Part 1 of this 3-part series of programs will examine common beliefs and biases that often affect teacher and student ability to engage in necessary but difficult historical and current event conversations. This workshop will allow participants to explore instructional strategies designed to support anti-bias education and create supportive learning environments when the curriculum calls for teaching about difficult and controversial topics such as stereotypes, prejudice, racism, and antisemitism while reviewing the dark history of slavery and genocide. This session will be interactive, reflective and collaborative, while building teacher capacity to create and sustain learning environments that develop and promote a more humane and informed group of citizens.
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*Mileage reimbursement paid to teachers from outside Wake County – please contact mabramson919@gmail.com for more information.
Please download and print the following seven (7) handouts for the Reclaiming Our Humanity: Lessons of the Holocaust for Today workshop
Rationale for Teaching about the Holocaust – (Make two copies of this handout. Complete one and bring it to the program. Bring the second copy with you but leave it blank.
“The Holocaust As A Call to Conscience”
Ink Shedding Writing Activity #2
Other resources used during this workshop:
PDFs/Videos/Audio/Web Links:
Guidelines for Teaching about Genocide
The Ten Stages of Genocide Posters -Final
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated)
From the UN, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Links to Powerpoints, Videos, and Lessons Presented During the Workshop
October 11, 2019_ Genocides (1)
Follow Up Articles and Classroom Activities
Two Years After Charlottesville, These Women Are Taking The Alt-Right To Court
Smithsonian Article – World, Wake Up!
Genocide threat for Myanmar’s Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council
German Synagogue Shooting Was Far-Right Terror
Turkey Syria Offensive: Heavy Fighting on Second Day of Assault
Bios of Facilitators and Speakers
N.C. Holocaust Council Workshop Presenter BIO – Michelle McLaughlin (1)
Program Agenda
Reclaiming Our Humanity: Lessons of the Holocaust for Today: (Remembering Our Past: Teaching Difficult History)
8:30 am-4:00 pm
Agenda
Welcome, Overview, Logistics, Council Handbook 8:30-8:45
I. Historical Review of Genocide 8:45-9:55
A. A Chronology in Time
Transitional Break 9:55-10:00
B. The Holocaust 10:00-11:00
Transitional Break 11:00-11:05
C. Historical Review of Jim Crow 11:05-12:20
Catered Lunch 12:20-12:55
II. Holocaust survivor, Zev Harel, shares his story 12:55-2:05
Transitional Break 2:05-2:15
III. The Holocaust As A Call to Conscience 2:15-3:25
IV. Closing, Post Activities, and Evaluations 3:25-4:00
Reclaiming Our Humanity-Agenda Program #1
NC Council on the Holocaust Teacher Workshops 