482. info
  • VANĚK, Miroslav. Around the globe : rethinking oral history with its protagonists. 1st ed. Prague: Karolinum, 2013, 172 s. ISBN 9788024622262. URL info
  • LEAVY, Patricia. Oral history. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, viii, 186. ISBN 9780195395099. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Individual searching, watching testimonies, editing of videos, analyzing.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Project about testimony: research, editing of videos, making subtitles, presentation.
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
http://iwitness.usc.edu/
HENKE-BOCKSCHATZ, Gerhard. Oral History im Geschichtsunterricht (Methoden Historischen Lernens). Wochenschau Verlag. 144 s. ISBN 978-3899748895.
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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