Skip to main content

Home/ History Teachers/ Group items tagged Hitler

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Javier E

A Teacher Made a Hitler Joke in the Classroom. It Tore the School Apart. - The New York... - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...ol-ben-frisch-hitler-joke.html

Quaker joke teacher firing trigger anti-sleep anti-Semitism

shared by Javier E on 17 Sep 18 - No Cached
  • The concepts of “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings,” hotly debated on college campuses for years, are now reaching high schools too
  • the question of what high school students should be exposed to, and protected from, feels murkier in 2018. Today’s high school students are more precocious, more politically engaged, more tuned in to their gender identities and nascent sexuality. They are already flooded with uncensored, unedited information, 24 hours a day: What would a safe space even look like for a 16-year-old with an iPhone?
  • At exclusive private schools like Friends, the question is further complicated by the involvement of wealthy parents. As these schools have grown more expensive — Friends costs nearly $50,000 a year — administrators have found themselves trying to balance their own institutional values with the demands of parents who are in a sense high-paying customers. Teachers are increasingly caught between the two.
  • ...12 more annotations...
  • The job of high school teachers is to impart knowledge and deliver measurable results, which requires finding a way to reach, and ideally even inspire, their students.
  • “How would you keep the attention of 15 teenagers and bond with them?” one Friends teacher texted me, insisting on anonymity because of a school policy that discourages teachers from speaking to the media without permission. “You MUST joke and be yourself and connect with them on their terms. It’s the only way to be good at this.”
  • Any teacher who spends three decades in the classroom, speaking extemporaneously for hours on end to a roomful of teenagers, is going to have awkward moments. Frisch might have had more of them, and they may have been a bit more awkward. But that was how he connected, and it was perhaps a way of connecting that is no longer possible. “Everybody knew this guy was off — weird behavior, quirky,” said one parent who, fearing retribution against her child, insisted on anonymity. “Maybe in the ’70s that would have been O.K., but not when you’re paying $45,000 a year in tuition.”
  • There aren’t enough seats in the historically more desirable uptown institutions — Spence, Dalton, Trinity — to meet demand; and for families who live in neighborhoods like the Village, TriBeCa or Battery Park, Friends is a much more convenient option. Friends now sees itself as a competitor to these schools, and in some respects, it has become indistinguishable from them.
  • Even before Frisch’s termination, there was a feeling among some in the Friends community — parents, teachers and especially alumni — that in its race to keep pace with a changing city, the school was losing touch with the Quaker ethos that had long distinguished it.
  • The school’s Quaker identity calls for it to be faithful to its progressive tradition, but in the new age of identity politics, it is not always easy to know what the right stance on a particular issue should be. Just a few months before the Frisch incident, some 20 parents had raised questions about the scheduled speaking engagement of a visiting scholar, Dave Zirin, a sportswriter for the Nation magazine and a Friends alumnus who had been critical of Israel in his writings. In 2012, there were heated objections to a musical performance in the meetinghouse by Gilad Atzmon, an Israel-born saxophonist and self-described “proud, self-hating Jew” who has written that Palestinians were “brutally ethnically cleansed” and suggested that if Israel starts a nuclear war with Iran, “some may be bold enough to argue that Hitler might have been right after all.” The Harvard Law School professor emeritus and noted gadfly Alan Dershowitz publicly criticized Friends — and Lauder personally — for refusing to cancel the appearance.
  • Lauder did not consider the “Heil Hitler” episode a close call. “Personally, I was appalled,” he told me. “I couldn’t imagine, even as a joke — and I grew up watching ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ — that in a class that had nothing to do with history or World War II or Nazism or teaching German language that an incident like that could happen.” I asked Lauder why he felt he needed to go so far as to fire Frisch. “One of our pledges is to make all of our students feel safe,” he replied. “And that is something that I take very, very seriously.”
  • That no one has accused Frisch of being an anti-Semite was beside the point: His invocation of the Nazi salute in a classroom full of high school students, regardless of his intentions, was enough to end his career. On today’s campus, words and symbols can be seen as a form of violence; to many people, engaging in a public debate about the nuances of their power is to tolerate their use.
  • Frisch, who first learned about the claims after his termination, denied ever having told a student to kill himself and said that he had no memory of the inappropriate touching that had been described.
  • we spoke at length about the “Heil Hitler.” Frisch said he was embarrassed, both by the fact that he had made the gesture in the first place and by his subsequent failure to recognize the seriousness of such a lapse in judgment. But he was also surprised by the school’s reaction to it. “I trusted while I was at Friends that because of my long-term commitment to the school, that as I need to change to meet the changing dynamics of the classroom, the school would help me learn and provide the support I needed to make those changes,” he told me.
  • The dynamics of the classroom are changing. These changes are partly specific to the hothouse environment of the campus in 2018. But they also connect to something much bigger. High schools have become genuinely unsafe: The “Heil Hitler” salute happened on the very same day as the Parkland massacre. And beyond the confines of the campus, a crude, violent bigotry that had long seemed part of the distant past has suddenly resurfaced, with neo-Nazis literally marching in the streets. The question now is what do we want our response to this new world to be
  • During the 12 days that he spent in limbo between his suspension and termination, Frisch, in the spirit of the Quaker commitment to reconciliation, drafted a letter of apology to his students that he was never allowed to send. Among other things, he planned to say that he was worried about the rise of anti-Semitism and that he was still learning lessons from his mistake. “You think about things like Charlottesville,” he told me. “Now, we don’t make jokes like this.”
Ian Gabrielson

