Preventing Bullying through Holocaust Education
A number of social agencies – not just Holocaust organizations – are beginning to teach the Holocaust as a means of demonstrating what can happen if bullying is allowed to escalate into stereotyping, prejudice, racism, and worse. The DHRC is considering launching a Dayton-area anti-bullying initiative. Ideas from teachers are especially welcome. Cyber-bullying is a new and especially worrying phenomenon – through social media like Facebook and MySpace, kids can now bully other kids anonymously, and even recruit their friends to help. As you probably know, suicides have already resulted. Here are a few links to similar projects around the country.
Teaching the Holocaust – Using the Concept of Bullying
Peace Dynamics Consultants – article on bullying
Holocaust survivor on bullying (news article from Connecticut)
Madonna compares bullying to the Holocaust
The Silent Holocaust of Bullying and Bigotry – Facebook page
Facing History on bullying (a radical historian’s organization, Facing History and Ourselves)
anti-bullying programs from the Holocaust Memorial and Education Center of Florida
Kidpower website on how to combat bullying
article on bullying from the Anti-Defamation League
this article from Britain points out some hazards of using the Holocaust to combat bullying
a Holocaust/bullying lesson plan
good ideas from the University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
