Children studying in a clandestine school in the Kovno ghetto, Lithuania. USHMM, courtesy of Eliezer Zilberis 
A priest and several nuns pose with a group of children at a Franciscan convent school in Lomna, Poland where Jewish children were hidden during the German occupation. USHMM, courtesy of Lidia Kleinman Siciarz 
German passport for Hilde Schindler with the given middle name of Sara and stamped with J for Jude (Jew) Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
Jewish children at the children’s home in Izieu, France. Soon afterwards they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and murdered. Copyright © Yad Vashem 
Identity cards like this one were issued to all children who came to Britain with the 'Kindertransport', the organised groups of Jewish refugees who escaped from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938-9 Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
Virtual Learning Environment
The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is an integral part of the HEDP's CPD programme and aims to:
- Help you to prepare for the workshops
- Support you in transferring the CPD into your school, department and classroom
- Provide you with teaching and learning materials
- Build a supportive on-line community of enquiry and exchange
- Provide you with opportunities for ongoing, continued and sustained support
Accessing resources
HEDP resources comprise both publicly available materials and secure materials that are available only to participants in the CPD programme, a two day workshop being run in different regions across the country. The majority, at this point in time, are for those participating in the CPD.
To join the HEDP community click here. Please note that as a member of the HEDP community you are eligible to register for the CPD. Guidance on how to register and confirm are outlined under continuing professional development.
CPD programme materials
As you move through the programme, new materials and features of this Virtual Learning Environment will open to support your continuing professional development. To make materials easy to access, we have structured the VLE in line with your progress through the programme as follows:
- Preparing for the CPD: Confirming your place, finding your venue, asking questions.
- Pre-course materials: Classroom materials, videos, reference materias and links to help you prepare for day one.
- Mid-course materials: The lesson plans, teaching and learning materials modelled on day one, and further materials to help you prepare for day two.
- Post-course materials: All the classroom materials modelled on day two, and an expanding range of other materials to provide sustained support.
Each section contains a wealth of materials and practical guidance; teaching and learning resources for your classroom; and further help and support as you continue to develop Holocaust education in your classroom, department, and school.
Please take some time to prepare for each workshop day by exploring the preparatory materials.