Foundations for Teaching the Holocaust: Implementing the Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act

8:30-9:00: Introductions and Overview of the Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act and Curriculum Resources for NC teachers

• Overview of the Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act and Resources Slide Deck
• Trainer Guide to Presenting Foundational Lessons
• Teaching a Holocaust Elective Resources
• NC Holocaust Files Videos
• Biography of Gizella Abramson

9:00-10:30: Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust and Rationale for Teaching the Holocaust

• Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust Slide Deck
• USHMM Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust Video
• Handout for Guidelines Activity
• Excerpt from The Assignment
• Define the Holocaust: Echoes and Reflections Lesson Comparing Different Definitions of the Holocaust
• Avoid Simple Answers to Complex Questions: USHMM Challenges of Escape Lesson
• Research about Holocaust Simulations:
  • https://www.adl.org/resources/tools-and-strategies/why-simulation-activities-should-not-be-used
  • https://echoesandreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WhySimulationActivitiesShouldNotBeUsed.pdf 
  • https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/9/22745966/holocaust-lesson-regret/ 
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bsfi9WXLXPFLdpifkd-Hy4fAC7oRc1FO/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107961532611341832976&rtpof=true&sd=true 
• Rationale for Teaching the Holocaust Slide Deck
• Rationale for Teaching the Holocaust Teacher Handout
• Video: The Myth of Race: Debunked

10:30-10:45: Break

10:45-12:15: Photo Narrative and Interactive Timeline Lesson and Salvaged Pages

• Photo Narrative Slide Deck
• Photo Narrative Lesson Plan from USHMM
• Photographs of the Holocaust for Photo Narrative PDF (print two to a page)
• Timeline Lesson Slide Deck
• Timeline Lesson Student Handout
• Timeline Lesson NC Survivor PDF (print two to a page)
• Timeline Lesson Salvaged Pages Layer PDF (print two to a page)
• Click here to order the FREE timeline layer cards from the USHMM

12:15-1:15: Lunch

1:15-2:45 PM: Using Salvaged Pages in the Classroom

• Salvaged Pages Slide Deck
• I’m Still Here Documentary of Salvaged Pages
• I’m Still Here Student Handout
• Multimedia edition of Salvaged Pages
• Alexandra Zapruder Video about Klaus Langer
• Klaus Langer Video About Emigration
• Instructions for Visual Journal/Assignments of Diaries
• Student Handouts for Visual Journal of Salvaged Pages
• Salvaged Pages Diary Chart
• Salvaged Pages Theme Matrix

2:45-3:00: Break

3:00-3:50: Holocaust Survivor, 2G or 3G Speaker