Echoes and Reflections: A Multi-Media Curriculum on the Holocaust
Teacher Workshop for ESU 2
October 5, 2011
The Institute for Holocaust Education and the Anti-Defamation League
TO:Social Studies/HistoryTeachersGrades7-12
English/Language Arts Teachers Grades 7-12
FROM:Diane Wolfe
RE:Workshop opportunity
Echoes and Reflections- A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust
The following workshop is offered to Social Studies/History and English/Language Arts teachers who teach in grades 7-12. A multi-media curriculum notebook (a value of $100.00) will be provided to all who attend the workshop. This workshop is required for educators who would like to have their students participate in visits from Robbie Waisman, a child survivor of Buchenwald, and his American liberator, Leon Bass, in March of 2012.
Echoes and Reflections: A Multi-Media Curriculum on the Holocaust
Date:October 5, 2011
Time:8:30 am - 12:30 pm (lunch to follow)
Location: ESU 2,2320 N. Colorado Ave., Fremont, NE68026
Cost: $20
Echoes and Reflections is a comprehensive curriculum that delivers the pedagogical expertise of the Anti-Defamation League, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, and YadVashem (Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Israel). Rich with visual history testimony integrated into 10 multi-part lessons, this educational resource offers curriculum connections to contemporary issues of diversity, prejudice and bigotry, and modern-day genocide. More information on the Echoes and Reflections curriculum can be viewed by visit the following link: .
Facilitators from the Institute for Holocaust Educationwill guide participants through a four-hour training. Participantsmust be present for the entire workshop and complete an evaluation for using the curriculum. There is a $20 registrationfee for this workshop. Your completed evaluations at the end of the workshop are required in order for you to receive the curriculum notebook and teaching resources (a value of $100.00). Snacks and lunch will be included.
Registration Directions and Workshop survey on the Following Pages
REGISTRATION FORM
Echoes and Reflections: A Multi-Media Curriculum on the Holocaust
Teacher Workshop at ESU 2
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Anti-Defamation League and the Institute for Holocaust Education
Please complete the following and send with your $20 check by September 26, 2011to:
Institute for Holocaust Education
333 S. 132nd Street
Omaha, NE68154
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School Name ______
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You can also register online at (Click on the Echoes and Reflections Workshop link on the right-hand side on the home page.)
For more information on the workshop, please contact Laura Stastny at r 402-334-6576.
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Pre-Workshop Survey for Echoes and Reflections
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Please take a moment to answer the questions below and return to . This will help us meet your needs during the training program. Thank you.
Name:School/ESU:
Position/Grade:
School Address:
Home Address:
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- Do you teach a unit on the Holocaust? How long is this unit?
- Please describe the unit you teach.
- What resources/materials do you currently use to teach the Holocaust?
- Please describe Holocaust training you have received in the past, if any.
- This training will specifically cover the materials in Echoes and Reflections - A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust. Although you may not yet be familiar with this curriculum, please list below any specific questions you would like to see addressed about the pedagogy of teaching the Holocaust or other concerns we might be able to address during the workshop.
- Using the 1-5 scale below, please rate your knowledge of the following topics.
1= Not knowledgeable at all 2=minimally knowledgeable 3=somewhat knowledgeable 4=very knowledgeable 5=expert
______I know the history of the Holocaust
______I know which Holocaust materials/curriculum are age-appropriate for my students
______I am familiar with reliable web sites and media dealing with Holocaust materials