Tentative Daily Schedule for the 2012 Teachers Institute on Holocaust Studies

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

Monday June 18

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 The Power of Propaganda
TBD

12:15 Lunch

1:00 Survivor Testimony
TBD

2:00 Early Nazi Years
Mitch Bloomer

3:00 Break

3:15 Hiding in the Spotlight: Writing My Family Story
Greg Dawson

4:15 Wrap-up

Tuesday June 19

8:00 Coffee

8:30 History of anti-Semitism
Dr. Ken Hanson

9:30 Jewish Life in Europe
Dr. Ken Hanson

10:45 Break

11:00 Survivor Testimony
Helen Greenspun

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Artifacts / Teaching from Primary Sources
Mitch Bloomer

1:30 Judaism 101
Rabbi Steve Engel

3:15 Break

3:30 Christian Response
Paul Chapman

4:30 End

Wednesday June 20

8:00 Coffee

8:30 Mosaic of Victims
Mitch Bloomer

9:30 Resistance
Holly Mandelkern

10:30 Break

10:45 Ghettos and Camps
Mitch Bloomer

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Classroom strategies
Richard Gair

2:15 Break

2:30 Understanding Privilege
Michael Freeman

4:15 Wrap-up

Thursday June 21

8:00 Coffee

8:30 Pedagogy Sessions
Elementary – TBD
Middle School – Mitch Bloomer
High School – TBD

11:45 Lunch

12:30 Starting an Upstanders club
Deb Callahan, Hannah Markwart

1:30 Survivor Testimony
TBD

2:15 Break

2:30 America and the Holocaust
Ian Gold

3:30 Rescuers
Mitch Bloomer

4:30 End

Friday June 22

8:00 Coffee

8:30 The Final Solution: Einsatzgruppen, Death Camps & Death Marches
Mitch Bloomer

9:45 Break

10:00 Film: Nuremberg Trials
Mitch Bloomer

11:00 The Aftermath
Mitch Bloomer

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Interfaith Dialogue
“The 3 wise guys”

2:15 Break

2:30 Unfinished Business of the Holocaust
Mitch Bloomer

3:15 Creating and Using Drama
Susan Mitchell

4:00 TalkBack and Wrap
Mitch Bloomer