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Thursday, October 1, 2020
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Zoom
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Description:
The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email one hour before the start of the program.
In today’s society, news and information increasingly circulate
through platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a conversation
addressing the critical issues around social media. In a space where
misinformation and bias are so common, how do we engage with each other
online in a civil and informed manner? What level of control should
social media platforms exert over the content shared on their platforms?
Is it their responsibility to regulate or call attention to
misinformation or bias in posts, images, and ads, or is it solely up to
users to engage with social media critically?
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a conversation moderated by Lata Nott, attorney and Fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum, with Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Amy S. Mitchell, Director of Journalism Reserach at Pew Research Center; and Dave Sifry,
Vice President of the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) for the
Anti-Defamation League. The program will include a special introduction
from Joel Schwitzer, Regional Director, AJC Dallas.
Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used.
About the PanelistsJameel Jaffer is the Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Under his leadership, the Institute has filed precedent-setting litigation, undertaken major interdisciplinary research initiatives, and become an influential voice in debates about the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age. Until August 2016, Jaffer served as deputy legal director at the ACLU, where he oversaw the organization’s work on free speech, privacy, technology, national security, and international human rights. Jaffer is a graduate of Williams College, Cambridge University, and Harvard Law School.
Amy S. Mitchell is Director of Journalism Research at Pew Research Center. She is responsible for the Center’s research related to news and information, including how the public accesses, engages with and creates news, what news organizations are providing, and how technology is changing all of these elements. Mitchell is an expert in research design, methods evaluation, analysis and writing. She specializes in how technology is changing the flow of news information today and the influence of political identity on news choices. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, Mitchell was a congressional research associate at the American Enterprise Institute.
Dave Sifry is Vice President of the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) for the Anti-Defamation League. In this role, Sifry leads a team developing proactive solutions and producing cutting-edge research to protect vulnerable populations. In its efforts to advocate change at all levels of society, CTS serves as a vital resource to legislators, journalists, universities, community organizations, tech platforms and anyone who has been a target of online hate and harassment. Sifry joined ADL in 2019 after a storied career as a technology entrepreneur and executive, founding six companies including Linuxcare and Technorati.
About the ModeratorLata Nott is an attorney with expertise in the intersection of law, technology, and expression. She is a Fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum, an organization dedicated to fostering First Amendment freedoms for all. Nott formerly was the assistant director of admissions at the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to that, she was a litigator in New York City where she maintained an active pro-bono practice focused on asylum cases and developed a proficiency in legal issues surrounding the Internet, data privacy, and cybersecurity. She graduated from the University of California, Davis, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations. She earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2010.
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Monday, October 5, 2020
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Webinar
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Description:
Our recent survey of U.S. college students shows Holocaust education is effective in building empathy, tolerance, and open mindedness.
Join Echoes & Reflections' October Online Course to gain the knowledge and tools to teach the lessons of the Holocaust and make a difference in your students' lives and guide them to build a better future.
Three interactive learning modules released over three weeks. Module I: First Week of the Course Module II: Second Week of the Course Module III: Third Week of the Course Optional Final Project due the Fourth Week of the CourseThis program introduces learners to:Classroom-ready comprehensive print and online resourcesSound pedagogy for teaching about the HolocaustInstructional pathways to help students learn about the complex history of the HolocaustBackground information on the history of antisemitismStrategies to incorporate a range of primary sources, including visual history testimony, to classroom instruction
All the Details:Program includes three interactive modules released over three weeksApproximately 6 hours to complete in total – at no costProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsReceive a certificate of completion and join a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocideFinal module includes additional time to complete optional project for a 10-hour certificate
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Zoom
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Description:
Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-2015 is the first study of the cultural legacy of Spaniards imprisoned and killed during the Second World War in the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen. Diverse accounts from survivors of Mauthausen, chronicled in letters, artwork, photographs, memoirs, fiction, film, theatre, and new media, illustrate how Spaniards have become cognizant of the Spanish government’s relationship to the Nazis and its role in the victimization of Spanish nationals in Mauthausen. By examining narratives about Spanish Mauthausen victims over the past seventy years, author Sara J. Brenneis provides a historical, critical, and chronological analysis of a virtually unknown body of work.
Sara J. Brenneis is Professor of Spanish at Amherst College in Massachusetts. She has published three books that examine the interplay between fiction and history in 20th Century Spain, with a particular focus on Spain's legacy during World War II: Spain, the Second World War and the Holocaust: History and Representation (U Toronto P, 2020), coedited with Gina Herrmann; Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-2015 (U Toronto P, 2018); and Genre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain (Purdue UP, 2014).
