Teaching Genocide and Human Rights
June 21 to June 25, 2010
8:30am — 4:30pm, plus 2 evening sessions
Prerequisite: Participation in Holocaust Institute or 2+ years in Holocaust education
The Genocide and Human Rights Institute, a five-day intensive academic institute for teachers, will provide local, regional and national educators the tools, knowledge and materials to implement genocide and human rights education into language arts and social sciences curricula.
Using the lessons of the Holocaust, teachers will begin to understand the issues of human rights violations and genocides that have occurred in the 20th and 21st centuries, including but not limited to Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda, the Balkans and Sudan. Teachers will learn this history firsthand through the testimonies of genocide survivors and renowned scholars. Each institute day will include historical perspectives, pedagogical breakout sessions, and methodological discussion.
- 30 CPDUs
- Graduate Credit: 3 semester hours available through Aurora University ($300)
Featured Facilitators
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Dr. Mary Johnson Senior Historian and Consultant, Facing History and Ourselves |
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Malual Awak President, Sudanese Community Association of Illinois |
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Dr. Eric Reeves Professor of English Language and Literature, Smith College Author, Sudan Researcher & Analyst |
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Professor Harry Reicher University of Pennsylvania Law School Scholar-in-Residence at Touro Law School |
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Carl Wilkens Rescuer, Humanitarian, & Genocide Activist Co-Founder & President, World Outside My Shoes |
Skokie, IL