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July 2022

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Teaching the Holocaust in Your Classroom
Teaching the Holocaust in Your Classroom 9:30am - 4:00pm (6h 30m)
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Starts Jun 28, 2022 at 9:30am
Ends Jun 28, 2022 at 4:00pm
This Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) educational conference will focus on the history of the Holocaust and Holocaust pedagogy.
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Teaching with Testimony: Stories of Black American Liberators
Teaching with Testimony: Stories of Black American Liberators 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
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Starts Jun 28, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Jun 28, 2022 at 4:00pm
This Echoes & Reflections webinar examines the stories of Black GI’s featured in USC Shoah Foundation’s iWitness platform and Echoes & Reflections who liberated concentration camps, including Leon Bass and Paul Parks.
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Inspiring Upstanders with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Inspiring Upstanders with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 9:00am - 12:00pm (3h)
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Starts Jun 30, 2022 at 9:00am
Ends Jun 30, 2022 at 12:00pm
Through Region 11 ESC, join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Educator for Elementary Learning in a professional development session geared to K-5 educators, counselors, and librarians.
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Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 1:00pm - 4:00pm (3h)
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Starts Jun 30, 2022 at 1:00pm
Ends Jun 30, 2022 at 4:00pm
Through Region 11 ESC, join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Educator for Secondary Learning in a professional development session geared to social studies and ELAR educators, counselors, and librarians in grades 6-12.
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El Holocausto: El Abismo de la Humanidad
El Holocausto: El Abismo de la Humanidad 3:30pm - 4:30pm (1h)
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Starts Jul 5, 2022 at 3:30pm
Ends Jul 5, 2022 at 4:30pm
Curso online masivo y abierto para educadores sobre la historia del Holocausto
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Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust
Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
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Starts Jul 6, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Jul 6, 2022 at 4:00pm
Join Echoes & Reflections Program Manager, Jesse Tannetta to examine their new unit which discusses the justice at Nuremberg, Eichmann’s trial, the advent of the term genocide, crimes against humanity, and Holocaust memorialization today.
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Inspire Upstanders: Elementary Educators Professional Development
Inspire Upstanders: Elementary Educators Professional Development 9:00am - 3:00pm (6h)
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Starts Jul 8, 2022 at 9:00am
Ends Jul 8, 2022 at 3:00pm
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in their annual professional development for K-5 educators, counselors, and librarians.
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2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History) All Day (5 days)
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Starts Jul 11, 2022
Ends Jul 15, 2022
Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history.
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2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History) All Day (5 days)
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Starts Jul 11, 2022
Ends Jul 15, 2022
Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history.
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Revealing the Stories behind the Artifacts
Revealing the Stories behind the Artifacts 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
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Starts Jul 12, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Jul 12, 2022 at 3:00pm
The Artifacts Collection of Yad Vashem’s Museum is home to more than 27,000 items donated over the years by Holocaust survivors, their families, and various organizations. Sara Shor, Manager of the Artifacts Collection at Yad Vashem, will share the stories behind some of these precious items.
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2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History) All Day (5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022
Ends Jul 15, 2022
Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history.
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Teaching about the Holocaust Using Student-Centered Approaches from the DHHRM
Teaching about the Holocaust Using Student-Centered Approaches from the DHHRM 8:30am - 3:30pm (7h)
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Starts Jul 13, 2022 at 8:30am
Ends Jul 13, 2022 at 3:30pm
Wondering how to incorporate Holocaust Remembrance Week into your classroom in age appropriate ways? Curious about best practices for teaching about the Holocaust? Join educators from the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning about the Holocaust.
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2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History) All Day (5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022
Ends Jul 15, 2022
Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history.
Click for more info
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2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History) All Day (5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022
Ends Jul 15, 2022
Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history.
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Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference
Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference All Day (4 days)
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Starts Jul 18, 2022
Ends Jul 21, 2022
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics.
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Pre-War Jewish Life
Pre-War Jewish Life 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
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Starts Jul 18, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Jul 18, 2022 at 4:00pm
This webinar uses Echoes & Reflections' Prewar Jewish Life Unit I resources with a focus on testimonies from the USC-Shoah Foundation’s iWitness platform to examine primary sources like diary entries and photographs intended to paint a picture of the breadth and diversity of Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust.
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Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference All Day (4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022
Ends Jul 21, 2022
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics.
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Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference All Day (4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022
Ends Jul 21, 2022
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics.
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Commemorating the Deportation Process
Commemorating the Deportation Process 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
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Starts Jul 20, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Jul 20, 2022 at 3:00pm
Echoes & Reflections will use this anniversary to discuss the deportation process using short films and primary sources including letters, testimonies and artwork. Liz Elsby, Yad Vashem educator, will guide you through this session.
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Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference All Day (4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022
Ends Jul 21, 2022
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics.
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Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 1
Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 1 8:30am - 3:30pm (7h)
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Starts Jul 26, 2022 at 8:30am
Ends Jul 26, 2022 at 3:30pm
ESC Regions 10 & 11 invite you to attend a two-day conference hosted on-site by the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.
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The Holocaust in Film: "Three Minutes: A Lengthening"
The Holocaust in Film: "Three Minutes: A Lengthening" 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
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Starts Jul 26, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Jul 26, 2022 at 4:00pm
Explore the use of historical context as a key Echoes & Reflections pedagogical principle of effective Holocaust education by joining Program Manager Jen Goss and the director and collaborators of the new film, Three Minutes; A Lengthening
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Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 2
Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 2 8:30am - 3:30pm (7h)
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Starts Jul 27, 2022 at 8:30am
Ends Jul 27, 2022 at 3:30pm
ESC Regions 10 & 11 invite you to attend a two-day conference hosted on-site by the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.
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Engines of Change™ Teacher Training
Engines of Change™ Teacher Training 9:00am - 4:00pm (7h)
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Starts Jul 27, 2022 at 9:00am
Ends Jul 27, 2022 at 4:00pm
Join Holocaust Museum Houston’s Education Team for an empowering and inspiring teacher training!
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Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators
Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators 9:00am - 4:00pm (7h)
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Starts Jul 30, 2022 at 9:00am
Ends Jul 30, 2022 at 4:00pm
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust.
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By the Grace of the Game: A Holocaust Sports Story
By the Grace of the Game: A Holocaust Sports Story 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
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Starts Aug 1, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Aug 1, 2022 at 3:00pm
Join Echoes & Reflections to hear an amazing basketball story that takes us from Auschwitz to an Olympic gold medal to the NBA.
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Expressing Humanity: Rescue and Resistance
Expressing Humanity: Rescue and Resistance 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
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Starts Aug 2, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Aug 2, 2022 at 4:00pm
In this webinar, led by Program Manager and co-developer of new units, Jesse Tannetta, explore the concept of Jewish resistance, and non-Jewish rescue efforts.
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July 2022

