Holocaust Instruction in Port Washington Schools
As part of the sixth-grade curriculum, students learn about world culture and religions, with a focus on both the similarities and differences that make each unique with the emphasis on tolerance and acceptance of all.
As a culmination of the unit on culture there is a celebration with a multicultural feast where students present research on their own culture and bring a dish that is significant to their culture.
Topics also include: civil rights, etc. through No Place for Hate lessons as well as discussions around MLK Day.
6th Grade CORE EXTENSION
In Core Extension, students read a book titled, Linked, to emphasize tolerance and the Holocaust.
7th Grade CORE
The fight for civil rights for African Americans, women, Native Americans and Latino Americans are also addressed throughout the year and exclusively in a Civil Rights Unit.
-Paint and hang butterflies around the school with signs explaining what the butterflies represent.
-Read Holocaust poetry
-Read novel Ground Zero which focuses on perspective and cultural differences
-Read materials provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and answer study guide questions.
-Watch film and read informational text about the Tuskegee Airmen
-Speak to Alejandro Chavez (Cesar's grandson)
-Write to a woman who was a migrant worker turned Stanford student
-Write to Navajo students on the Navajo reservation
Global History 1 the curriculum includes multiple Human Rights abuses and issues that arise from intolerance. It is one of the key Enduring Issues throughout the course. Antisemitism is also addressed as it is related to periods of the Roman Empire and the European Middle Ages.
English
All 9th grade students read Night and watch Life is Beautiful. Students also can independently read Sarah's Key.
10th Grade
Social Studies
Global History 2/AP European History/AP World History extensively focus on the Holocaust as a topic that is integral to the overall narrative. Human Rights is an Enduring Issue in the course. This includes a 2-day Holocaust lesson developed by the Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center.
11th Grade
Social Studies
US History the Holocaust is addressed through the discussion of the impacts of World War 2.
12th Grade
Social Studies
Participation in Government the curriculum includes units on the Civil Rights, Equality movements and 1st Amendment speech issues (hate speech specifically) are addressed.
English
Facing History and Ourselves students read the graphic novel Maus.