OVp119 Ethical Issues of the Holocaust and Genocide

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OVp119/01: Mon 20. 9. to Mon 13. 12. Mon 13:00–14:50 učebna 72, S. Lesňák
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The students will learn a variety of ways how to integrate a video testimony into the curriculum (they will watch, search, edit, and share testimonies, videos, images, and the other content). The subject EIHG gives the opportunity to better understand how Holocaust and Genocides had an impact on individual lives. The subject EIHG offers to the students an opportunity to gain experiences with an online tool Iwitness.
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to
- work with the programm iwitness
- prepare their own lesson in the program iwitness
- create a digital essay
- define the terms antisemitism, genocide, holocaust
Syllabus
  • 1-2. Antisemitism 3. Bystanders 4. Choice/Dilemma 5. Rescuers/Aid 6. Stereotypes 7. Propaganda 8-9. Refugees, Immigration 10. War Crimes Trials 11.Reflections on Genocide 12. Identity
Literature
    required literature
  • LEAVY, Patricia. Oral history. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, viii, 186. ISBN 9780195395099. info
    recommended literature
  • VANĚK, Miroslav. Around the globe : rethinking oral history with its protagonists. 1st ed. Prague: Karolinum, 2013, 172 s. ISBN 9788024622262. URL info
Teaching methods
Individual searching, watching testimonies, editing of videos, analyzing.
Assessment methods
Project about testimony: research, editing of videos, making subtitles, presentation.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://iwitness.usc.edu/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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