Welcome
Let’s start with some questions:
- What do you understand by the word CITIZENSHIP?
- Is CITIZENSHIP important to you?
- What do you understand about the HOLOCAUST?
- Is the HOLOCAUST important to you?
This teaching and learning resource aims to help you work out answers to these questions.
The Holocaust took place in Nazi Europe and started in the 1930s. It resulted in the mass murder of millions of people by the Nazis. The largest group of people murdered was Jews –approximately six million. Hundreds of thousands of other people – Gay people, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, Political Activists, Trade Unionists, Disabled people, Communists, Slavs, Blacks – were also the target of Nazi persecution.
By working through the different sections on this site, you will learn how the Nazis in Germany built support for their ideas and gained enough power to make their twisted view of the world into a nightmare reality.
The Holocaust has lessons for citizens today all over the world. Look through the site. Talk about what you see. Think about what you learn. Act on the lessons from the past.
Why thinkequal.com?
Think: Central to any Citizenship work is thinking. We have to think about ourselves and think about our society. To think, we need to express ourselves. This is usually by talking. To work out what we feel about an idea, it helps to discuss it with someone else. To be an active citizen, we must think about what we do and why we do it. This site should get you thinking.
Equal: The Nazis did not believe in equality between people. They believed some people were superior to others. In a fair society, all people should have equal rights and equal opportunities. People are not the same but they should be equally valued. This site promotes the importance of equality between peoples.
This resource is organised into the following sections:
1. An enquiry into Racism
2. An enquiry into Fascism
3. Civic Responsibility
4. Human Rights
5. The Media’s Role in Society
6. Legality and Justice
7. Debates
8. Links
