History in School : The 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau !

credits: © Olivier Mériel/Mémorial de la Shoah

https://www.unesco.org/

"At a time when survivors and direct witnesses of the Holocaust are growing fewer, it is vital to further invest in education to pass on memory to younger generations.  as well as to combat contemporary forms of antisemitism. Since it’s creation, UNESCO has been resolutely committed to carrying out this mission. Over the past ten years, we have led such actions in 85 countries."

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General

Every year around 27 January, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its unwavering commitment to counter antisemitism, racism, and other forms of intolerance that may lead to group-targeted violence. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. It was officially proclaimed, in November 2005

credits: Memorial & Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau

https://www.auschwitz.org/

27 January 2025 will mark the 80ᵉ anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration and extermination camp. On the occasion of the International Day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, more than 250 students from middle schools in Paris and the Paris region joined together at UNESCO for a significant and meaningful event. 

Education

Almost one million men, women and children were killed there because they were Jewish mostly as soon as they arrived. In total, Nazis murdered 1,100,000 people at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

As genocide and atrocity crimes keep occurring across several regions, and as we are witnessing a global rise of antisemitism and hate speech, this has never been so relevant. 

Marking the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp, UNESCO is launching a guide for teachers and a set of lesson activities to support countering Holocaust denial and distortion through education.

UNESCO also published three new sets of guidelines for teachers and journalists to combat Holocaust denial and disinformation, while supporting the creation of a new center for research and education on extremism in the former house of the Auschwitz commander.

Lesson activities for Secondary Education

credits: UNESCO

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/

The Guide for teachers and the Lesson activities for secondary education delve into the specifics of how Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic discourse appear online and in the classroom, while also offering survivor testimonies and lessons plans to help teachers develop their pupils' knowledge and critical thinking skills in the face of disinformation about the Holocaust.

Useful links for teachers and students : 

The Wiener Holocaust Library

https://wienerholocaustlibrary.org/

 Memorial & Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau

https://www.auschwitz.org/en/home-page-80/

Beyond the Abyss – 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/what-you-need-know-about-unescos-teachers-guide-and-lesson-activities-counter-holocaust-denial-and?hub=66582

Survivors and World Leaders Gather to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/survivors-and-world-leaders-gather-to-commemorate-80th-anniversary-of-auschwitz-liberation-180985917/

"Memory work is about rediscovering for yourself the history of people who may have lived near you. It’s about reconstructing their journeys so that their stories are never forgotten."

Florence Gastaud

G-Souto

27.01.2025

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Schools : Science - Rise of the Half Moon January ! Let's continue to study the lunar phases with another game ?

 

Google Doodle Rise of the Half Moon January

https://doodles.google/doodle/

Remember the Half Rise Moon celebration game ? Well, this interactive Doodle celebrates January’s final Half Moon! This monthly recurring card game invites you to play against the moon to test your knowledge of the lunar cycle.

This iconic Doodle celebrates January’s last Half Moon with an interactive card game. This game is trending among netizens and people are loving it.

Education:

Sciences teachers, invite your students to be over the (half) moon about this new Doodle game series to learn the different lunar phases.

For science information about moon phases, students must review my publication on this blog Schools : Science - Rise of the Half Moon celebration... with a game ?

Please,  tell your students to visit the publication above.

Google Doodle Rise of the Half Moon January

https://doodles.google/doodle/

Science : moon phases & game:

Students can easily access the new Doodle game through the Google homepage, where they can dive into the fun and adventure that Google has prepared for all. Teacher will choose if the students can play on mobile or desktop devices.

They cabJoin the celestial card game where players must connect the phases of the lunar cycle to earn points and against the January Half Moon. If you’re skilled enough to beat the moon, you might just be rewarded.

January is the month of the Wolf Moon, so join the pack to sniff out new boards and collect all four new wildcards. Be sure to howl your high score for all to hear!

This latest Google Doodle game challenges players to compete against the January Half Moon. Players/students must connect various phases of the lunar cycle to four unique wildcards to advance to the next levels, adding variety and challenge to the gameplay. 

Note: For the students who wish to continue to know more about the lunar cycle outside of the game, Google also provides the option to download the “Doodle Half Moon Rises" wallpaper for mobile or desktop devices, which makes the students to keep track of the moon’s phases.

Google’s Doodle celebrating the final Half Moon of January combines once more fun with new learning. 

So, are your students excited to test their knowledge about moon phases? Awesome isn't it?

G-Souto 

23.01.2025

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To a New Generation : International Year for Peace & Trust 2025 : Resources & Activities !

 

International Year of Peace and Trust 2025

https://digitallibrary.un.org/

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”

Albert Einstein

2025 has been declared by The UN General Assembly (UNGA) the International Year of Peace & Trust.

The resolution calls on the international community to resolve conflicts through inclusive dialogue & negotiation in order to ensure the strengthening of peace & trust in relations between UN member states

Underlines that the International Year of Peace and Trust constitutes a means of mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace and trust among nations based on, inter alia, political dialogue, mutual understanding and cooperation, in order to build sustainable peace, solidarity and harmony.

credits: UN Geneva

https://x.com/UNGeneva

• Education:

Just in time  to include the Intl' Year for Peace into school curricula, In a world where wars and violence are all around the world.  

