Holocaust learning at Imperial War Museums

Educators at Imperial War Museums (IWM) have been leading voices in Holocaust education since the Holocaust Exhibition opened at IWM London in June 2000. In this article, Clare Lawlor shares the design of IWM’s new Holocaust Learning Programme for schools, and the pedagogic research that underpinned the design process. The programme is structured around an enquiry into why we continue to learn about the Holocaust, an enquiry that is used to develop students’ thinking and structure their journey through the new Holocaust Galleries. Examples of students responses to the enquiry are explored...