Teaching the Holocaust in Your Classroom

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  • Tue, Jun 28, 9:30am - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio

Teaching with Testimony: Stories of Black American Liberators

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  • Tue, Jun 28, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Inspiring Upstanders with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

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  • Thu, Jun 30, 9:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

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  • Thu, Jun 30, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

El Holocausto: El Abismo de la Humanidad

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  • Tue, Jul 5, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust

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  • Wed, Jul 6, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Inspire Upstanders: Elementary Educators Professional Development

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  • Fri, Jul 8, 9:00am - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom or Museum

2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)

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  • Mon, Jul 11 - Fri, Jul 15, 2022
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

Revealing the Stories behind the Artifacts

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  • Tue, Jul 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Teaching about the Holocaust Using Student-Centered Approaches from the DHHRM

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  • Wed, Jul 13, 8:30am - 3:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Region 14 South

Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference

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  • Mon, Jul 18 - Thu, Jul 21, 2022
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

Pre-War Jewish Life

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  • Mon, Jul 18, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Commemorating the Deportation Process

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  • Wed, Jul 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 1

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  • Tue, Jul 26, 8:30am - 3:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

The Holocaust in Film: "Three Minutes: A Lengthening"

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  • Tue, Jul 26, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 2

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  • Wed, Jul 27, 8:30am - 3:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

Engines of Change™ Teacher Training

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  • Wed, Jul 27, 9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators

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  • Sat, Jul 30, 9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

By the Grace of the Game: A Holocaust Sports Story

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  • Mon, Aug 1, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Expressing Humanity: Rescue and Resistance

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  • Tue, Aug 2, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

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