Let's begin in school !!

Schools, teachers, students and parents will have a valuable focal point for their efforts in combating violence in school and worldwide. 

Intl' Day for Peace and Trust wants to decrease hate speech, racism, and values as accepting differences, listening to others, recognize others, respect others.

Living in a peaceful and united way. No more wars, no more hate or intolerance between people, countries.

 

Living Together in Peace is all about :

Accepting differences Listening to others Recognizing others Respecting others Living in a peaceful & united way

UN Geneva

via Google Images Archive

• Activities

I'm sure teachers and schools will organized activities on Intl' Year for Peace and Trust all along school year 2025 that will help raise awareness of Year for Peace and encourage students, parents and all school community to join this aim.

Choose to mark different days and cross-curricular projects along this year, whatever the scale of their activity, their commitment matters. 

Invite your students to create public or private activities related to Peace and Trust inside and oudside the school to help spread the word about the Year of Peace and Trust 2025 and/or attend events in school city.

Make schools exchanges in your country or foreign countries, talking and working together to build future sustainable peace, solidarity and harmony.

• Books suggestions:

Different age and level

Peace

Paul Miranda/ Paul Baptiste

illustration: Estelí Meza

https://www.bookdelivery.com/pt-en/

Synopsis:

"A valuable, necessary lesson that beautifully defines peace for children and their adults."

A stunning and multicultural introduction to the concept of peace for young readers, now available in paperback. Peace is on purpose. Peace is a choice. Peace lets the smallest of us have a voice. From a hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it. 

Award-winning authors, Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul, have teamed up with illustrator Estelí Meza--winner of the 'A la Orilla del Viento' the premier Picture Book Contest Award in Mexico - to create an inspiring look at things we can all do to bring peace into our lives and world.

Putting Peace First

7 Commitments to Change the World

Eric David Dawson

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/

Using the inspiring stories of real life peacemakers, each chapter highlights a different aspect of peacemaking, from Opening Your Heart to Taking a Stand.

When he was just eighteen, Eric David Dawson co-founded the non-profit Peace First based on the idea that young people can change the world for the better–not someday, but right now. 

Twenty-five years later, Peace First has reached millions worldwide, teaching young people how to become peacemakers and create real change. 

Now, Dawson has written PUTTING PEACE FIRST, the handbook every aspiring peacemaker needs.

Invite your students to Look Inside...

Champions for Peace

Women Winners of  Nobel Peace Prize 

Judith Hicks Stiehm

https://www.amazon.com/

Synopsis:

Only seventeen women have won the Nobel Prize for Peace since it was first awarded in 1901. Hailing from all over the world, some of these women have held graduate degrees, while others barely had access to education. Some began their work young, some late in life. 

In this compelling book, Judith Stiehm narrates these women’s varied lives in fascinating detail. 

The third edition includes the story of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest laureate, who won as a teenager in 2014.

I Am Malala

Patricia McCormick

https://www.amazon.com/

Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.

Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school.

Malala's powerful story will open teens eyes to another world and will make them believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person - one young person - can inspire change in her community and beyond.

The Little Book of Peace

World Peace Begins With The Individual

Nola Lucas

https://www.amazon.com/

"The Little Book of Peace" was written in the spirit to inspire peace in the day-to-day life of modern society, with the belief that world peace starts with the individual, based on the philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism.

The Little Book Of Peace is timely and timeless given the ongoing challenges of establishing peace, and honouring the sanctity of human life in today's world.

Note: This book is for any human being from any walk of life, regardless of age, race, gender or nationality; It is firmly rooted in the current reality of our individual day to day living, amongst the challenges of work, family life, maintaining various types of relationships within our individual communities and society at large.

It goes beyond the focus on the self and self happiness and also aims to make an impact on the positive development of the whole of humanity, that begins with the happiness of the self and spreads through our interaction with those who we are intertwined with.

"Someone once said that the Little Book of Peace is "A balm for the soul" however I would also like to think that most importantly, that it is a balm for our shared humanity."

Nola Lucas

credits: Getty Images

Teachers, it's just a suggestion! You will choose to read these or other books with your students depending of the level or age of them.

It could a big help tp develop the feeling of peace in the world with some of these examples, some of them from children or teens. 

You will complete with activities or cross-curricular different disciplines in school or around with community.

Don't forget the schools exchanges with schools from different countries to think about how you as teachers and students could help finish this feeling of impunity od some countries to other countries. 

Make grew a renew generation to the world!

Some of you think... Well, International Year for Peace and Trust was in 2021. Yes! But the world in 2025 is so dangerous, There is no peace in different countries and they are tormented so many people and the fear of a world war is touching us that the UN decided to repeat the respect for peace with the International Year for Peace and Trust 2025.

Let's develop students and teachers of lots of schools a positive development thought to the whole of humanity to Peace in the world!

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

Martin Luther King Jr

G-Souto

17.01.2025

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