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last update: May 10, 2010

Does your school group want to visit the Prejudice and Memory exhibit at the National Museum of the US Air Force, but budget cuts have made that impossible? The DHRC recently received a generous grant from the Levin Family Foundation that may allow us to help you. Contact the Director, Renate Frydman, for details.

Sinclair Community College Holocaust Remembrance Program, spring 2010

Click here to go to the Sinclair webpage with full details of the events. To register for the teachers' workshop, go to that page, or click here for a direct link to the registration flyer and form.

Here are some links to educational materials on the subject.

The Jewish Partisans organization (click on "Teach")

Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education

DHRC director Renate Frydman was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by Wright State University for her many years of educational efforts against racism and prejudice. Click here for a photo collage of the event designed by Marilyn Kraft.

Through partnership with West Virginia University, Amizade is proud to offer another iteration of a profoundly important global service-learning course: Never Again: Remembrance, History, and Genocide Prevention <http://amizade.org/service_learning/courses/titles remembrance_history_genocide_prevention.html> in Germany and Poland. The course, which begins with focus on the historical events leading up to and surrounding the Holocaust, will be taught by Professor Dagmar Reese of the Moses Mendelssohn Center at the University of Potsdam and author of Growing Up Female in Nazi Germany <http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=178635> .

Through the program students internalize vital historical lessons, while also responding to the wishes of Holocaust Survivors and their families by engaging in historical landscape restoration at Jewish Cemeteries in Poland and by undertaking some historical preservation activities at Auschwitz itself. Collectively, the academic content and service experience serves to honor and remember survivors while applying lessons to the contemporary world’s efforts to end Genocide, promote inclusion among all peoples, and respect fundamental human rights. Students also have the profound opportunity to connect with and learn from the strongly re-emerging Jewish organizations present in Krakow and Oscwieczim today.

Students may apply to Never Again: Remembrance, History, and Genocide Prevention <http://amizade.org/service_learning/courses/titles/remembrance_history_genocide_prevention.html> until June 10. The course begins online June 17. Travel takes place from July 20 to August 10. Students earn 6 credits from West Virginia University, 3 in History and 3 in Service-Learning.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

--
Eric Hartman, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Amizade Global Service-Learning
International Studies Instructor, West Virginia University
WVU Office: 304-293-6049
Pittsburgh Office: 412-586-4986

Yad Vashem is now organizing the Seventh International Conference on Holocaust Education, "Holocaust Education and Remembrance in Hindsight and in Foresight: Text and Context", to take place on June 12-13, 2010 during the weekend before the ITF plenary-related events in Jerusalem.

Although this year's Conference is especially geared for policy makers in educational frameworks, registration is open to anyone who wishes to take part in the proceedings.

World-renowned scholars and leaders have been invited to take part in panels and sessions focusing on such issues as:

· What is our responsibility as policy makers and experts in Holocaust education, remembrance and research in upholding the Stockholm Declaration (2000) over the next decade?

· How do we commemorate and infuse meaning on various annual days of Holocaust remembrance on the national and international levels, such as January 27th, the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nissan, and others?

· How do we teach about different historical contexts without fostering competition about the relative suffering of victims?

· How is educating and remembering about the Holocaust relevant to young people today who seek to accurately understand what occurred as well as to take responsibility for the truth about the past?
Registration for the Conference, and information about the draft program, can be obtained via the Yad Vashem website:

http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/conference/2010/index.asp

The cost of this Conference has been subsidized and hotel subsidies are available.

For additional queries, contact: international.conference@yadvashem.org.il

Yad vaShem, the Holocaust center in Jerusalem, offers many educational programs including online courses. Click here.

Click here for a new educational website from Echoes and Reflections

The award-winning curriculum developed by the Anti-Defamation League, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, and Yad Vashem, includes everything educators need to teach the complex issues of the Holocaust to today’s students.

Here's a fascinating new website called "Looted Valuables" - an archive about property stolen from European Jews during the Holocaust, and attempts to restore them to their owners.

Here is a link to a REALLY good and recently updated collection of links to Holocaust websites:

http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-holoc.htm

please note that there is now a fairly complete list of all our holdings at the WSU Education Resource Center on our website. See the first link on this page: http://daytonholocaust.org/newmain.htm

Here are some guidelines from the Holocaust Museum in Washington on "Visiting Holocaust Related Sites."

