OVp119 Ethical Issues of the Holocaust and Genocide

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 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: Wed 8:00–9:50 Virtuální místnost, S. Lesňák
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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
  • LESŇÁK, Slavomír. The Holocaust and Its Contexts in Strážnice and Svatobořice Based on Oral Testimonies. In Lesňák, Slavomír, Novák, Svatopluk, Porubjak, Matúš. SPOLEČNÝ VZDĚLÁVACÍ PROGRAM PŘESHRANIČNÍHO EXKURZNÍHO VYUČOVÁNÍ JAKO PODPORA VÝCHOVY K OBČANSTVÍ SBORNÍK Z KONFERENCE 14. a 15. listopadu 2018 Skalica – Hodonín. 1st ed. Brno: Munipress, 2019, p. 216-225. ISBN 978-80-210-9393-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-9394-2019. URL info
    recommended literature
  • LEAVY, Patricia. Oral history. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, viii, 186. ISBN 9780195395099. info
Teaching methods
Individual searching, watching testimonies, editing of videos, project sharing
Assessment methods
Project about testimony: research, editing of videos, making subtitles, presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
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 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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