The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) has released a new, bilingual, online teaching resource that may be useful for Social Studies 10 teachers as they prepare to implement the new learning standard about the Holocaust. Fragments in Focus: A History of the Holocaust features over 160 original items from the VHEC collection that once belonged to Holocaust survivors, eyewitnesses and historians in British Columbia. In addition to these primary sources, Fragments in Focus includes background information, integrated learning activities and structured teaching supports.
The VHEC is also offering professional learning sessions to support educators as they implement the new Holocaust learning standard in the Social Studies 10 curriculum. Upcoming sessions covering the Fragments website and other, new VHEC teaching resources are being held in the following locations:
- Vancouver, Sept 19
- Richmond, Sept 22
- Burnaby (BCSSTA Conference), Oct 24
- Kelowna, Oct 24
- Prince George, Nov 10
- Vancouver, Nov 21
- Nanaimo, Dec 5
To learn more about these sessions and register, visit the Fragment in Focus website or contact education@vhec.org.