EVERYDAY
OBJECTS:
Artifacts from Washington State
Holocaust Survivors
A poster series that promotes learning about the Holocaust through primary
sources
"This series was perfect! Everyone has a bowl
or a blanket…my students could connect with the objects and consequently connect
with the individual stories."
- Kirstin J., Teacher at Nooksack Valley
High School
DESCRIPTION OF POSTERS
Everyday Objects consists of a set of twelve
posters (size 8.5x11, double-sided). Each poster features an artifact and the story of either the object or
the person who obtained the object. The set is ideal for use in classrooms as an
activity or display.
Each poster has been written and created with an attention to deEach poster has been written and created with an attention to detail and language. The variety of
artifacts and their corresponding stories encourage one to view the Holocaust
from multiple perspectives.
The revised second edition of this series was funded by the Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund. The original project was made possible by grants from Humanities Washington and the Women's Endowment Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.
Curriculum for "Everyday
Objects"
Created by master teachers, this curriculum gives teachers background
information and a variety of activities for using the poster set to teach about
the Holocaust and related issues which face us today. Funding for the curriculum
provided by 4Culture/Lodging Tax Fund.
Set of Posters - 12 professionaly printed posters. Size 8.5in x 11in,
double-sided - $20
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online now! *)
CD - contains posters, curriculum, and bonus folder of all images appearing
on the posters (great for artifact analysis, visual learners, and creative
learning activities) - $10 (Buy now! *)
Set of Posters + CD - professionally printed posters plus a cd with
digital copies of the posters, curriculum, and bonus folder of all images
appearing on the posters - $25
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Individual Posters
- download and print them for free!
Title Page
Autograph Book
Baby Picture
Badges
Blanket
Bowl from Allach
Bowl from Lenzing
Bowl from Sobibor
Cigarette Card Album: Propaganda from the Early Nazi Regime
Identity Card
Passport
Photograph: Unaccompanied Children
Typewriter
Please let us know how you use these
posters! We appreciate your comments and feedback!
TRAVELING EXHIBIT
12 mounted (hard-backed) posters, sized 18 x 24 inches. Exhibit can be hung or
placed on easels. Easels available on request. Posters are not framed.
More info
Socialization (Café Europa) programs for Nazi victims, and educational programs, have been supported by grants from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. The Holocaust Center is a partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.
Website content development and design supported by grants from:
Humanities Washington, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and the Women's
Endowment Foundation.
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