Genocide and Human Rights Summer Institute

Description

This multi-date residential institute introduces teachers to the intertwined issues of genocide and human rights. In the late spring participants will be sent a series of extensive text, article, and resource readings. Participants will begin the residential sessions by defining the terms and learning about the philosophical and historical antecedents and common characteristics of genocides and human rights violations. The seminar will then turn toward exploring the historical, political, sociological/anthropological, and contemporary dimensions of genocide and human rights by focusing on the causes, courses, and consequences of the events. The case studies include: Armenia, the Holocaust, Ukrainian famine-genocide, Cambodian, Cyprus, El Salvador, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan genocidal episodes. Other examples that will be integrated and considered include the Irish famine, the indigenous peoples of the Americas, and the current status of human rights throughout the world.

The institute will also include a series of sessions on how to approach these subjects in the classroom, from the elementary to the high school level. Significant attention will be devoted to the complex methodological issues underlying the presentation of genocide in the classroom including the selection of teaching materials (secondary readings, primary sources, and documentary and entertainment films). Then participants will undertake the sharing of lesson plans developed as a part of the institute's program before concluding with a series of final sessions and considerations on the future prevention of genocide and an activist engagement with the subject.

As an ongoing part of the Institute and its mission, past participants and faculty will continue to function as a cohort after the institute is over by sharing completed lesson plans, developing additional curricular materials, and undertaking educational and public outreach programming.

Contact name
Bowers, J.D.
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Northern Illinois University
Phone number
815-753-6655
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$1,550 ($1,650 after 20 Apr 2009)
Course Credit
Participants are able to register for academic or professional development credit. The program is offered as an undergraduate and graduate course or as a continuing professional development institute, which will be certified to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Duration
Thirteen days
End Date

University of Missouri-St. Louis: Teaching about the Holocaust

Description

In cooperation with the College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 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.

Contact name
Sherman, Helene
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
314-516-6710
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Duration
One day

Illinois Holocaust Museum Chicago 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
Witt, Joyce
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
847-432-7575
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Museum Regional Educator
Duration
Three days
End Date

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Teaching About the Holocaust

Description

In cooperation with the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 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
Levitt, Greg
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Phone number
702-895-2067
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Assistant Dean, Curriculum and Instruction
Duration
One day

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