Here is a link to a very good pamphlet (34 pages, PDF file) called Addressing Antisemitism: Why and How. It's from Yad vaShem in Jerusalem.

Click here for a set of postcards from Theresienstadt - charcoal drawings made by inmates of the camp.

check this link for some new Holocaust curriculum materials from Florida: http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/multicultural/MulticulturalNew/HolocaustStudies.htm

Here is an announcement from the Holocaust Museum in Washington:

USHMM Survivor Affairs/Speakers Bureau is exploring a new initiative...to
create a supplementary packet of SUGGESTED or RECOMMENDED guidelines and/or materials for middle and high school teachers who have arranged Holocaust
Survivor presentations in their classrooms. The packet we are thinking of
would be an approximately 4 - 5 page pdf document sent in advance of the
presentation, and might include the following pieces:

1) Preparing your students (distributing the bio, reviewing maps and other
materials that would set the geographic and historic context for the
Survivor's experience, preparing questions in advance of the Survivor's
arrival, small group vs. large group settings, etc.)

2) USHMM resource list for pre- or follow-up research (website resources,
Archives catalogue, etc.)

3) Suggestions for follow-up (sending student notes of appreciation to the
Survivor)

4) Evaluation form (quality of service from the USHMM Speakers Bureau and
suggestions/requests for future presentations)

Have any of you developed a packet like this to use in conjunction with
Survivor presentations at schools? If so, can you please share your
experience with us - was it helpful to both your Speakers Bureau and the
school? Was the reaction to it from teachers positive? Do you have
suggestions about what worked well - or cautions about what didn't? Would
you be willing to send us a copy of your packet?

I look forward to hearing from any and all of you who can be helpful as we
seek even more useful ways to maximize the powerful, informative and
meaningful experience of connecting school audiences to Holocaust survivors
... to pass the legacy of witness and create a new generation of committed
activists working to prevent hatred, prejudice, and indifference in the
future.

My best regards,

Ellen Blalock

Ellen Blalock
Director
Survivor Affairs and Speakers Bureau
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, D.C. 20024-2126
Tel: (202) 488 - 0414
Fax: (202) 488 - 2695

