Inheritance: Standing Up to Injustice and Cruelty
- Subject:
- Humanities
- Institution Name:
- KQED P.O.V.
- Collection:
- PBS
- Grade Level:
- Secondary, Post-secondary
- Abstract:
FILM: This lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the film, Inheritance, which illustrates the lasting effects of the Holocaust from the perspectives of both a victim of Nazi war crimes and the child of a perpetrator. Classrooms can use this lesson to explore the responsibility of standing up to injustice and cruelty.
NOTE: This film contains sensitive content related to the genocide of Europe's Jews during World War II. In addition to verbal descriptions of abuses, the complete film includes disturbing concentration camp images, footage of the execution of a war criminal by hanging, and clips from the movie Schindler's List that contain profanity and show the shooting of a Jewish woman. Please preview before using the film in its entirety in the classroom. The clips for this lesson plan, however, are less graphic and contain primarily verbal descriptions of cruelty.
- Course Type:
- Learning Module
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Assessments, Curriculum Standards, Lesson Plans
- Media Format:
- Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML, Downloadable docs, Video
- Curriculum Standards:
- STANDARDS: These standards are drawn from "Content Knowledge," a compilation of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 curriculum by McRel (Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning) at http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/. Civics Standard 22: Understands how the world is organized politically into nation-states, how nation-states interact with one another and issues surrounding U.S. foreign policy. Standard 27: Understands how certain character traits enhance citizens’ ability to fulfill personal and civic responsibilities. Geography Standard 13: Understands the forces of cooperation and conflict that shape the divisions of Earth’s surface. Historical Understanding Standard 2: Understands the historical perspective. Language Arts Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Standard 9: Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media. U.S. History Standard 25: Understands the causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the U.S. role in world affairs. World History Standard 41: Understands the causes and global consequences of World War II. Standard 44: Understands the search for community, stability and peace in an interdependent world.
- Conditions of Use:
- Custom Permissions
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