For over 20 years, a summer program for gifted adolescents at Western Kentucky University has offered an arts-integrated history course on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The course concludes with students working as a group to create a large mural on the Holocaust. In this way, students use the power of art to deal with their own emotions as well as to educate others. The murals from the past 20 years went on a traveling display in Kentucky to engage a broader audience in thought-provoking conversation on the topic. In this video collection, hear the stories of a Holocaust survivor and the son of a Holocaust survivor who are involved with the program, learn how students in the program decided on a theme for their mural, and learn how one teacher incorporates the arts into Holocaust history lessons.
- Subject:
- History
- World History
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Lesson Plan
- Module
- Primary Source
- Provider:
- PBS LearningMedia
- Author:
- Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence
- KET Education
- Date Added:
- 10/23/2023