Presented by the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Center for Austrian Studies, and Department of Spanish and Portuguese; cosponsored by the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (Western Washington University), the University of Graz (Austria), and the Centro Sefarad-Israel (Madrid).
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact Joe Eggers at egger207@umn.edu by Tuesday, September 22nd.
Register here.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join
Holocaust Museum Houston for the fourth lecture in their 2020 Latinx
Heritage Month Virtual Lecture and Film Series. This month, Holocaust Museum Houston will be
hosting authors and scholars who have contributed to highlighting Latinx
history, identity, culture, and cross-cultural collaborations.
The
1937 Haitian Massacre was a mass killing that took place October 2 - 5
1937 against Haitians living along the Dominican Republic's northwestern
frontier and in certain parts of the contiguous Cibao region. Dominican
Army troops known as la guardia came from different areas of the
country and carried out the massacre on the orders of Dominican dictator
Rafael Trujillo. In this multimedia presentation and poetry reading,
author, educator and performer Jasminne Méndez will discuss the history
of the events leading up to the Haitian Massacre and the devastating
physical and psychological impact it left on both Haitians and
Dominicans in its aftermath. Jasminne will also discuss her own
connection to the massacre and her creative process while writing and
assembling her forthcoming book Machete which uses persona poems and
performance techniques to tell the story of the massacre.
Jasminne Méndez is a poet, educator and award-winning author. She is the author of two poetry/prose collections Island of Dreams (Floricanto Press, 2013) which won an International Latino Book Award, and Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry (Arte
Publico Press, 2018). She is an MFA graduate of the creative writing
program at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University
and a University of Houston alumni. Her second YA memoir, A Bucket of Dirty Water: Memories of my Girlhood, and her debut picture book, Josefina’s Habichuelas (Arte Público Press), will be released in 2021.
Admission
is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Advance
registration is required, as guests will receive a private Zoom link.
Register here.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
at 8:30am -
9:00am
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Workshops
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Facebook Live
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Description:
As they recognize Hispanic Heritage Month, join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
for a discussion about individuals who sought or provided refuge in
Latin America during and after the Holocaust. Chilean immigrant Dr.
Natalio Berman, who was a Parliament member, helped 68 Jews escape Nazi
Europe and find safe haven in his adopted country despite tight
immigration restrictions. Repeated torture by the Gestapo didn’t stop
Chilean native and French resistance member Maria Edwards from risking
her life to rescue Jewish children bound for concentration camps. Latin
America also became a refuge for some of the most despicable Holocaust
perpetrators.
The live program will be in Spanish. English subtitles will be added later for viewing on demand.
SpeakerAlejandra Morales Stekel, Holocaust researcher and educator, former director of the Interactive Jewish Museum of Chile
ModeratorJaime Monllor, International Outreach Officer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum. You do not need a Facebook account to view their program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the USHMM's Facebook page.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Why do people leave their homes? What is the meaning of borders? As an educator, what is my responsibility in constructing welcoming and inclusive communities? Using the Re-Imagining Migration Learning Framework, as well as the Echoes & Reflections principles of pedagogy, this webinar will prepare teachers to explore how they can discuss the theme of migration before and after the Holocaust. Echoes & Reflections will ground this conversation in the escalation of hate in Nazi Germany, the need - and lack - of international intervention during the Holocaust. Re-imagining Migration will focus on utilizing their learning arc, resources, and pedagogy to engage in these conversations in today’s classroom.
Register here.
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Thursday, October 8, 2020
at 2:30pm -
4:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College, with facilitation by Echoes & Reflections, will present a FREE two-part workshop on propaganda and media literacy, utilizing the Holocaust as a case study.
Facilitated by Echoes & Reflections. This is a joint program of ADL, USC Shoah Foundation, and Yad Vashem. Free 2-Day Online Program for 3 Hr Professional Development Credits
This is one program divided into two days. To participate registration needs to been done for October 8th & October 15th.
Media literacy skills have become essential for young people to successfully navigate and critically assess the ever-increasing amount of information they receive throughout their day - on social media, advertisements, television, and film. Therefore, it is crucial for students to comprehend and identify how media, both historically and in contemporary society, can be used as a tool to incite hate and violence against certain groups. This learning opportunity examines the events of the Holocaust through the lens of media, by examining propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minorities. Educators will gain the tools to facilitate classroom discussions on the role and impact of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust and support their students to critically analyze media in today’s world.
Register here.