http://wnlibrary.org/Portabel%20Documents/H/Hitler/Hitler%20And%20Nazi%20Germany.pdf - 12 views

wnlibrary.org/...ler%20And%20Nazi%20Germany.pdf

ib_history Hitler nazi teacher_resources source_work sources primary sources documents secondary sources c20th germany

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 13 May 13 - No Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Ian Gabrielson on 13 May 13
     
    Fantastic Resource for teaching units on Nazi Germany
Ian Gabrielson

The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - Hitler | Gresham College - 11 views

www.gresham.ac.uk/...orship-europe-1918-1989-hitler

podcast podcasts Hitler Authoritarian_States ib_history nazi

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 18 Apr 13 - No Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Ian Gabrielson on 18 Apr 13
     
    "The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - Hitler"
Van Weringh

World War 2 interactive PPTs, made with flash - 22 views

www.history-department.com/Germany%201918%20to%201945.htm

history powerpoints hitler education students flash europe germany

shared by Van Weringh on 24 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Van Weringh on 24 Apr 10
     
    Interactive powerpoints made with flash about germany, hitler, world war 2. Very useful for students, they can use it to revise for world war 2.
  • Van Weringh on 24 Apr 10
     
    Interactive powerpoints made with flash about germany, hitler, world war 2. Very useful for students, they can use it to revise.
HistoryGrl14 .

10 Paintings by Adolf Hitler | Quazen - 16 views

quazen.com/...10-paintings-by-adolf-hitler

Hitler WWII Hitler paintings

shared by HistoryGrl14 . on 07 May 10 - Cached
David Hilton

Adolf Hitler. Unpublished Photos (39 pics) » Izismile - Pictures, videos, gam... - 6 views

izismile.com/...npublished_photos_39_pics.html

hitler photos adolf modern sources images photographs nazis

shared by David Hilton on 17 Jul 10 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 17 Jul 10
     
    Some interesting (disturbing?) images of Hitler being nice to children.
Christina Briola

Famous People Painting "Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante" - 9 views

cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm

art history

shared by Christina Briola on 12 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Christina Briola on 12 Nov 10
     
    Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante. Wow!!
  • ...1 more comment...
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    I have created a very successful lesson/activity around this painting. The details are as follows. This window has this year's assignment. The next reply has the previous years. Advice: WHAP Review Activity: The Twittering Masses Review activity (mostly 1914- and East Asia) Description - I previously set up 103 discussions on turnitin.com for this lesson so they post into that person's discussion board and all replies are kept under the initial post. This year they posted on our classes Ning.com in the discussion forum. Grading is also difficult - Since not every one will have the same amount of replies - people are more likely to write to Hitler than Cui Jian for instance. So, I am grading the posts holistically out of 10 (I often only have 100-200 points in a quarter, so for instance a test might only be worth 40 points). I have students use a heading that states who [character] is tweeting what topic they are focusing on and who they are writing to. I would be interested in feedback or improvements people think they can make on this lesson - should I use Moodle, [Again, I have switched to Ning.com] etc.? Many thanks. And you can add or subtract people as you wish, so we have actually added Marcus Garvey, Jomo Kenyatta, Stephen Biko, and Emiliano Zapata to our role play and taken the painters (of this painting) out of the role play - Write up for students: Go to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1162771/The-Internet-sensation-dinner-party-painting-103-historical-guests--spot.html#comments to see who all these individuals are, in color. The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, 140 words as compared to 140 characters, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose six of them (from my list below - my list is the final list - some people pictured have been replaced) to role-play in the "Twittering Masses." As your historical
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    See previous post for advice. This is how I set it up the first two years without specific WHAP content or themes: The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose up to four (at least three) of them to role play in the "Twittering Masses" role play. As your historical person, during the Twittering Masses role play you will write, "tweet," at least four other persons. Two of the people should be in close proximity to you based on the painting above. Another tweet should go to the person you feel closest to (not by proximity) at the party - this could be based on ideology (MLK Jr. and Gandhi), background (Tagore and Gandhi), lifestyle (Gandhi and Mother Theresa), etc. Explain in your tweet why you are writing them. The other tweet should go to the person you see as most opposed, or farthest from you - Gandhi and Hitler or Gandhi and Gates or Gandhi and Churchill - in this tweet you should either try to bridge the gap between your differences or explain why the person is wrong in their beliefs. If you have only three guests - you will need to make 5 initial tweets. You will respond to each initial tweet. Then who knows . . . All tweets should have some connection to WHAP content or themes. You may want to comment on the surroundings or other guests . . .
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    I would love comments as to the posts above. Something similar I do is written up here: http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/7.3/gregg.html
HistoryGrl14 .

