Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior Summer Seminar
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Virtual
Discover new strategies for teaching the Holocaust that foster civic engagement, ethical reasoning, critical thinking, and empathy.
Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior Nashville Summer Seminar
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Nashville, TN
Explore student-centered lessons and strategies that guide educators and students through a study of pivotal moments in history and develop students’ ability to connect the past to the present and make informed choices in the future. This event will be hosted in person.
Voices of the Holocaust: New York Workshop
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In this workshop, participants will explore Jewish life in pre-war North Africa, highlighting the diversity of Jewish communities across Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia and integrating stories that are often marginalized in learning about historical Jewish life and the Holocaust. This event will be held in-person.
Holocaust and Human Behavior for Educators in Jewish Settings
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Developed specifically for educators in Jewish settings, this workshop serves as a follow-up experience to the Facing History and Ourselves Holocaust and Human Behavior seminar, to assist teachers in Jewish day schools and congregational schools as they tailor the material for their particular settings.
Challenging Racial and Religious Hatred in the Classroom
A look at recent teacher training sessions to support teachers in discussing racial and religious hatred in the classroom.
New Teaching Resources for They Called Us Enemy and Author Event with George Takei
Participating in our All Community Read? Our recommended resources can support you and your school as you learn about Japanese American incarceration.
Civic Learners, Civic Upstanders: A Residential Seminar for School District Teams
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Babson Park, MA
Grounded in Holocaust and Human Behavior and our principles of civic learning, this four-day in-person learning experience is designed to expand districts’ readiness to adopt Facing History programming. This event will be hosted in-person.
Samuel Bak’s Illuminations Audio Tour
This audio tour features commentary by Holocaust scholar Lawrence Langer on the 28 paintings in Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak’s Illuminations collection.
Refugees and Rescuers: The Courage to Act
Students explore the intertwined personal stories of Jewish refugees who attempted to flee to the United States and the American rescuers who intervened on their behalf.
Confronting Genocide Denial
Students will explore some of the causes and consequences of denying the Armenian Genocide and reflect on the role of public art to commemorate difficult histories.
European Jewish Life before World War II
Students analyze images and film that convey the richness of Jewish life across Europe at the time of the Nazis’ ascension to power.