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Foundations of Holocaust Education (Part 1 of 3)
Foundations of Holocaust Education (Part 1 of 3)
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
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Starts Sep 29, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Sep 29, 2022 at 7:30pm This is the first session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. *Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only.* Click for more info |
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Disability Awareness Month: “Science” That Maimed
Disability Awareness Month: “Science” That Maimed
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
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Starts Oct 3, 2022 at 8:30am Ends Oct 3, 2022 at 9:00am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum during Disability Awareness Month to learn about the innocent women subjected to experiments in the name of science. Click for more info
Fighting Back: Commemorating the Jewish Uprisings at Sobibór and Auschwitz
Fighting Back: Commemorating the Jewish Uprisings at Sobibór and Auschwitz
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 3, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 3, 2022 at 3:00pm The month of October marks the anniversaries of the uprisings that Jewish prisoners carried out at two Nazi death camps. In commemoration of these stunning acts of bravery, Echoes & Reflections will discuss these events, and resistance more broadly. Click for more info
HMMSA Workshop: Choices Matter: Complicity and Action During the Holocaust
HMMSA Workshop: Choices Matter: Complicity and Action During the Holocaust
5:30pm - 7:30pm
(2h)
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Starts Oct 3, 2022 at 5:30pm Ends Oct 3, 2022 at 7:30pm Examine the consequences of inaction and the courage and difficult choices of those who rescued and resisted during the Holocaust. Educators also learn how to support students to implement an action-oriented project influenced by the lessons of this history. Click for more info |
Holocaust by Bullets in Central and Eastern Europe (Part 2 of 3)
Holocaust by Bullets in Central and Eastern Europe (Part 2 of 3)
7:00pm - 8:30pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 6, 2022 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 6, 2022 at 8:30pm This is the second session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. *Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only.* Click for more info |
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Hidden Children in Catholic France: Between Trauma and Normalcy
Hidden Children in Catholic France: Between Trauma and Normalcy
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
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Starts Oct 11, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 11, 2022 at 3:00pm During the Holocaust, Jewish children of all ages were at times hidden among other students within Catholic institutions as seen in films such as "Au Revoir Les Enfants." Their lives were completely uprooted as they were placed in a religious environment completely different from what they knew. Click for more info |
Teaching About Americans and the Holocaust Using Historical Newspapers
Teaching About Americans and the Holocaust Using Historical Newspapers
3:30pm - 5:00pm
(1h 30m)
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Starts Oct 12, 2022 at 3:30pm Ends Oct 12, 2022 at 5:00pm Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn about how to utilize historical newspapers to teach about the American response to the Holocaust. Click for more info |
It Happened in a Village in Eastern Europe - A Case Study (Part 3 of 3)
It Happened in a Village in Eastern Europe - A Case Study (Part 3 of 3)
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 13, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 13, 2022 at 7:30pm This is the final session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. *Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only.* Click for more info |
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Home-school Day
Home-school Day
9:00am - 12:30pm
(3h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 18, 2022 at 9:00am Ends Oct 18, 2022 at 12:30pm Join the Education Staff of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning for home-school students! Click for more info |
Foundations of Holocaust Education
Foundations of Holocaust Education
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 19, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 19, 2022 at 3:00pm Participants will explore testimonies, maps, poems, and artwork to teach about antisemitism and intolerance, resistance and resilience, memory & justice after the Holocaust, while gaining a range of instructional strategies to support students' study and reflection of Holocaust and its ongoing meaning in the world today. Click for more info
Confronting the Past for the Sake of the Future
Confronting the Past for the Sake of the Future
5:00pm - 6:30pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Oct 19, 2022 at 5:00pm Ends Oct 19, 2022 at 6:30pm Join the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College for "Confronting the Past for the Sake of the Future." Introducing "New Voices": An Innovative Approach to Holocaust Education Click for more info |
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Antisemitism: Educating About the Dangers of Hate
Antisemitism: Educating About the Dangers of Hate
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 25, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Oct 25, 2022 at 4:00pm In Echoes & Reflections' new online activities for students, Explore the Past, Shape the Future, they explore this question and the role antisemitism played in the escalation of the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Stories from Ukraine Webinar
Stories from Ukraine Webinar
4:30pm - 6:00pm
(1h 30m)
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Starts Oct 26, 2022 at 4:30pm Ends Oct 26, 2022 at 6:00pm In this 90-minute online exploration of stories from Ukraine, Centropa will share user-friendly resources for teaching about Ukraine in the 20th and 21st centuries. Click for more info |
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Media Literacy and the Holocaust: Inquiry-Learning
Media Literacy and the Holocaust: Inquiry-Learning
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
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Starts Nov 1, 2022 at 4:00pm Ends Nov 1, 2022 at 5:00pm In Echoes & Reflections' new online activities for students, Explore the Past, Shape the Future, they invite students to identify the importance of media literacy today through an examination of the impact of Nazi propaganda. Click for more info |
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Determination and Rescue: The Inspirational Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter
Determination and Rescue: The Inspirational Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
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Starts Nov 2, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Nov 2, 2022 at 3:00pm As a teenager, Avraham Perlmutter outwitted the Nazis overcoming every obstacle in his way. Click for more info
Author Talk: Dara Horn
Author Talk: Dara Horn
7:30pm - 9:30pm
(2h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 2, 2022 at 7:30pm Ends Nov 2, 2022 at 9:30pm Award-winning novelist Dara Horn will discuss her book, "People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present." Click for more info |
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Understanding What We Are Remembering When We Remember the Holocaust
Understanding What We Are Remembering When We Remember the Holocaust
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
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Starts Nov 3, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Nov 3, 2022 at 7:30pm This talk will offer guidance towards a clearer perspective on the Holocaust by identifying Nazism’s goals, describing the murderous endeavor’s stages and components, giving voice to the victims, and distinguishing between historical facts and popular myths. 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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