Difficult Knowledge: Teaching about the Holocaust to Young Children

Rebecca Christ, chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning, and Elizabeth Abraham, doctoral candidate in the School of Education and Human Development, share strategies and resources to teach the Holocaust to young children, taking into account Florida’s revised mandate as well as new state standards for Holocaust Education.

Rebecca C. Christ is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at FIU. Her research interests include social studies education and teacher education—specifically focusing on genocide education. She is also interested in pedagogies of qualitative inquiry and in utilizing posthuman theoretical concepts for inspiration and innovation within qualitative inquiry and pedagogical practice.

Elizabeth Abraham is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Teaching and Learning at FIU. Her research focuses on her own experiences as a teacher and learner of genocide education, specifically connected to the Holocaust and the genocide of Indigenous people in the United States. Elizabeth also incorporates this research into her work as a third grade teacher.

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Co-sponsored by the Department of Teaching & Learning, School of Education and Human Development

Host or Publisher The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs