Poetry, charcoal and a requiem: an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the Holocaust to primary students

Graham Duffy; Paula Cowan

Poetry, charcoal and a requiem: an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the Holocaust to primary students

Graham Duffy, Paula Cowan

School of Education and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Duffy and Cowan investigate the interdisciplinary learning teaching approach in teaching the Holocaust to primary 7 students (aged 10-11 years). In this study, focus is placed on integrating History, Poetry, Art and Music over a period of eight weeks. In doing so, the authors provide new insight into classroom teaching approaches adopted in teaching the Holocaust in the primary teaching context. This chapter demonstrates the importance of teacher preparation prior to teaching the Holocaust in terms of classroom ethos, and identifies several features of good practice. It concludes that interdisciplinary learning is an effective means of engaging primary students in their first encounters with the Holocaust, and in developing their historical knowledge and critical thinking.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century
Subtitle of host publication	Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward
Editors	Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann, Paula Cowan, James Griffiths
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	4
Pages	57-73
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-73099-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-73098-1
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2018

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Name	The Holocaust and its Contexts
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

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Paula Cowan
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Duffy, G., & Cowan, P. (2018). Poetry, charcoal and a requiem: an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the Holocaust to primary students. In C.-C. W. Szejnmann, P. Cowan, & J. Griffiths (Eds.), Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century: Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward (pp. 57-73). (The Holocaust and its Contexts). Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319730981

Duffy, Graham ; Cowan, Paula. / Poetry, charcoal and a requiem : an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the Holocaust to primary students. Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century: Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward. editor / Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann ; Paula Cowan ; James Griffiths. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. pp. 57-73 (The Holocaust and its Contexts).

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Duffy, G & Cowan, P 2018, Poetry, charcoal and a requiem: an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the Holocaust to primary students. in C-CW Szejnmann, P Cowan & J Griffiths (eds), Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century: Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward. The Holocaust and its Contexts, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 57-73. <https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319730981>

Poetry, charcoal and a requiem: an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the Holocaust to primary students. / Duffy, Graham; Cowan, Paula.
Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century: Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward. ed. / Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann; Paula Cowan; James Griffiths. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. p. 57-73 (The Holocaust and its Contexts).

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