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Monday, October 12, 2020
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3:00pm
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Workshops
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Webinar
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Description:
As part of the Nazi world view of "restructuring" Europe, ethnic groups such as the Sinti and Roma were branded as a dangerous threat and were violently targeted. This webinar, presented by Dr. David Deutsch, a Yad Vashem educator, will focus on the persecution of this group.
Register here.
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Monday, October 12, 2020
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the fifth and final lecture in their 2020 Latinx Heritage Month Virtual Lecture and Film Series. Over the last month, Holocaust Museum Houston has hosted authors and scholars who have contributed to highlighting Latinx history, identity, culture, and cross-cultural collaborations.
Dr. González will speak about her book Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights. This book examines the gendered and class-conscious political activism of Mexican-origin people in Texas from 1900 to 1950. In particular, it questions the inter-generational agency of Mexicans and Mexican Americans who subscribed to particular race, ethnic, class, and gender ideologies as they encountered barriers and obstacles in a society that often treated Mexicans as a nonwhite minority. Middle-class trans-border activists sought to redeem the Mexican masses from body politic exclusions in part by encouraging them to become identified with the nation-state. Redeeming la raza was as much about saving them from traditional modes of thought and practices that were perceived as hindrances to progress as it was about saving them from race and class-based forms of discrimination that were part and parcel of modernity.
Dr. Gabriela González is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio where she teaches courses on the US-Mexico borderlands, Latinx history, women’s history and historical methods. She received her Ph.D. in U.S. history from Stanford University in 2005 and is a Ford Foundation Diversity Fellow.
This event is pre-recorded and will be followed by a LIVE Q&A with Dr. Gabriela González
Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required.
Register here.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email one hour before the start of the program.
From 1932 to 1933, Josef Stalin and the government of the Soviet
Union deliberately created a famine in Ukraine. Through collectivization
and forced exports, with the purpose of destroying Ukrainian
nationalism and those who opposed Stalin’s rule, Ukraine was stripped of
the grain that fed its population. Millions of Ukrainians died of
starvation. Join Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Chief Education Officer, for
an introduction to the Holodomor.
The History Highlights series features Holocaust and human rights
topics presented by Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum historians and educators. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for high school students and adults.
About Dr. Sara Abosch-JacobsonDr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson is the Chief Education,
Programs, and Exhibitions Officer for the Dallas Holocaust and Human
Rights Museum. An experienced educator, she has researched, taught and
written on Jewish culture and history. She holds a PhD in modern
European and Jewish history, an MA in modern British and Jewish history,
and an MA in Political Science with a concentration in Civil/Military
Relations.
Register here.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
at 8:30am -
9:00am
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Workshops
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Location:
Facebook Live
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Description:
Johann Niemann joined the Nazi Party at age 18.
He was not only a true believer in Nazi racist ideology, but also an
opportunist seeking to rise above his humble origins. Niemann
demonstrated his loyalty by becoming a guard at a concentration camp,
participating in the systematic murder of people with disabilities at
“euthanasia” facilities, and then facilitating the mass slaughter of
tens of thousands of Polish Jews. For this, he was rewarded with a
promotion to deputy commandant of the Sobibor killing center when he was
just 29. Niemann was so proud of his "glory days" that he documented
his journey in private photo albums, which are now part of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s
collection. Join USHMM on the anniversary of the prisoner uprising at
Sobibor to learn how an “ordinary German” so quickly became a
professional killer and died at the hands of those he sought to
obliterate.
SpeakerAnatol Steck, Project Director of International Archival Programs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
ModeratorDr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum. You do not need a Facebook account to view their program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the USHMM's Facebook page.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
at 10:30am -
11:30am
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education's (chhange) October Virtual Lunch & Learn, Islamophobia and Antisemitism: Challenges and Bridges, will be led by Dr. Mehnaz Afridi of Manhattan College.
Dr. Afridi will discuss historical, political, and religious dimensions of antisemitism and Islamophobia. She will share her work on both and display the ways in which this racism has resurfaced in the United States and Europe. In Shoah through Muslim Eyes, her last book, she discusses her journey with Judaism as a Muslim. Her work is based on the struggle of antisemitism within Muslim communities and her interviews with survivors. She hopes to create bridges between Jews and Muslims by showing the similarities and challenges.
Dr. Mehnaz Afridi is an Associate Professor of Religious studies and Director of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College. She teaches courses on Islam, the Holocaust, Genocide, and issues of gender within Islam. Her recent book Shoah through Muslim Eyes (Academic Studies Press, 2017) was nominated for the Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research and the Jacob Schnitzer Book Award. She is currently working on a book, The Wounded Muslim, (Lexington Books, 2023). In 2019 she was awarded the Costello Award for teaching excellence in the School of Liberal Arts at Manhattan College. Dr. Afridi obtained her PhD from University of South Africa, her M.A. and B.A. from Syracuse University.1 hour of Professional Development Provided. Pre-registration is required for Zoom URL.
