Tentative Daily Schedule for the 2013 Teachers Institute on Holocaust Studies

Please note: This schedule is subject to changes. Continue to check this webpage for updates!

Monday, June 17

8:00 Registration and Coffee

8:30 Orientation and Welcome
Pam Kancher

8:45 UPSTANDERS as part of Holocaust Education
Mitch Bloomer

10:00 Break

10:15 The Rise of the Nazi Party
Mitch Bloomer

11:15 Anti-Semitism
Mitch Bloomer

12:15 Lunch

1:00 Survivor Testimony
TBD

2:00 Museum Tour / Teaching from Primary Sources
Mitch Bloomer

3:00 Break

3:15 Overview: Classroom Resources and Practices
Richard Gair

4:15 Wrap-up

Tuesday June 18

8:00 Coffee

8:30 Jewish Life in Europe
Dr. Ken Hanson

9:30 The Jewish Epoch
Dr. Ken Hanson

10:45 Break

11:00 Survivor Testimony
TBD

12:00 Lunch

12:45 The Early Nazi Years
Mitch Bloomer

1:30 Judaism 101
Rabbi Steve Engel

3:15 Break

3:30 Christian Response
Paul Chapman

4:30 End

Wednesday June 19

8:00 Coffee

8:30 The Power of Propaganda
Dr Shane Stufflet

9:30 Resistance
Holly Mandelkern

10:30 Break

10:45 Ghettos and Camps
Mitch Bloomer

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Understanding Privilege
Rev. Bryan Fulwider

2:15 Survivor Testimony
TBD

2:45 Break

3:00 Writing My Family Story
Greg Dawson

4:15 Wrap-up

Thursday June 20

8:00 Coffee

8:30 Pedagogy Sessions
Elementary – Cathy Savery
Middle School – Mitch Bloomer
High School – Eileen Adams

11:30 Survivor Testimony
Video: Helen Greenspun

12:15 Lunch
1:00 Ghettos and Camps
Mitch Bloomer

2:00 Break

2:15 Final Solution
Mitch Bloomer

3:15 Interfaith Dialogue
TBD

4:30 End

Friday June 21

8:00 Coffee

8:30 The UpStanders Initiative
Amanda Clemens

9:45 Break

10:00 Film: Nuremberg Trials
Mitch Bloomer

11:00 The Aftermath
Mitch Bloomer

12:00 Lunch

12:45 America and the Holocaust
Ian Gold

2:15 Break

2:30 Unfinished Business of the Holocaust
Mitch Bloomer

3:15 Creating and Using Drama – WITNESS
Susan Mitchell

4:00 TalkBack and Wrap
Mitch Bloomer