Rationale:
The Institute for Holocaust Education and the Plains States Region of the Anti-Defamation League, with a generous grant from the Carl Frohm Foundation, provides this essay contest to encourage students to use the lens of the Holocaust to analyze moral behavior and to educate students about contemporary issues. These issues, both historical and modern, illustrate how prejudice and discrimination influence thoughts and actions and ultimately inflict harm on individuals, communities and societies. Our objective is for students to appreciate their connection to the Holocaust, communities and even conflicts a world away. Each student can work to make a positive change in the world.
The essay, when used as a classroom assignment, can meet several Nebraska State Standards in reading, writing and social studies.
