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Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3-Week Online Course
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3-Week Online Course
All Day
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Nov 1, 2021 (All Day) Join Echoes & Reflections' November Three-Module Online Course—the final opportunity of this kind in 2021— to prepare to effectively teach about the history of the Holocaust and its powerful lessons for today. Click for more info |
The Warsaw Ghetto: Life in the Midst of Death
The Warsaw Ghetto: Life in the Midst of Death
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 2, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Nov 2, 2021 at 4:00pm Of the over 1000 ghettos in Nazi occupied Europe, the Warsaw Ghetto was the largest, with almost half a million Jews trapped inside at its high point. In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yael Eaglstein - Yad Vashem educator – will provide you with deeper insight into how the Jews struggled to survive in this dark place. Click for more info |
Online Educator Workshop: Teaching Difficult Subjects Creatively Through Art
Online Educator Workshop: Teaching Difficult Subjects Creatively Through Art
3:00pm - 4:30pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Nov 4, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Nov 4, 2021 at 4:30pm Evelyn Rauch will instruct the teachers step by step on how to teach this workshop to their own students. Teachers will each create artwork and participate in a discussion about its meaning. Click for more info |
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Holocaust Distortion: Understanding a Growing Threat
Holocaust Distortion: Understanding a Growing Threat
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 8, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Nov 8, 2021 at 12:00pm On 8 November, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) will present the twelve-minute explanatory film "Holocaust Distortion: Understanding a Growing Threat" and the publication "Understanding Holocaust Distortion: Contexts, Backgrounds, and Examples." Click for more info
Defying Expectations: Women Resistance Fighters during the Holocaust
Defying Expectations: Women Resistance Fighters during the Holocaust
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 8, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Nov 8, 2021 at 7:00pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) to learn more about women in the Jewish resistance's motivations and contributions and the role of gender in Jewish resistance. Click for more info |
Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment
Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 9, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Nov 9, 2021 at 1:00pm Students and their teachers are invited to join this special Echoes & Reflections webinar, presented by Sheryl Ochayon of Yad Vashem, to explore the issues surrounding Kristallnacht. Click for more info |
Teaching the Human Story: Connections to AAPI History and the Holocaust
Teaching the Human Story: Connections to AAPI History and the Holocaust
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 10, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Nov 10, 2021 at 4:00pm Join Echoes & Reflections and Ting-Yi Oei, Education Director from the 1882 Foundation, an organization that raises awareness and curates education materials to support instruction on Chinese American history to gain resources to support teaching of AAPI History in the U.S., and engage in conversations about connections to Holocaust education. Click for more info |
Yahad-in Unum #BeyondMemory Autumn Conference
Yahad-in Unum #BeyondMemory Autumn Conference
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 11, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Nov 11, 2021 at 7:00pm The next instalment of Yahad-in Unum's #BeyondMemory autumn online conference series will be taking place on Thursday, November 11th at 6PM. They are delighted to welcome Esther Safran Foer, author of "I Want You To Know We're Still Here." Click for more info |
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How Was it Humanly Possible?
How Was it Humanly Possible?
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 16, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Nov 16, 2021 at 3:00pm This interactive Echoes & Reflections workshop will use primary sources to examine the motivations of the perpetrators, bystanders and collaborators. Noam Gitin, Head of the Overseas Groups and Youth Leadership Department in the Educational Department at Yad Vashem, will facilitate this workshop. Click for more info |
MSHEF Teacher Resources Webinar
MSHEF Teacher Resources Webinar
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 17, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends Nov 17, 2021 at 5:00pm Join the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation and the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center for an informational webinar. Learn about programs that are available for you to use in your classroom and how you can afford to bring them in. Open to teachers and educators. For more information about the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation visit www.mshefoundation.org Click for more info |
Power, Intoxication, and Masculinity: Fueling the Nazi War Machine
Power, Intoxication, and Masculinity: Fueling the Nazi War Machine
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Nov 19, 2021 at 8:30am Ends Nov 19, 2021 at 9:00am On and off the battlefield, some Nazis and their collaborators were intoxicated by alcohol—and their own power. Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn about what fueled mass murder as the Nazis advanced through Europe and eastward into the Soviet Union. Click for more info |
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Virtual Tour of the Tenement Museum: An Examination of the Jewish American Post-Holocaust Story
Virtual Tour of the Tenement Museum: An Examination of the Jewish American Post-Holocaust Story
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 23, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Nov 23, 2021 at 4:00pm Join Echoes & Reflections and Kathryn Lloyd from the Tenement Museum as they explore the experience of one Jewish family rebuilding their lives post-Holocaust, in New York City. Click for more info |
Yahad-in Unum #BeyondMemory Autumn Conference
Yahad-in Unum #BeyondMemory Autumn Conference
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Nov 25, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Nov 25, 2021 at 1:00pm The final installment of Yahad-in Unum's #BeyondMemory autumn online conference series will be taking place on Thursday, November 25th at 12PM CST. Click for more info |
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Faith During the Holocaust
Faith During the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Dec 1, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Dec 1, 2021 at 3:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar Dr. David Deutsch, Yad Vashem educator, will explore Jewish observance and how it adapted in the darkness of the ghettos and the camps. Click for more info |
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Teach the Human Story: The Life of Holocaust Survivor Eva Mozes Kor
Teach the Human Story: The Life of Holocaust Survivor Eva Mozes Kor
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Dec 2, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Dec 2, 2021 at 1:00pm Teaching the Human Story is a core principle of pedagogy for Echoes & Reflections. Students and their teachers are invited to join Echoes & Reflections as they examine the life of Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor in partnership with the organization she founded, CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center of Terre Haute, IN. 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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