Holocaust Studies for Educators: A 21st
Century Challenge
Spring Semester Course*:
Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00
January 28, 2003-May 6, 2003
Mayerson Hall Auditorium at Hebrew Union College -Jewish Institute
of Religion
*Enrollment is limited. Upon acceptance into this course, $98 is
required to cover costs of materials.
Holocaust Studies for Educators: A 21st Century Challenge is a
multidisciplinary teacher training program at the graduate-level
developed for teachers, education professionals, administrators
and graduate students in the Tri-state area.
The core course is offered by The Center for Holocaust & Humanity
Education of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion on
its Cincinnati campus, and it is recognized and approved for graduate
level credit hours or in-service professional training. Since 1996,
teaching the Holocaust to educators is the focus of the Center.
Course graduates continue to be involved through our vast resources:
Membership in the Holocaust Studies for Educators Alumni Association
Invitations to "master classes", lectures, conferences and international
trips
Pedagogic Resource Center (multi-media) and Speakers' Bureau
Portable traveling exhibits
Holocaust Awareness Weeks public programs and Yom HaShoah Memorial
Services
Holocaust Studies for Educators: A 21st Century Challenge is
taught by the world-renowned educator, Dr. Racelle Weiman, Director
of the Center. It is organized into the following teaching modules:
The Teacher of the Holocaust: Role Model
The Nature of Prejudice
Universal Implications of a Unique Historical Event
Minority Status and Powerlessness
The Unthinkable and Unforgivable: Pushing Beyond the Limits of
Evil
Bystander Behavior and Choice Making
Courage, Resistance and Rescue
Literature, Art and Culture
Preserving Equality and Diversity
Lessons Learned, Lessons Yet to Learn: Facing Evil
Today's Educational Challenges -Teaching Ideas and Initiatives
After September 11, teachers seek answers to their students'
fears and questions. Holocaust Studies for Educators: A 21st Century
Challenge addresses with integrity the issues of inhumanity and
confrontation with evil. Offering creative solutions and promoting
dialogue, it leads the quest for moral and social intelligence
for the modern world. Engaging multiple levels of sensory knowledge,
the course includes:
Full-day trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,
D.C.
Presentations from Holocaust survivors, liberators, historians
and artists
Museum, audio-visual and archival resources
Teacher Idea exchange, internet global classroom
Holocaust curriculum, tools, materials and programming
For additional information, please contact
The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
3101 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
513.221.1875 x 355 (t)
513.221.1842 (f)
chhe@huc.edu
Visit our website at http://www.huc.edu/chhe/
