Experiential learning of history through youth journeys to Poland: Israeli Jewish youth and the Holocaust

Research in Education

Volumn , Issue 78, 2007, Pages 88-102

  Romi, Shlomo ^a   Lev, Michal ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Holocaust; Israeli Jewish adolescents; Journey to Poland

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149073986     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/rie.78.8     Document Type: Article

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