Register here.Admission is FREE for Chhange Members & Brookdale CC Students and Staff. Suggested donation of $10 for Non-Members. Click here to become a member.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Emily is the proud grandchild of two Romanian Holocaust survivors. She will share the story of her grandmother, Lilly, who was raised on a dairy farm in a small town in Transylvania and then survived Auschwitz and Stutthof concentration camps alongside her older sister, Sarah. Emily is currently working on a book about her grandmother's story and her own identity as a third generation Holocaust survivor. Additionally, Emily will share her personal experience with inter-generational trauma and how it has impacted her life.Emily GreenspanEmily grew up with a deep connection to her family's Ashkenazi culture, and though she was fascinated by her connection to the Holocaust, she never knew the full story of what her grandparents went through until after they passed. Thanks to the Shoah Foundation, personal family research, a trip to Romania and Poland, and the support of 3GNY, she was able to connect the dots.Like some people who carry intergenerational trauma, Emily tends toward anxiety and perfectionism. In the past few years, she learned she has a responsibility to heal herself and to prioritize her well-being above her work. Through some fairly common as well as less-conventional routes (including talk therapy, somatic work, SCUBA dive training, journaling, yoga asana, and silent meditation), she has begun to heal from the trauma that her grandparents never fully had the chance to.Emily is a college counselor and works primarily with low-income high school students, which she loves in part because it enables her to support those who are denied the right to a quality education just because of who they are.
Register here.
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Thursday, October 15, 2020
at 2:30pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley
Community College, with facilitation by Echoes & Reflections, will
present a FREE two-part workshop on propaganda and media literacy,
utilizing the Holocaust as a case study.
Facilitated by Echoes & Reflections. This is a joint program of ADL, USC Shoah Foundation, and Yad Vashem. Free 2-Day Online Program for 3 Hr Professional Development Credits
This is one program divided into two days. To participate registration needs to been done for October 8th & October 15th.
Media
literacy skills have become essential for young people to successfully
navigate and critically assess the ever-increasing amount of information
they receive throughout their day - on social media, advertisements,
television, and film. Therefore, it is crucial for students to
comprehend and identify how media, both historically and in contemporary
society, can be used as a tool to incite hate and violence against
certain groups. This learning opportunity examines the events of the
Holocaust through the lens of media, by examining propaganda deployed by
the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minorities. Educators
will gain the tools to facilitate classroom discussions on the role and
impact of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust and support their
students to critically analyze media in today’s world.
Register here.
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Saturday, October 17, 2020
at 8:30am -
11:30am
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
What is Centropa?
Centropa, a Jewish historical institute based in Vienna, interviewed
1,200 elderly Jews living in 15 European countries. We didn’t use video
or focus on the Holocaust, but asked our respondents to tell us their
entire life stories spanning the 20th c. as they showed us their old
family photographs.
Centropa offers teachers a database of
thousands of annotated photos, hundreds of interviews, and scores of
award-winning, short multimedia films (none longer than 30
minutes)—ideal for creating virtual or in-class projects that teach
digital literacy, promote critical thinking, increase global awareness,
all found at http://www.centropa.org, and all free of charge. Each
summer we bring the most innovative teachers to the great cities of
Central Europe to travel with 80 teachers from 15 countries—in 2021 we
will be in Vienna.
Teachers use Centropa resources to teach history, Holocaust, social studies, ELA, art, foreign language,filmmaking, photography, technology, and civics.
What makes Centropa different? Their approach to 20th century history and Holocaust education:
Teachers should teach how Jews lived, not only how they died—and Centropa gives you the resources to do so;Students
relate to our stories because they get to know survivors from their
childhood through old age, and connect to their stories of growing up,
overcoming hardship, and resilience;Their pedagogy: no boxed curriculum - you decide how Centropa’s resources work for you.Their emphasis on teachers: veteran Centropa teachers share their classroom-tested lessons;Cross-competency
projects: their Milton Wolf Prize empowers students to learn how to be
active citizens, find a passion project, and educate people how to get
involved;Their international teachers network: since 2007
Centropa has brought over 600 teachers together and they have been
forming partnerships with each other while connecting their students,
too.
Questions? Contact Lauren Granite, Centropa’s US Education Director, at granite@centropa.org, or Wendy Warren, Holocaust Museum Houston Director of Education, at wwarren@hmh.org.
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