1. THE “OTHERS”
1. When do you feel accepted and included?
2. When have you ever felt excluded?
3. What do you think it means to be the “Other”?
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2. WHO ARE THE “OTHERS”?
NOT FULLY
HUMAN
SINISTER AND
DANGEROUS
OCCUPY
DIFFERENT
SPACES
A THREAT TO
THE „GOOD‟
CHARACTERS
LOOK AND
ACT
DIFFERENTLY
HAVE TO BE
DESTROYED!

3. DOES THIS CONCEPT APPLY TO THE
HISTORY CLASSROOM?

4. THE “OTHERS”:
A PATTERN OF PERSECUTION
• The “Others” look different, act differently, occupy different
spaces, and have different beliefs.
• The “Others” are viewed with suspicion by majority
• The “Others” are labeled and generalized by the majority.
• Negative characteristics about the “Others” are established.
• Being the “Others” becomes part of the minority groups‟
cultural identity.
• Authority figures educate the majority population in a process
of viewing the “Others” as a danger and a threat.
• Authority figures seek to persecute them.
• The majority population buys into the persecution.
• The “Others” are subjected to violent persecution, expulsion,
or extermination.
Creating the Other: Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism in Hapsburg Central Europe. 2003. Edited by Nancy M. Wingfield.
Carroll, James. 2001. Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews – A History.
Goldstein, Phyllis. 2012. A Convenient Hatred: A History of anti-Semitism.
Strom, Margot Stern. 1994. Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior.

5. DOES THIS PATTERN MATCH TO
OTHER EXAMPLES OF PERSECUTION?