Texas, FWISD To Observe Holocaust Remembrance Week
Posted by Fort Worth ISD on 1/22/2021 3:00:00 PM
Fort Worth ISD joins the state of Texas in observing Holocaust Remembrance Week, January 25-29. The week coincides with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, which commemorates the date “Auschwitz was ‘liberated’ by Allied troops,” according to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC).
This is the second year the state has observed Holocaust Remembrance Week. Last legislative session, Texas lawmakers approved Senate Bill 1828, which states that the week is designed “to educate students about the Holocaust and inspire in students a sense of responsibility to recognize and uphold human value and to prevent future atrocities.”
During World War II approximately 6 million European Jews and many others were targeted and killed by a Nazi regime because of race, biological, political, ideological and behavioral reasons, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
Age-appropriate instruction about the Holocaust is available for school and District use by the THGC. However, the curriculum is not fixed.
A link to the resources is available in FWISD’s grade level/course Scopes and Sequences via SharePoint. Resources are specific to grade level bands. Some grade-appropriate materials are provided by the Dallas Holocaust Museum with which the District has a working relationship.
Holocaust Remembrance Week Resources
The following resources are recommended reading prior to delivering the unit of instruction on the Holocaust:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust
- Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum – Every Child has a Name Legacy Project
- Facing History – Why Study History and Holocaust Memorial
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