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Information on the 2010 Michael Morris Holocaust Teacher Training Workshop

2010 Michael Morris Holocaust Teacher Training Workshop
February 13 - 15, 2010
Rome, GA—Location to be Announced
Presented by the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and The Georgia Department of Education

This institute offers:
·  Resources and active teaching methods
·  Lessons for today
·  Teaching strategies
·  Free tuition and books
·  2 SDU/PLU credits

Topics include:
*Society and the Individual: How are one’s decisions influenced by one's society, times and circumstances?
*The concept of universe of obligation: Looking at the roles of bystanders and upstanders
*Weimar Republic
*The immediate years leading to the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor
*What is anti-Semitism and what role did it play in the rise of the Nazis?
*The Nazis in power 1933-1938
*The opening years of WWII
*The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution in process: late 1941-1945
*A discussion of Eli Wiesel’s Night
*Rescuers: What were their motives?
*The American Response
*Questions of judgment and responsibility
*Consider the legacies of Nuremburg for today
*Genocides today: What should be America’s response
*How can students create toolboxes of responses to genocide and violations of human rights

30 applicants accepted on a first come first served basis
$25 deposit returned to you after registration on February 13th

Free tuition and books paid by the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and the
Michael Morris Holocaust Teacher Training Workshop

Teachers will receive 2 PLU's upon completion

for more information e-mail Kim Brown at kbrown@westga.edu

 

Associated Document(s):

	Summer Inst_ App_ 2009.doc
	Institute Application