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Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
All Day
Workshops
Feb 1, 2021 (All Day) Sign up for Echoes & Reflections' first 3-Part Online Course of 2021, which includes new interactive learning tools that create a more collaborative environment for educators as they enhance their Holocaust teaching skills and guide students in building a brighter future. Click for more info |
My Father Was a Nazi
My Father Was a Nazi
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 2, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Feb 2, 2021 at 3:00pm Arthur Wollschlaeger was a highly decorated German tank commander during the second World War and was awarded the Iron Cross by Adolf Hitler himself. In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, hear from his son Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, a convert to Judaism, who will share his spiritual journey of coming to terms with his father's past. Click for more info |
Liberate History: Connecting Themes of Holocaust Education and African American History
Liberate History: Connecting Themes of Holocaust Education and African American History
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 4, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 4, 2021 at 4:00pm To honor Black History Month, join Echoes & Reflections and Demetrius Hobson from Liberate History, an organization that curates African American History lessons, who will share resources to support instruction of African American History in the U.S., and engage in conversations on connections to Holocaust education. Click for more info
BESA: Courage and Humanity during the Holocaust
BESA: Courage and Humanity during the Holocaust
3:30pm - 4:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 4, 2021 at 3:30pm Ends Feb 4, 2021 at 4:30pm Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University and American Society for Yad Vashem to learn about the experiences of Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Click for more info |
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Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust
Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust
3:30pm - 5:00pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 9, 2021 at 3:30pm Ends Feb 9, 2021 at 5:00pm Centropa and Holocaust Museum Houston are pleased to offer "Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust," a professional development webinar. Click for more info |
New Lesson Exploration: Prewar Jewish Life
New Lesson Exploration: Prewar Jewish Life
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 11, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 11, 2021 at 4:00pm Echoes & Reflections is proud to launch a new, unique lesson on prewar Jewish life with a focus on the lives of six teenagers from different countries. This webinar will guide educators through this new lesson to support classroom instruction and help students gain a deep understanding of the diversity of prewar Jewish life. Click for more info
The Nazi Olympics
The Nazi Olympics
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 11, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 11, 2021 at 4:00pm The Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education presents "The Nazi Olympics," open to educators, students, and members of the community. Click for more info
Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy
Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy
3:30pm - 6:30pm
(3h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 11, 2021 at 3:30pm Ends Feb 11, 2021 at 6:30pm Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Keane University and Echoes & Reflections for this webinar where 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. Click for more info
Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust
Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust
4:30pm - 6:00pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 11, 2021 at 4:30pm Ends Feb 11, 2021 at 6:00pm Centropa and Holocaust Museum Houston are pleased to offer "Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust," a professional development webinar. Click for more info |
Acts of Resistance: Love Stories of the Holocaust
Acts of Resistance: Love Stories of the Holocaust
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 12, 2021 at 8:30am Ends Feb 12, 2021 at 9:00am Join United States Holocaust Memorial Museum historians on Facebook Live to learn how love became an act of resistance for people persecuted by the Nazi regime. Click for more info |
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Hitler's Helpers: Perpetrators & Collaborators
Hitler's Helpers: Perpetrators & Collaborators
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 16, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Feb 16, 2021 at 3:00pm The Nazis never could have committed the vast scale of destruction of the Holocaust alone. Join Echoes & Reflections and Dr. Efraim Zuroff, chief Nazi-hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, who will give insight into how people became willing collaborators to persecute and murder the Jews during the Holocaust. Click for more info |
New iWitness Activities to Support Teaching with Echoes & Reflections' Updated Units
New iWitness Activities to Support Teaching with Echoes & Reflections' Updated Units
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 18, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 18, 2021 at 4:00pm iWitness has created a new series of 10-minute, daily testimony-based lessons, Mindful Explorations, that support SEL and can extend student learning with Echoes & Reflections. Using testimony clips on the themes of identity, gratitude, and resilience, this webinar will model the activities that can support instruction with our revised Units. Click for more info |
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Deep Dive into Unit 3: Nazi Germany & the Kristallnacht Pogrom
Deep Dive into Unit 3: Nazi Germany & the Kristallnacht Pogrom
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 22, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 22, 2021 at 4:00pm How did the Nazis reinforce their antisemitic ideology and escalate hate? Join this Echoes & Reflections webinar to explore our updated Nazi Germany Unit, which includes an expanded lesson on the Kristallnacht Pogrom, and help students develop an understanding and draw conclusions about the rise of Nazi Germany. Click for more info
So You Think You Know Anne Frank?
So You Think You Know Anne Frank?
3:30pm - 4:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 22, 2021 at 3:30pm Ends Feb 22, 2021 at 4:30pm Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University to examine four different stage adaptations of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Click for more info |
From Segregation to Liberation: African American Soldiers and the Holocaust
From Segregation to Liberation: African American Soldiers and the Holocaust
2:15pm - 3:15pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 23, 2021 at 2:15pm Ends Feb 23, 2021 at 3:15pm In recognition of Black History Month, join the Holocaust Resource Center of Keane University for a conversation about Dr. Leon Bass, an American liberator of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and the history of segregated military units during World War II. Click for more info |
A Study of the Holocaust & Social Emotional Learning
A Study of the Holocaust & Social Emotional Learning
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 24, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 24, 2021 at 4:00pm The updated Echoes & Reflections Units now support connections to Social-Emotional Learning and Standards. In this webinar, gain access to recommended strategies from the Units that can support students to engage respectfully and thoughtfully with diverse ideas, histories, and people as they study the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Pre-Service Teacher Conference: Holocaust Refugees & Contemporary Perspectives
Pre-Service Teacher Conference: Holocaust Refugees & Contemporary Perspectives
7:45am - 11:00am
(3h 15m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 26, 2021 at 7:45am Ends Feb 26, 2021 at 11:00am Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University & Facing History and Ourselves to learn more about the immigration process for Holocaust refugees. Click for more info |
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Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
All Day
Workshops
Mar 1, 2021 (All Day) Sign up for a 3-Part Online Course: "Teaching about Contemporary Antisemitism," for a self-paced and facilitator-guided exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Click for more info |
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A Recipe for a Better Future: Holocaust Education & Civic Engagement
A Recipe for a Better Future: Holocaust Education & Civic Engagement
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 2, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Mar 2, 2021 at 4:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, educators will learn about how the Holocaust and civic engagement can be taught side by side to help students gain an understanding of how words, actions, and policies matter and prepare them to be effective global citizens. Click for more info |
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The Holocaust at the Crossroad of Empire: West & Sub-Saharan African Approaches to African, Holocaust, and Jewish Studies
The Holocaust at the Crossroad of Empire: West & Sub-Saharan African Approaches to African, Holocaust, and Jewish Studies
11:00am - 2:30pm
(3h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Mar 4, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Mar 4, 2021 at 2:30pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a half-day workshop exploring the history of the Jews of West and Sub-Saharan Africa and the importance of African perspectives to Holocaust history. Click for more info
The Female Voice: Women in the Holocaust
The Female Voice: Women in the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 4, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Mar 4, 2021 at 3:00pm To mark Women's History Month in March, this Echoes & Reflections webinar explores the female responses to the challenges that they faced during the Holocaust and examines and the struggle to hold on to identity. Click for more info
HMMSA Reads "Mila 18"
HMMSA Reads "Mila 18"
5:30pm - 6:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 4, 2021 at 5:30pm Ends Mar 4, 2021 at 6:30pm Join Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio for their HMMSA Reads program as they discuss "Mila 18" by Leon Uris. 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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