CSU Fresno: Teaching About the Holocaust

Description

In cooperation with the Kremen School of Education and Human Development at CSU Fresno, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is sponsoring a one-day teacher workshop, free of charge, to classroom, pre-service teachers, and community college educators of language arts and social studies, though all disciplines are welcomed. This workshop will focus on rationale, technology and resources for teaching about the Holocaust.

Contact name
Marshall, James
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
559-278-0240
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Duration
One day

CSU Long Beach Ninth Southern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education

Description

This forum, designed for secondary, pre-service, and community college educators, explores the content, methodologies, and rationales for teaching the history of the Holocaust; increases teachers' knowlege of the Holocaust; and examines contemporary issues associated with this history.

Contact name
Lubarsky, Marilyn
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
909-753-2458
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Contact Title
Regional Museum Educator
Duration
Three days
End Date

Teacher Workshop for Western States Educators

Description

This two-day workshop will bring up to 25 teachers from many western states schools to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Social studies and Language Arts teachers of grades 6-12 with five or fewer years of experience in teaching about the Holocaust are encouraged to apply. Educators from suburban and rural schools in these states are eligible: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY.

Teachers will use the Museum's exhibitions as their primary classroom as they learn the history of this tragic human event. Museum staff and scholars will then assist participants in exploring questions of rationale, content, and methodology in teaching the Holocaust.

Contact name
Hansen, Sheila
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
605-645-1810
Target Audience
6-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Regional Museum Educator
Duration
Two days
End Date

Teaching the Holocaust in the 21st Century: A Workshop in Jackson, Wyoming

Description

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in cooperation with the Teton County School District and the Jackson Hole Art Association, presents this one-day workshop, free of charge. This workshop will feature sessions on guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, new classroom-ready lessons from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and a Holocaust survivor speaking to participants. The workshop will also include a tour and hands-on learning in the USHMM traveling exhibit: "Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings."

Contact name
Bauman, Lisa
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
913-638-6527
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Regional Museum Educator
Duration
One day

University of Nevada, Reno: Teaching about the Holocaust

Description

In cooperation with the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is sponsoring a one-day teacher workshop, free of charge, to classroom, pre-service teachers, and community college educators of language arts and social studies, though all disciplines are welcomed. This workshop will focus on rationale, technology and resources for teaching about the Holocaust.

Contact name
Ferrara, Margaret
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
775-682-7530
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Duration
One day

San Jose State University Workshop: Teaching about the Holocaust

Description

In cooperation with the Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San Jose State University, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is sponsoring a one-day teacher workshop, free of charge, to classroom, pre-service teachers, and community college educators of language arts and social studies, though all disciplines are welcomed. This workshop will focus on rationale, technology, and resources for teaching about the Holocaust.

Contact name
Sussman, Bonnie
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
510-435-5846
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Regional Museum Educator
Duration
One day

CSU Sacramento Northern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education

Description

This forum, designed for secondary, pre-service, and community college educators, explores the content, methodologies, and rationales for teaching the history of the Holocaust; increases teachers' knowledge of the Holocaust; and examines contemporary issues associated with this history.

Contact name
Feinberg, Stephen
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
California State University; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
202-488-0456
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Duration
Three days
End Date

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellowship Program

Description

The Museum Teacher Fellowship is developing a national corps of skilled secondary school educators and community college faculty who serve as leaders in Holocaust education in their schools, their colleges, their communities, and their professional organizations. Beginning in 2009, up to 15 educators in grades 7 through 12 and community college faculty will be designated as Museum Teacher Fellows. These educators must show evidence of extensive knowledge of Holocaust history, successful teaching experience, and participation in community and professional organizations. They will participate in a five-day, all-expense paid summer institute at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC designed to immerse participants in advanced historical and pedagogical issues. Following the summer institute, Fellows are expected to create and implement an outreach project in their schools, colleges, communities, or professional organizations. In July of the following year, Fellows will attend a follow-up program at the Museum to assess their various efforts and to continue their study of the Holocaust with Museum staff and noted speakers.

Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Eligibility Requirements

Community college faculty and middle- and high-school history, social studies, foreign language, English, and journalism teachers, as well as librarians and instructional media specialists, are encouraged to apply for Museum Teacher Fellowships. Other content areas will also be considered. It is expected that applicants will have taught the Holocaust for a minimum of five years. Applicants must teach in United States schools.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
Participation in a five-day, all-expense paid summer institute at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
Location
Washington, DC

Densho: Social Studies CBA Curricula

Description

At this workshop, teachers may test curriculum produced by Densho, an award-winning leader in the field of oral history, while they gain expertise in working with oral histories in the classroom. The workshop will present innovative lessons that include primary sources drawn from Densho's Digital Archive of interviews, photos, and documents. The workshop will introduce new social studies units for elementary, middle, and high school that are aligned with Washington State Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs).

Sponsoring Organization
Densho
Phone number
206-320-0095
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Duration
Six hours

The President and Congress: Constitutional Principles and Practices That Have Shaped Our Understanding of the War Powers

Description

The seminar will explore the separation of powers as it applies to the allocation of responsibility between Congress and the president concerning national security and foreign policy powers. Presidents and legislators have been warring over the question since the earliest days of the republic. The nation's political experience suggests that there are sound arguments to be made on both sides. It also suggests that the issues are unlikely to be finally resolved anytime soon. As participants in this seminar shall see, the debate between President Bush and Congress concerning the war in Iraq is but a modern re-setting of an argument that prompted a spirited exchange on the war powers between James Madison and Alexander Hamilton in 1793. Indeed, it may be argued that there is very little to this debate that was not more or less fully anticipated by those two worthies four years after the Constitution was ratified. Through a series of focused historical readings, the seminar will begin by examining the foundations of the Framers' thought and some of the controversies that exhibit the founding principles at work during the early days of the Republic. Participants will go on from there to examine selected executive-congressional debates as they arose during later military conflicts, especially the Civil War, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the current conflict in the Mideast. The seminar will meet formally for three 90-minute sessions on four days of each week. Each of these sessions will be devoted to a particular set of readings and each of the participants will have a one-on-one session with Professor Uhlmann to discuss the best ways in which the lessons of the seminar might be converted to his or her particular classroom environment. Because the seminar takes place in Washington and devotes a great deal of time to the Founders' thoughts, it would be remiss if it did not take advantage of the knowledge of Pamela Scott, a noted Washington architectural historian, who will share ways in which the art and architecture of Washington reflects the principles of the American regime. The greater part of one day during each week, she will lead specially arranged tours, including Mount Vernon.

Contact name
Patton, Susannah
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Claremont Graduate University
Phone number
202-965-3335
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $2,000 stipend
Duration
Eleven days
End Date