Teaching the holocaust through digital heritage, experiential and project-based learning
Finding Matilda- A documentary by students, about a student, for students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21996204 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cardillo Susan (University of Hartford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 57-62 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Media and Communication Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2141-2545 • E-ISSN: 2141-2545 |
| Publisher | Academic Journals (PUBLISHER • NG) |
| DOI | 10.5897/jmcs2020.0693 |
| OpenAlex | W3168395350 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Recent research has reported that two-thirds of American Generation Z has vague knowledge of the genocide of World War II. Twenty-two percent of millennials said that they have never heard of the Holocaust or were just not sure. Armed with this knowledge we set out to create a project, a documentary, to help students better understand this horrifying part of our history on terms that they can identify with. This documentary is about a young college student in the midst of war. By creating a documentary by college students, about a college student, for college students I set out to teach the Holocaust. Through digital heritage, experiential and project-based learning; we created a project to help Gen Z better understand history. We are using these approaches to give an understanding of the Holocaust through our journey to Finding Matilda. Key words: Digital media, teaching, experiential learning, project-based learning
Art · Experiential learning · Genocide · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · The Holocaust · Visual arts · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Augmented Reality Applications · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · Law · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |