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Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Aug 2, 2021 Ends Aug 5, 2021 Taking place over four days, this Facing History & Ourselves seminar offers a real-time, interactive online classroom where participants will connect in facilitated whole- and small-group sessions. Daniel Ottenheimer, a second-generation descendant of Holocaust survivors, will join for a live session focusing on memory and legacy. Click for more info
Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism - 3 Part Course
Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism - 3 Part Course
All Day
Workshops
Aug 2, 2021 (All Day) Sign up for Echoes & Reflections' June 3-Part Online Course: Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism, for a self-paced and facilitator-guided exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support teaching about contemporary antisemitism and its connections to Holocaust history. Click for more info |
Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Aug 2, 2021 Ends Aug 5, 2021 Taking place over four days, this Facing History & Ourselves seminar offers a real-time, interactive online classroom where participants will connect in facilitated whole- and small-group sessions. Daniel Ottenheimer, a second-generation descendant of Holocaust survivors, will join for a live session focusing on memory and legacy. Click for more info
Teaching about the Holocaust with Echoes & Reflections
Teaching about the Holocaust with Echoes & Reflections
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 3, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Aug 3, 2021 at 4:00pm Participate in this webinar for an introduction to Echoes & Reflections and an exploration of resources and strategies for effective Holocaust instruction. Click for more info |
Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Aug 2, 2021 Ends Aug 5, 2021 Taking place over four days, this Facing History & Ourselves seminar offers a real-time, interactive online classroom where participants will connect in facilitated whole- and small-group sessions. Daniel Ottenheimer, a second-generation descendant of Holocaust survivors, will join for a live session focusing on memory and legacy. Click for more info |
Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Aug 2, 2021 Ends Aug 5, 2021 Taking place over four days, this Facing History & Ourselves seminar offers a real-time, interactive online classroom where participants will connect in facilitated whole- and small-group sessions. Daniel Ottenheimer, a second-generation descendant of Holocaust survivors, will join for a live session focusing on memory and legacy. Click for more info
Jewish Resistance in Film
Jewish Resistance in Film
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 5, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Aug 5, 2021 at 3:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yad Vashem educator Dr. Rocco Giansante will present different films exploring how cinema has portrayed Jewish resistance, and will examine the strategies filmmakers use to reflect on different forms of resistance. Click for more info |
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Spotlight on Contemporary Antisemitism
Spotlight on Contemporary Antisemitism
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 10, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Aug 10, 2021 at 4:00pm The Contemporary Antisemitism Unit in Echoes & Reflections provides an inquiry-based and student-centered learning approach to raise the important topics of antisemitism and hate in the US and globally, and what it means to be an ally. Click for more info |
Exploring a Dimension in Testimony Activity: Prewar Jewish Life
Exploring a Dimension in Testimony Activity: Prewar Jewish Life
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 12, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Aug 12, 2021 at 4:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, teachers will learn about the USC Shoah Foundation’s new Dimensions in Testimony activity that introduces students to the topic of pre-World War II Jewish life through interactions with Jewish survivor, Pinchas Gutter. Click for more info |
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When Families Disappeared: Camp Shvesters
When Families Disappeared: Camp Shvesters
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 15, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Aug 15, 2021 at 2:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Project Witness for a lecture exploring the phenomenon of camp shvesters (sisters) with Dr. Michael Berenbaum, world-renowned historian and Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute at American Jewish University. Click for more info |
Music in the Holocaust
Music in the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 17, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Aug 17, 2021 at 3:00pm This Echoes & Reflections webinar will be led by Tamar Machado-Recanati, music therapist, musicologist and researcher of Jewish music during the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Holocaust Education: An American History
Holocaust Education: An American History
10:30am - 11:30am
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 18, 2021 at 10:30am Ends Aug 18, 2021 at 11:30am How do we understand these recent developments in historical context? How has teaching about the Holocaust changed in the seventy-five years since the end of World War II? Join Chhange Program Manager Spencer Cronin for a Lunch & Learn on the history of American Holocaust education. Click for more info |
A Lasting Imprint: Photos Document a Vibrant Town Destroyed
A Lasting Imprint: Photos Document a Vibrant Town Destroyed
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Aug 19, 2021 at 8:30am Ends Aug 19, 2021 at 9:00am On World Photography Day, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will look closely at one of the its most memorable displays. Click for more info
Holocaust in the Balkans: “A Question of Survival” Screening and Discussion
Holocaust in the Balkans: “A Question of Survival” Screening and Discussion
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 19, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends Aug 19, 2021 at 5:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a special screening of A Question of Survival followed by a live discussion with the film’s director Elka Nikolova. Click for more info |
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Religious Rescuers
Religious Rescuers
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 24, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Aug 24, 2021 at 3:00pm During the Holocaust, some Jews were helped by members of different religious communities with convents and other religious institutions becoming a haven for Jewish adults and children. Others helped Jews find refuge in private homes, providing false papers, and assisting them to illegally cross borders. Click for more info
Tainted Games: The Role of Race and Racism in the Berlin Olympics of 1936
Tainted Games: The Role of Race and Racism in the Berlin Olympics of 1936
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 24, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends Aug 24, 2021 at 8:00pm Going beyond the familiar (though often misconstrued) experiences of African-American Jesse Owens and Jewish-American Marty Glickman, David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936, will examine how racial politics and theories of race defined all aspects of the 1936 Olympics. Click for more info |
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Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
All Day
Workshops
Sep 1, 2021 (All Day) Echoes & Reflections' September Three-Module Online Course will help you prepare to effectively teach about the Holocaust and enhance your skills across all disciplines. Click for more info
Robbing the Jews: Nazi Confiscation of Property in the Holocaust
Robbing the Jews: Nazi Confiscation of Property in the Holocaust
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 1, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends Sep 1, 2021 at 8:00pm Before and during World War II, the Nazis engaged in an organized program of looting Jewish cultural objects, often using forced Jewish labor to catalog the stolen items. Join Dr. Martin Dean as he examines the Nazi policy of cultural plunder, including its aims and methods, and shows how many Jews sought to defy the Germans’ genocidal intentions through imaginative forms of cultural resistance. Click for more info |
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Senate Bill 1828 charges the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week. Provided is information on best practices and various lists of approved resources.
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