THIS IS FOR HUMANITIES COURSE ON THE HOLOCAUST
PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTION BELOW CAREFULLY!
Personal Histories Project
12 – 15 slide presentation (not including title slide or
works cited slide MLA format)
It must contain six separate sources. Two sources
must be primary sources (of these primary sources, one must be a testimony).
Three sources must be scholarly secondary sources. One source may be a general
information source.
USHMM – great for primary sources and general information
sources but NOT for scholarly source.
USHMM may be used to count for one source towards the source
requirement (may also be used for sources beyond the six minimum). Any visuals
used must include appropriate citations BUT cited visuals don’t count towards
the minimum required sources.
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Set objectives for the presentation stating what
we will learn about the Holocaust presentation; Should not simply state that we
will learn about the life of person x, y, or z.
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General biographical information on selected
individual:
1)
Information about their prewar experience (pre –
1939}
2)
Information about their experiences from 1939 –
1945
3)
Information about what ultimately became of the
selected individual (circumstances under which the individual perished,
survived, was liberated, etc).
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Information can be fund on the selected ID cards
and through general internet searches; many survivors personal websites,
recorded testimonies, etc. As much as possible go beyond the minimal outline
provided by the ID card.
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The general point is to provide enough
background information / context/ research to make the personal history being
presented understandable to someone who has not taken this course. If you
cannot fit the information into the actual slide, use the notes section to
provide relevant explanatory notes, details, research leads, etc.
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The presentation must include research on
relevant concepts/terms/people/places that hold significance for the selected
personal history. For instance, if the personal history includes references
to euthanasia program then include a reference slide to the T4 program (perhaps
even information on eugenics). An ID card with an individual who survived
Theresienstadt necessitates a presentation slide or two on this most unusual of
concentration camps. An individual who spent time in the Kovno ghetto would
necessitate a presentation slide on the ghetto system in general and an
additional slide on Kovno.
