For teachers, summer is a time to take a deep breath and relax. We schedule trips to the pool, the beach, the mountains, or wherever our spirits find refreshment. Spur of the moment adventures include excited children – or not! Stacks of summer reads lie scattered around the house. Some will be finished, others will not. Such is the way of summer break – scheduled but flexible.
Thankfully, Holocaust and human rights education fits right into all of this thanks to online learning. From one-time webinars to entire online courses, the variety and availability is amazing. To help you save time and plan well, here is a list of upcoming opportunities from the most well respected organizations we know:
Webinars:
From Echoes and Reflections:
June 18: Creating Context for Teaching Night
June 26: Addressing Holocaust Demial and Distortion
July 10: American Nazis: A Night at the Garden– Film and director Q&A
July 11: Examining Prewar Jewish Life in Poland
July 22: The Price of Forgetting
July 25: Teaching with the Pyramid of Hate
Junly 31: Examining Stages of Genocide: Polarization and Preparation
August 8: Spotlight on Contemporary Antisemitism after Charlottsville
August 12: The German-Jewish Response to the Rise of the Nazis
August 21: Teaching with Testimony: Focus on Contemporary Antisemitism
August 22: The Kindertransport: Rescue at a Cost
From Facing History and Ourselves:
June 13: Celebrating Pride: A Conversation with Nancy Kates on Brother Outsider
June 26: Teaching PSHE to Enable Critical Engagement in the Classroom (Part 1)
July 3: Teaching PSHE to Enable Critical Engagement in the Classroom (Part 2)
Online Courses:
From Echoes and Reflections:
From July 8th – August 2nd and again From August 5th – August 30th: Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students -3 part program
From Facing History and Ourselves:
Ongoing Self-Paced Workshops: Getting Started with Holocaust and Human Behavior and Teaching Red Scarf Girl
Yad Vashem:
Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present (Free)
The Holocaust – an Introduction (Free – in collaboration with Tel Aviv University)
Registration Fee Required for These Courses:
Holocaust Education for Elementary and Middle School Prewar Jewish Life Germany 1918-1943 Life in the Ghettos
Auschwitz: History of a Death Camp The “Final Solution of the Jewish Problem” Commemoration and Remembrance
Recordings of Past Webinars:
Echoes and Reflections IWitness Teaching History and Ourselves
Have a great summer and never stop learning!!