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This segment of the Scope and Sequence examines the primary historical case study of Holocaust and Human Behavior, as well as other instances of intolerance, mass violence and genocide, in each case exploring the small steps which led to these difficult periods in history. By focusing on these histories, students grasp the complexities of the past, while also connecting it to their lives today.

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America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference

81 minutes, black & white and color
Source: Social Studies School Service

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
April Declared Confederate History Month

On April 2nd, Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell declared April “Confederate History Month.” His proclamation did not mention slavery.

 Facing Today April 9, 2010
Auschwitz Death Camp: Oprah, Elie Wiesel

47 minutes
Source: Harpo Productions

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

6 hours on 2 DVDs

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience

4 episodes, 90 minutes each
Source: PBS Video

What does it mean to become American? In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, Bill Moyers explores this question through the experience of the Chinese in America.

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Blessed is the Match

49 minutes
Source: Katahdin Foundation

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Pacifist, Nazi Resister

90 minutes
Source: First Run Features

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a young German theologian who offered one of the first clear voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer openly challenged his church to stand with the Jews in their hour of need, and eventually joined a plot to kill Hitler. Archival footage is interwoven with interviews with friends, family, and students of Bonheoffer, with historians and theologians, and with the words of Bonhoeffer himself.

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Bontoc Eulogy

57 minutes
Source: The Cinema Guild

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Childhood Memories

57 minutes
Source: Facing History and Ourselves

Through interviews of eleven Holocaust survivors and witnesses, this montage examines what conditions were like for Jewish and non-Jewish children living in Nazi-occupied Europe before and during World War II. Part of the Elements of Time series.

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Civil Rights Field Trip
 Video Clip December 19, 2008
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