{"id":4,"date":"2026-03-04T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/?p=4"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:30:11","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"This educators' resource was written by educators for educators. It draws on current classroom practices, pedagogy, and curriculum, but is designed for flexible implementation by teachers in a variety of classrooms.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/visualnarratives.org\/\">Survivor Centred Visual Narratives<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/holocaustgraphicnovels.uvic.ca\">Narrative Art &amp; Visual Storytelling in Holocaust and Human Rights Education<\/a> projects brings together researchers, visual artists, survivors of genocide, librarians, and students in order to create educational resources. Artists work directly with survivors to co-create graphic narratives based on their personal experiences before, during, and after genocide with the help of historians and students. This resource bridges the two projects - highlighting the narratives of two Canadian survivors of the Holocaust.\r\n\r\nWe are grateful the <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.educ.ubc.ca\/\">University of British Columbia Teacher Education Program<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.educ.ubc.ca\/bachelor-of-education-program\/community-field-experience\/\">Community Field Experience<\/a> which connects teachers to \"expand their concept of potential learning sites and how they might get involved, either as a career option or as a classroom teacher with an understanding of educational community connections.\"\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\nOur primary goals are to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Provide open educational materials online and in print through graphic narratives;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Develop pedagogical tools for educators around the world teaching the Holocaust;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Encourage further research by creating audio-visual interviews to enrich the archival collections of partner institutions.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nWhile the resources may be useful to educators on their own, they are meant to accompany <a href=\"https:\/\/utorontopress.com\/9781487526849\/but-i-live\/\">But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust<\/a> (2024) by (artists) Miriam Libicki, Gilad Seliktar, and Barbara Yelin (edited by Charlotte Schalli\u00e9), and <a href=\"https:\/\/utppublishing.com\/doi\/book\/10.3138\/9781487559199\">Two Roses<\/a> (2026) by (artist) Miriam Libicki (edited by Charlotte Schalli\u00e9) both from the University of Toronto Press.\r\n\r\nFor more educational materials to accompany But I Live and Survivor Centred Visual Narratives Resources, including our educational approach, please visit our other sites: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/\">But I Live Educators' Resource<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/survivorcentredvisualnarratives\">Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives Resources<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThese resources were supported by Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program, National Holocaust Remembrance Program from the Government of Canada. Our international collaboration was made possible by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca\/home-accueil-eng.aspx\">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council<\/a> Partnership Development Grant and Partnership Grant, and is based at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.","rendered":"<p>This educators&#8217; resource was written by educators for educators. It draws on current classroom practices, pedagogy, and curriculum, but is designed for flexible implementation by teachers in a variety of classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/visualnarratives.org\/\">Survivor Centred Visual Narratives<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/holocaustgraphicnovels.uvic.ca\">Narrative Art &amp; Visual Storytelling in Holocaust and Human Rights Education<\/a> projects brings together researchers, visual artists, survivors of genocide, librarians, and students in order to create educational resources. Artists work directly with survivors to co-create graphic narratives based on their personal experiences before, during, and after genocide with the help of historians and students. This resource bridges the two projects &#8211; highlighting the narratives of two Canadian survivors of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>We are grateful the <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.educ.ubc.ca\/\">University of British Columbia Teacher Education Program<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.educ.ubc.ca\/bachelor-of-education-program\/community-field-experience\/\">Community Field Experience<\/a> which connects teachers to &#8220;expand their concept of potential learning sites and how they might get involved, either as a career option or as a classroom teacher with an understanding of educational community connections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<p>Our primary goals are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide open educational materials online and in print through graphic narratives;<\/li>\n<li>Develop pedagogical tools for educators around the world teaching the Holocaust;<\/li>\n<li>Encourage further research by creating audio-visual interviews to enrich the archival collections of partner institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the resources may be useful to educators on their own, they are meant to accompany <a href=\"https:\/\/utorontopress.com\/9781487526849\/but-i-live\/\">But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust<\/a> (2024) by (artists) Miriam Libicki, Gilad Seliktar, and Barbara Yelin (edited by Charlotte Schalli\u00e9), and <a href=\"https:\/\/utppublishing.com\/doi\/book\/10.3138\/9781487559199\">Two Roses<\/a> (2026) by (artist) Miriam Libicki (edited by Charlotte Schalli\u00e9) both from the University of Toronto Press.<\/p>\n<p>For more educational materials to accompany But I Live and Survivor Centred Visual Narratives Resources, including our educational approach, please visit our other sites: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/\">But I Live Educators&#8217; Resource<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/survivorcentredvisualnarratives\">Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These resources were supported by Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program, National Holocaust Remembrance Program from the Government of Canada. 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