January: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday 23 January 2020
This month sees Holocaust Remembrance Day.
We also highlight anniversaries coming up in 2020, and give an update of the latest additions to our site.
Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January is Holocaust Remembrance Day and so an opportunity to discuss the signficance of this event in schools. There are many resources online to help teachers to this - for both younger and older students - as well as advice on how best to teach it and how to make it relevant to students' lives today.
Holocaust Memorial Day - Teaching Resources (BBC Teach)
27 January marks the liberation day of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. In this collection of teaching resources you will find stories of persecution, escape and survival in Nazi occupied Europe.
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Resources (www.hmd.org.uk)
Our resources can help you learn more about the Holocaust and genocide and plan your own HMD activity. Explore life stories of survivors and those who were murdered, schools materials, activity ideas, films, images and more using the filters below.
Teaching About the Holocaust (www.ushmm.org)
Teaching about the Holocaust can inspire students to think critically about the past and their own roles and responsibilities today.
Holocaust Remembrance Day Lesson Plans and Activities | Lesson Plan | PBS NewsHour Extra (PBS NewsHour Extra)
The following collection is designed to provide teachers with rich and meaningful resources on the Holocaust, engaging lesson plans and information to help students take steps to move forward without forgetting the past.
Anniversaries for 2020
This month we have the anniversary of the founding of the League of Nations. The website, 'Issues and Controvosies in American History' is an excellent site for those of you studying US history. This page links to the controvosy of the US joining the League of Nations.
Site update
In the last month we have finished Topic 17 Post war developments in the Middle East for Paper 3, Africa and the Middle East:
3. The PLO and attempts at peacemaking
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was founded in 1964 with the aim of the 'liberation of Palestine' through armed struggle.
4. Post-war Egypt
In 1952 a military coup brought down King Farouk of Egypt; the new military regime introduced a series of modernising reforms and also challenged the West's influence in their country and in the region...
5. Pan-Arabism and the UAR
The growth of Arab nationalism or Pan-Arabism had its roots in 19th Century European colonialism and the impact of the First World War.
8. Post-war developments in the Middle East: Essay planning
This page contains a variety of essay writing exercises and essay plans for this topic.
History in the News
Linked to the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War Two, President Putin is making what Anne Applebaum calls, 'a series of strange and otherwise inexplicable statements' regarding Poland's role in the Second World War. In this article Applebaum recalls what actually happened in 1939, what Putin's aims have been in accusing Poland of being complicit in the events of 1939, and the signficance of Putin's claims.
Putin's Big Lie (The Atlantic)
In a series of comments in late December, the Russian president appeared to blame Poland for the outbreak of the Second World War.