MTF Book/Film/Resources Recommendations by Andrea https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4 Book recommendations from the MTF Experts en-us 2018-07-09 15:18:55 UTC 2025-10-21 19:24:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Book about Forgiveness ddeveaux https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269763476 Simon Wiesenthal writes about a Nazi as he lay dying asked Wiesenthal to forgive him - Wiesenthal after the war asks people such as the Dali Lama whether he was wrong to refuse to forgive the Nazi]]> 2018-07-09 17:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269763476 Short video of Roman Kent telling the story of his dog Lala ddeveaux https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269763656 I believe the YouTube video is title Lala 360]]> 2018-07-09 17:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269763656 Survivor Testimony ddeveaux https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269765274 My good friend who is a survivor of Auschwitz has had a movie produced telling his story. It is due out for public sometime in August - but if you are interested in ordering a DVD it is titled, "To Auschwitz and Back - The Joe Engel Story" - just google the title and you will find the information]]> 2018-07-09 18:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269765274 Timeline Tech Tool yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269765912 Sutori is a free digital timeline tool for students/teachers. The site has pre-written timeline lessons, but a real benefit is that teachers can create timeline assignments and students can work collaboratively to create a timeline - complete with images, links, written overview and citations. Students can share within the class and beyond.]]> 2018-07-09 18:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269765912 Rena's Promise https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269768041 Holocaust memoir appropriate for grades 8+. ]]> 2018-07-09 19:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269768041 Pyramid of Hate https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269772046 Today Viola mentioned use of the ADL's "Pyramid of Hate" activity to discuss how bias can lead to discrimination and violence. In addition, the USC Shoah Foundation provides a 45 minute lesson plan for using the "pyramid of hate" in your classroom.

USC Shoah Foundation Lesson

USC Shoah Foundation Exercise]]> 2018-07-09 20:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269772046 The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelad dklevan https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269775333 Available online at http://www.mccc.edu/pdf/eng102/Week%209/Text_LeGuin%20Ursula_Ones%20Who%20Walk%20Away%20From%20Omelas.pdf]]> 2018-07-09 21:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269775333 Students' Tough Questions and Answers mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269854236 On Echoes and Reflections' website, they have a section with a list of "Students' Toughest Questions" and they provide a suggested answer if you click on the question. Interesting source. ]]> 2018-07-10 14:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269854236 Auschwitz Album on Yad Vashem's Website mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269854707 Here's the link to the album.]]> 2018-07-10 14:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269854707 The Hocker Album on USHMM Website mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269854932 2018-07-10 14:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269854932 This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269855452 2018-07-10 15:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269855452 A Film Unfinished katgotschall https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269856531 Primary footage from the Warsaw Ghetto propaganda footage and transcript of interviews with Filmographer and survivors who lived in that ghetto watching film and responding. ]]> 2018-07-10 15:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269856531 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269856794 Link for a pdf copy of Choices Weimar Republic

http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/smithhistory/files/2017/10/Choice_Weimar.pdf]]> 2018-07-10 15:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269856794 Link to video of public humiliation of teenage couple mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269859734 From the "Some Were Neighbors" online exhibition - I just filtered the format to "historical film footage" and there are 5 videos total. This video is the 2nd selection.]]> 2018-07-10 15:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269859734 Some Were Neighbors lbalka https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269860999 http://somewereneighbors.ushmm.org/#/exhibitions/neighbors/un2540/description

]]> 2018-07-10 16:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269860999 Dawid Sierakowiak dklevan https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269861383 Encyclopedia entry]]> 2018-07-10 16:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269861383 A Jewish Soldiers in Hitler’s Army katgotschall https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269862247 2018-07-10 16:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269862247 Ethical Leadership modules dklevan https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269862576 These were designed using Some Were Neighbors content for University students and professors to explore ethical decision making. However, it can be adapted for high schoolers.

https://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-to-the-holocaust/ethical-leaders/overview/ethical-leadership]]> 2018-07-10 16:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269862576 Becoming Evil PowerPoint chels_halling https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269871416 2018-07-10 18:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269871416 Hitler's Furies by Wendy Lower chels_halling https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269872718 2018-07-10 18:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269872718 James Waller's Videos on Facing History and Ourselves mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269874808 These are the links to the 4 videos mentioned at the end of his presentation. 
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/video/monsters-and-men-nazis-nuremberg (6:33) 
]]> 2018-07-10 19:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269874808 Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning chels_halling https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269874813 2018-07-10 19:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269874813 Hitler’S Children Film https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269876405 https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Children-Bettina-Goring/dp/B008EXG6QC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1531251400&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=hitlers+children+dvd&dpPl=1&dpID=51j93s9aH%2BL&ref=plSrch]]> 2018-07-10 19:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269876405 Oath and Opposition chels_halling https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269877493 https://www.ushmm.org/educators/teaching-about-the-holocaust/oath/overview/education-under-the-third-reich

