Training Program: 11 hours in total comprised of nine, 75-minute sessions (total 675 minutes). Program schools/organizations can combine sessions at their discretion (e.g. five, 135-minute sessions totaling 675 minutes).

The following is an outline of the Program Curriculum Binder for Educators:

SESSION I: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Session Strategies
• Introduction for students to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Introduction for students to the study of the Holocaust
• Defining Prejudice, Stereotype and Discrimination
• The History of anti-Semitism
• Recommended Reading

SESSION II: CANADA AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Session Strategies
• Human Rights in Canada
• The Immigrant Experience in Canada
• Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Canadian Stories
• Recommended Reading

SESSION III: THE SETTING OF THE HOLOCAUST

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Session Strategies
• The History of Europe and Germany 1871-1939
• Nazi History and Theory
• The Nazis in Power 1933-1939
• Jews in Germany 1933-39

SESSION IV: THE HOLOCAUST IN OPERATION

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Session Strategies
• The Holocaust in Operation: The Systematic Nature of the Holocaust
• Round-ups
• Ghettos
• Einsatzgruppen
• Deportation on Cattle Cars
• Concentration Camps: Work Camps, Transit Camps, Death Camps
• Death Marches
• Jewish Resistance
• Non-Jewish Resistance
• Resistance – an attempt to retain human dignity
• Recommended Reading

SESSION V: LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Session Strategies
• Daniel’s Story by Carol Matas
• Moral Dilemmas
• Child of the Holocaust by Jack Kruper
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• Anne Frank: Life in Hiding by Johanna Hurwitz
• Recommended Reading

SESSION VI: THE HOLOCAUST IN FILM

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• English Films
• French Films

SESSION VII: THE WORLD’S REACTION: GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CITIZENSHIP

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Session Strategies
• Social Responsibility
• The Allies: What They Knew and How They Reacted
• Emigration/Immigration: Canada’s Role
• Canada’s Immigration Policies
• The S.S. St. Louis
• The Reaction of Neutral Switzerland
• The Axis Countries
• The Role of the Church
• Righteous Among the Nations
• Recommended Readings

SESSION VIII: LEADERSHIP VALUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Session Strategies
• A Brief Overview of Leadership
• Honorary Citizens Named by Canada:: Raoul Wallenberg, Nelson Mandela, Tenzin Gyatso, Aga Khan IV, Malala Yousafzai
• Canadian human rights defenders: Saul Hayes, Sara Corning, Nellie McClung, Mark Tewksbury, Craig Kielburger, Buffy Ste-Marie, Viola Desmond and Corrine Hunt
• Defining Leadership Qualities
• Personal Action Plan
• Recommended Reading

SESSION IX: PREPARATION FOR WINNIPEG AND CMHR VISIT

• Student Outcomes
• Introduction to Session
• Preparation for the CMHR Visit
• CMHR Galleries