e-mail: EBlalock@USHMM.ORG



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	last update: May 10, 2010 Does your school group want to visit the Prejudice and Memory exhibit at the National Museum of the US Air Force, but budget cuts have made that impossible? The DHRC recently received a generous grant from the Levin Family Foundation that may allow us to help you. Contact the Director, Renate Frydman, for details. Sinclair Community College Holocaust Remembrance Program, spring 2010 Click here to go to the Sinclair webpage with full details of the events. To register for the teachers' workshop, go to that page, or click here for a direct link to the registration flyer and form. Here are some links to educational materials on the subject. The Jewish Partisans organization (click on "Teach") Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education DHRC director Renate Frydman was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by Wright State University for her many years of educational efforts against racism and prejudice. Click here for a photo collage of the event designed by Marilyn Kraft. Through partnership with West Virginia University, Amizade is proud to offer another iteration of a profoundly important global service-learning course: Never Again: Remembrance, History, and Genocide Prevention <http://amizade.org/service_learning/courses/titles remembrance_history_genocide_prevention.html> in Germany and Poland. The course, which begins with focus on the historical events leading up to and surrounding the Holocaust, will be taught by Professor Dagmar Reese of the Moses Mendelssohn Center at the University of Potsdam and author of Growing Up Female in Nazi Germany <http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=178635> . Through the program students internalize vital historical lessons, while also responding to the wishes of Holocaust Survivors and their families by engaging in historical landscape restoration at Jewish Cemeteries in Poland and by undertaking some historical preservation activities at Auschwitz itself. Collectively, the academic content and service experience serves to honor and remember survivors while applying lessons to the contemporary world’s efforts to end Genocide, promote inclusion among all peoples, and respect fundamental human rights. Students also have the profound opportunity to connect with and learn from the strongly re-emerging Jewish organizations present in Krakow and Oscwieczim today. Students may apply to Never Again: Remembrance, History, and Genocide Prevention <http://amizade.org/service_learning/courses/titles/remembrance_history_genocide_prevention.html> until June 10. The course begins online June 17. Travel takes place from July 20 to August 10. Students earn 6 credits from West Virginia University, 3 in History and 3 in Service-Learning. Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, -- Eric Hartman, Ph.D. Executive Director, Amizade Global Service-Learning International Studies Instructor, West Virginia University WVU Office: 304-293-6049 Pittsburgh Office: 412-586-4986 Yad Vashem is now organizing the Seventh International Conference on Holocaust Education, "Holocaust Education and Remembrance in Hindsight and in Foresight: Text and Context", to take place on June 12-13, 2010 during the weekend before the ITF plenary-related events in Jerusalem. Although this year's Conference is especially geared for policy makers in educational frameworks, registration is open to anyone who wishes to take part in the proceedings. World-renowned scholars and leaders have been invited to take part in panels and sessions focusing on such issues as: · What is our responsibility as policy makers and experts in Holocaust education, remembrance and research in upholding the Stockholm Declaration (2000) over the next decade? · How do we commemorate and infuse meaning on various annual days of Holocaust remembrance on the national and international levels, such as January 27th, the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nissan, and others? · How do we teach about different historical contexts without fostering competition about the relative suffering of victims? · How is educating and remembering about the Holocaust relevant to young people today who seek to accurately understand what occurred as well as to take responsibility for the truth about the past? Registration for the Conference, and information about the draft program, can be obtained via the Yad Vashem website: http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/conference/2010/index.asp The cost of this Conference has been subsidized and hotel subsidies are available. For additional queries, contact: international.conference@yadvashem.org.il Yad vaShem, the Holocaust center in Jerusalem, offers many educational programs including online courses. Click here. Click here for a new educational website from Echoes and Reflections The award-winning curriculum developed by the Anti-Defamation League, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, and Yad Vashem, includes everything educators need to teach the complex issues of the Holocaust to today’s students. Here's a fascinating new website called "Looted Valuables" - an archive about property stolen from European Jews during the Holocaust, and attempts to restore them to their owners. Here is a link to a REALLY good and recently updated collection of links to Holocaust websites: http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-holoc.htm please note that there is now a fairly complete list of all our holdings at the WSU Education Resource Center on our website. See the first link on this page: http://daytonholocaust.org/newmain.htm Here are some guidelines from the Holocaust Museum in Washington on "Visiting Holocaust Related Sites." Here is a link to a very good pamphlet (34 pages, PDF file) called Addressing Antisemitism: Why and How. It's from Yad vaShem in Jerusalem. Click here for a set of postcards from Theresienstadt - charcoal drawings made by inmates of the camp. check this link for some new Holocaust curriculum materials from Florida: http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/multicultural/MulticulturalNew/HolocaustStudies.htm Here is an announcement from the Holocaust Museum in Washington: USHMM Survivor Affairs/Speakers Bureau is exploring a new initiative...to create a supplementary packet of SUGGESTED or RECOMMENDED guidelines and/or materials for middle and high school teachers who have arranged Holocaust Survivor presentations in their classrooms. The packet we are thinking of would be an approximately 4 - 5 page pdf document sent in advance of the presentation, and might include the following pieces: 1) Preparing your students (distributing the bio, reviewing maps and other materials that would set the geographic and historic context for the Survivor's experience, preparing questions in advance of the Survivor's arrival, small group vs. large group settings, etc.) 2) USHMM resource list for pre- or follow-up research (website resources, Archives catalogue, etc.) 3) Suggestions for follow-up (sending student notes of appreciation to the Survivor) 4) Evaluation form (quality of service from the USHMM Speakers Bureau and suggestions/requests for future presentations) Have any of you developed a packet like this to use in conjunction with Survivor presentations at schools? If so, can you please share your experience with us - was it helpful to both your Speakers Bureau and the school? Was the reaction to it from teachers positive? Do you have suggestions about what worked well - or cautions about what didn't? Would you be willing to send us a copy of your packet? I look forward to hearing from any and all of you who can be helpful as we seek even more useful ways to maximize the powerful, informative and meaningful experience of connecting school audiences to Holocaust survivors ... to pass the legacy of witness and create a new generation of committed activists working to prevent hatred, prejudice, and indifference in the future. My best regards, Ellen Blalock Ellen Blalock Director Survivor Affairs and Speakers Bureau United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, D.C. 20024-2126 Tel: (202) 488 - 0414 Fax: (202) 488 - 2695 e-mail: EBlalock@USHMM.ORG