*Secondary educators who attend all three full-day, history-centered sessions in 2010-2011 are eligible to receive one semester hour of graduate credit through Aurora University. Learn more about receiving graduate credit.
The Ethics of Medicine*
Secondary Educators (Grades 7-12)
Date: October 21, 2010
Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
From 1933-1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to “cleanse” German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation’s “health.” In connection with the Museum’s temporary exhibition, Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this workshop examines how Nazi leadership, in collaboration with individuals in the professions traditionally charged with healing and the public good, used science to help legitimize persecution, murder, and, ultimately, genocide. At this workshop, educators will explore these connections between ethics, morality, and history.
Teaching TrunkS
Elementary, Middle, and High School Educators (Grades K-12)
Date: November 4, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: University Center (Chicago)
IHMEC offers literature-based teaching trunks to classroom teachers free of charge. During this evening workshop, you will become familiar with the trunks, learning how to construct meaningful, age/grade appropriate lessons employing the included books, DVDs, teaching posters, resource and reference materials, and curriculum binder. With this understanding of trunk materials, you will have the tools you need to fulfill State and National Learning Standards and, more importantly, to inspire your students to make a difference.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State*
Secondary Educators (Grades 7-12)
Date: January 28, 2011
Time: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
This full-day, interactive workshop will explore in detail the decision-making process of the Nazis, the various stages of the development of Auschwitz, and the moral "gray zone" the existed inside this infamous camp. Please join Robert Jan Van Pelt, historical consultant of the BBC documentary series Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005) and author of The Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp and The Case for Auschwitz, as he provides a unique glimpse into the evolution of the site of the single largest mass murder in the history of humanity.
Generation to Generation:
Investigating and Using Adolescent Voices of Genocide and Atrocity Crimes
Secondary Educators (Grades 7-12)
Date: February 22, 2011
Time: 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: University Center (Chicago)
Centuries of inhumanity and genocide have inspired young people to document the effects and aftermath of these chapters of history on their lives. What do their voices tell us? How do we connect their voices to today – to our students and the classroom? How can we use their voices as a way for social studies and language arts teachers to approach this topic through interdisciplinary collaboration?
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Character Education for Elementary Classrooms
Elementary Educators (Grades 3-6)
Date: March 10, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: University Center (Chicago)
Bullying, stereotyping, and other negative behaviors interfere with learning and harm students’ self-esteem. You can create a positive classroom environment that allows students to thrive. Join us for this half-day workshop to discover strategies and tools to encourage mutual respect and foster a sense of community in your classroom.
Through the Holocaust & Genocide:
Tools to Empower Students to Enact Social Change
Secondary Educators (Grades 7-12)
Date: March 16, 2011
Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: University Center (Chicago)
By looking at the history of hate, students can better understand and empathize with the victims of genocide. With empathy comes empowerment. Nothing is more important than our students and giving them the tools to change society. From this workshop, educators will receive ideas and resources to use in the classroom.
Unspeakable Truths:
Confronting Terror, Murder and Memory in Argentina and Guatemala*
Secondary Educators (Grades 7-12)
Date: April 28, 2011
Time: 9:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: University Center (Chicago)
Between the late 1970s and late 1980s, Guatemala was torn by violence in a genocidal campaign against the Maya, which became known as “La Violencia.” From 1976 to 1980, Argentina’s eight-year “Dirty War” – a reign of terror thrust on to the Argentine people – resulted in thousands of deaths and at least 15,000 “disappearances.” Join us for a full-day workshop as we examine how these societies survived; their struggles for truth, justice, and peace; and the collective process of memory in the aftermath of genocide and mass atrocities.
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