Giving Meaning to the Large Numbers of Holocaust Victims.

Kirman, Joseph M.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Giving Meaning to the Large Numbers of Holocaust Victims.

Kirman, Joseph M.

Canadian Social Studies, v29 n4 p149 Sum 1995

Maintains that the large number of Holocaust victims can be difficult to comprehend. Presents a classroom exercise involving rapid counting that can give meaning to such large numbers. Contends that, along with the rapid counting procedure, there is a need to present the relationship of humanity to the numbers. (CFR)

Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Antisocial Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Computation, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Homicide, International Crimes, Jews, Judaism, Nazism, Religious Discrimination, Secondary Education, Social Discrimination, Teaching Methods, Violence, World War II

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany

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