Christa Kaletsch and Manuel Glittenberg describe the project titled “Zusammenleben neu gestalten” (“Redesigning the way we live together”) to show how sources from the Arolsen Archives can be used to focus attention on flight and migration in the context of education for democratic citizenship.
The United States Holocaust Memorial is one of the ITS international partner organisations. Elizabeth Anthony (USHMM) is presenting some results which arised from the collaboration.
Recommended teaching materials: Compass is probably the best-known manual on human rights education and contains a great many tips. A new German edition should be coming out in 2015.
Recommended teaching materials: The educational tool "all different – all equal" provides tips for the practical implementation of international youth projects.
Recommended Website: A portal with many different voices, based on interviews with contemporary witnesses; an educational portal on the genocide of Roma and Sinti; a historical exhibition about six children: three websites where much can be learned about Roma and Sinti in Europe.
Recommended reference book: The book "Difficult Questions" is an exemplary communication tool that invites us to become familiar with other perspectives in the Polish-Jewish dialogue and beyond. It answers important questions in history, politics and everyday life.
Recommended Website: The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights regularly conducts polls on the situation of so-called minorities in the EU. These are accessible online and constitute an important resource for knowledge multipliers in educational work.
Recommended teaching methodology: The manual developed by Anne Sophie Winkelmann provides insights into the concept of diversity-aware educational work in international youth encounters that aim to challenge national-cultural concepts and promote awareness of diversity.
Project: Euthanasia and forced sterilization in the Third Reich, social isolation of entire families with handicapped children until late into the 1980s, the inhumane conditions in institutions for the disabled – despite the serious topics, the participants of the project "It is normal to be different" had joy and fun because of the very creative, transnational cooperation.
In-depth examination: This network of schools is dedicated to dismantling any and all ideologies that attempt to legitimize inequality between human beings. It accomplishes this goal by promoting a host of projects and initiatives...