]]> 2018-07-10 19:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269877493 Article about Marianne Winters (pen pal) yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269880614 2018-07-10 20:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269880614 Some USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia articles related to Americans and the Holocaust https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269952990 The United States and the Holocaust

United States and the Nazi Threat: 1933-1937

United States and the Refugee Crisis: 1938 - 1941

The United States and the Holocaust, 1942-45

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]]> 2018-07-11 14:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269952990 In My Hands yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269961263 As we explored the second floor, I saw Irene's name on the rescuers wall. This is a fabulous book about a Polish woman who saved 18 Jews. Very raw and a difficult story to read - but very eye-opening. ]]> 2018-07-11 15:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269961263 "Footsteps of My Father" - Story of Roddie Edmonds https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269961681 The link to the actual short film isn't up anymore, but it used to be found here:
https://jfr.org/video-library/reunion-2016/
Here's a current article about it:
http://thejewishvoice.com/2018/07/03/footsteps-father-documentary-recognized-best-shorts-film-competition/]]> 2018-07-11 15:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269961681 I Never Saw Another Butterfly katgotschall https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269963019 Theatre Production 
My shameless advertisement of the play I directed at my school 😊

]]> 2018-07-11 15:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269963019 Mind Over Media yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269963078 2018-07-11 15:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269963078 A MUST USE resource. It is just fabulous. http://watchersofthesky.com/ katgotschall https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269973940 2018-07-11 18:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269973940 Turning Point for Holocaust Memory yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269979160 2018-07-11 19:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/269979160 White Helmets yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270062504 Humanitarian aid/group]]> 2018-07-12 14:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270062504 I Will Always Write Back yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270062660 Nonfiction story about two pen pals in the 1990's. Feel good story about how one girl changed the life for her pen pal from Zimbabwe. Caitlin will also travel to your school for an author visit or she will Skype with your class. This book helps students see how they can make a difference. ]]> 2018-07-12 14:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270062660 SocialLEADia yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270063134 Excellent PD literature to help teachers teach students to use social media in a positive way.]]> 2018-07-12 14:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270063134 The Girl Who Smiled Beads https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270070539 In the USHMM book store]]> 2018-07-12 15:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270070539 My purchase yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270070899 2018-07-12 16:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270070899 Connecting the Dots: Genocide in the Modern Age mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270076695 Neat resource and lesson(s) idea using both Holocaust testimony and modern genocide testimony/examples. ]]> 2018-07-12 17:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270076695 Great resources from the Holocaust Resource Center in Buffalo for Human Rights and Modern Genocide mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270076821 2018-07-12 17:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270076821 Survivor Testimonies aligned with Specific Topics - GREAT resource mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270081950 2018-07-12 18:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270081950 Holocaust Survivor Teleconference yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270083201 Contact Arlene. She is wonderful.
Email: akupietzky@museumoftolerance.com  ]]> 2018-07-12 19:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270083201 USHMM Days Of Remembrance- Holocaust History Overview Poster Set dklevan https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270083259 And other Days of Remembrance resources - https://www.ushmm.org/remember/days-of-remembrance/resources]]> 2018-07-12 19:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270083259 Upon the Head of the Goat chels_halling https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270083528 https://www.amazon.com/Upon-Head-Goat-Childhood-1939-1944/dp/0374480796

]]> 2018-07-12 19:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270083528 Fritz Gluckstein on Kristallnacht dklevan https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270085953 Here's an interview I did with Fritz in 2008.

If you search his name in YouTube you will find several other video interviews including from the First Person series.]]> 2018-07-12 19:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270085953 Americans and the Holocaust Teacher Survey https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270144772 2018-07-13 13:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270144772 WordPress Site chels_halling https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270152426 2018-07-13 15:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270152426 Share Your Thoughts on MTF 2018 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270154551 2018-07-13 15:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270154551 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270156248 Group photo]]> 2018-07-13 15:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270156248 ShiftThis! by Joy Kirr yms8ela https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270658899 Awesome PD read! She also has a google sheet with free tech resources/tools. ]]> 2018-07-19 21:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/270658899 Lesson/Activity: Compare and Contrast Different Definitions of the Holocaust mwright207 https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/278441520 This lesson idea was suggested or mentioned at our conference (sorry, I can't remember if someone already does this with their classes or not), so I made an activity that has students analyzing the language of the definitions from the USHMM, Yad Vashem, and The Imperial War Museum. I haven't had the students do this activity yet as we just started, but it will be one of the first lessons. I find it fascinating myself just seeing all of the differences between the sources - leads to many questions as to why it was defined a certain way by one place and not the other. Feel free to steal if you want! ]]> 2018-09-06 14:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/yms8ela/huj581tqhcy4/wish/278441520