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Teaching with Audio Podcasts

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) offers ideas and resources how to teach with audio-podcasts. As a teaching resources the series "Voices on AntisemitismAnti-Semitism is a form of racism that denigrates a group of people. Anti-Semitism has three main variations: (1) anti-Judaism is a religiously-based hostility to Jews, particularly by Christianity. Its roots lie in pre-Christian antiquity. (2) Modern anti-Semitism is based on racial theories that are often politically and economically motivated. (3) Anti-Zionism is a phenomenon of both the extreme right and extreme left and demonizes the state of Israel as a Jewish national movement for a homeland." is used to initiate discussions about several contemporary themes like the existence of contemporary antisemitism or the ongoing relevance of the Holocaust to law, faith and the arts.

The website "Teaching with Audio Podacasts" also offers educational modules. They ar divided into six sections:

  • Being an Outsider
  • Fighting Prejudice
  • Holocaust Denial & Hate Speech
  • Propaganda & Media
  • Religion & Identity
  • Rescue & Resistance
  • Responding to Genocide

The modules inlclude a rationale, explaining the importance of the theme, a history section, questions for discussing or writing, acitivities for students and resources for further information.

For example: Podcast with Faiza Abdul-Wahab, daughter of Khaled Abdul-Wahab, a Tunisian rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust.

The Podcast are all in English, but for some a transcript is presented in Spanish or Arabic.

Link to "Teaching with Audio Podacasts"