GERMANY: Man of the Year, 1938 - TIME - 4 views

www.time.com/...0,9171,760539,00.html

shared by HistoryGrl14 . on 28 Dec 09 - Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • HistoryGrl14 . on 28 Dec 09
     
    Great to initiate discussion with students. I gave mine the "TIME" criteria for the award and we battled it out over if it was a deserved award or not...best used after they have some info and background on Hitler.
Deven Black

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - 13 views

fcit.usf.edu/...default.htm

holocaust resources lessonplans plans Judaism

shared by Deven Black on 23 Dec 09 - Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Deven Black on 23 Dec 09
     
    A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources are included."> This is a cached version of http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm. Diigo.com has no relation to the site.x


    TimelinePeople Arts
    Activities<img s
HistoryGrl14 .

Hitler and the Holocaust - 20 views

www.teacheroz.com/hitler.htm

holocaust WWII europe c20th

shared by HistoryGrl14 . on 03 Jan 10 - Cached
  • HistoryGrl14 . on 03 Jan 10
     
    TONS of links to seemingly all things WWII, Nazi, and Holocaust.
Ian Gabrielson

Hitler's policy let Dutch Nazi elude death in 1949 but now he is on trial for an execut... - 3 views

news.nationalpost.com/...r-executing-resistance-fighter

ib_history TOK Hitler nazi WWII IB Global Politics germany europe

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Ian Gabrielson on 03 Sep 13
     
    History in the News
Ian Gabrielson

Alpha History: Because the Past Matters - 13 views

alphahistory.com

nazi teacher_resources lesson_plans ib_history primary sources documents Hitler Authoritarian_States

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 28 Nov 12 - No Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Ian Gabrielson on 28 Nov 12
     
    Outstanding resource for IB history teachers.  Looking forward to its completion in 2013! 
Ian Gabrielson

Why the Weimar Republic failed - 9 views

alphahistory.com/...why-the-weimar-republic-failed

Hitler nazi ib_history

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 22 May 13 - No Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Ian Gabrielson on 22 May 13
     
    Good overview of RTP
Ian Gabrielson

Reason and Emotion ( cartoon disney propagande 1943 vostf ) - YouTube - 10 views

www.youtube.com/watch

history Germany_Depth_Study youtube TOK ib_history Hitler nazi germany

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 15 May 13 - No Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Ian Gabrielson on 15 May 13
     
    "Reason and Emotion ( cartoon disney propagande 1943 vostf )"
Ian Gabrielson

Education For Death - Disney WWII Propaganda Cartoon - YouTube - 10 views

www.youtube.com/watch

history TOK ib_history Hitler nazi germany youtube Germany_Depth_Study

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 15 May 13 - No Cached
David Hilton liked it
  • Ian Gabrielson on 15 May 13
     
    "Education For Death - Disney WWII Propaganda Cartoon "
Ian Gabrielson

Donald Duck - Der Fuehrer's Face (the forbidden episode!) - YouTube - 9 views

www.youtube.com/watch

history TOK ib_history Hitler nazi germany Germany_Depth_Study youtube primary sources

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 15 May 13 - No Cached
  • Ian Gabrielson on 15 May 13
     
    Good for TOK + History 
Eduardo Medeiros

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya a guerrilheira simbolo da luta contra o nazismo - 0 views

www.comunistas.spruz.com/...blog.htm

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya guerrilheira segunda guerra mundial nazismo União Soviética Rússia comunistas comunismo socialismo Hitler resistência

shared by Eduardo Medeiros on 16 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Eduardo Medeiros on 16 Nov 11
     
    Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya nasceu no dia 13 de setembro de 1923, na província de Tambov, na União Soviética. Seu nome é uma referência aos santos Cosme e Damião (Kosma e Demyan, em russo). Aos seis anos, sua família muda-se para a Sibéria, onde Zoya tem uma parte de sua infância em grande contato com a natureza. Aos oito anos, nova mudança. Dessa vez para a capital, Moscou. É lá que Zoya inicia sua formação política, ingressando nas Pioneiras, a organização responsável pelos primeiros ensinamentos socialistas às crianças e jovens de oito a quinze anos. Aos dez anos, seu pai morre precocemente.
1 - 20 of 28 Next ›
Showing 20▼ items per page