2009-2010 School Year

February 11, 2010 | Creating Character: Moving Beyond Anne Frank to Reach Young Learners

During this full-day interactive workshop, elementary educators will explore different literary approaches to discussing the history and lessons of the Holocaust and genocide. The accessibility of Anne Frank and the approach she took to sharing her experiences in hiding make it one of most well-read texts on the Holocaust. This workshop will provide educators with the tools and materials necessary to expand their resources and introduce their students to the wealth of literature that exists on the Holocaust and genocide.

December 10, 2009 | East and West: Investigating the Similarities and Differences During the Holocaust

Both students and teachers carry with them iconic images of the Holocaust without realizing that these are the product of experiences in a particular geographic area of Europe. This workshop will explore the similarities and differences between Nazi killing operations in western and eastern Europe. The topic will raise related questions of collaboration and resistance, as well as current ways in which governments address the legacy of genocide that was carried out on their soil. The workshop will include presentation, resources, teaching applications, and discussion.

November 4, 2009 | Starting with the Past, Reflecting on the Present: Introducing Lessons of the Holocaust to Younger Grades

This full-day interactive workshop will introduce elementary educators to strategies to teach about the lessons of the Holocaust and genocide without going into the depth of its horror and trauma. Employing the themes of character education, students will gain the foundation to develop strategies for connecting the lessons of the past to their world today. This foundation will prepare them for a study of the Holocaust and genocide at a later age. Topics such as neighborhood violence, bullying, self-identity and individual responsibility will be explored in relation to the history of the Holocaust and genocide.

October 22, 2009 | Mosaic of Victims: Non-Jews Persecuted and Murdered by the Nazis

Students are often unaware of the magnitude of the Nazis’ intent and their targeting of other groups for racial, ethnic, and political reasons. Join Dr. Geoffrey Giles, Associate Professor of History from the University of Florida, as he explores and discusses those deemed “undesirable” under the Nazi state.

2008-2009 School Year

May 14, 2009 | Confronting Genocide: Response, Punishment and Prevention

The workshop featured Australian human rights activist and lawyer Rebecca Hamilton. In this seven-minute podcast “Chicago teachers on genocide education” you can hear about some of the challenges five teachers in Chicago face in teaching about genocide to their students.

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Join noted human rights activist, author and attorney Rebecca Hamilton for a full-day, interactive workshop focusing on the history of genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Darfur, as well as an exploration of the universal response to justice, punishment and prevention of genocide.

Recently special assistant to the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and selected as a Global Young Leader on Genocide Prevention, Rebecca Hamilton was managing editor of the Harvard Journal of Human Rights and cofounder of the Darfur Action Group. Hamilton was involved in the formative stages of the Genocide Intervention Network and has worked with internally displaced populations in Sudan.