The Center for Holocaust and Human Rights
Education (CHHRE) at Florida Atlantic University presents cutting-edge
training and resources to teachers involved in Holocaust and genocide
education. The Center offers workshops, advanced seminars, and summer
institutes for K-12 teachers working in the fields of history, arts,
languages, religion, science, technology, politics, and social studies.
The (CCHRE) serves all schools in the counties of Broward, Palm Beach ,
Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River , Glades, and Okeechobee. The Center for
Holocaust and Human Rights Education prepares teachers to implement the
Florida mandate using historical data as well as lessons devised to
stimulate discussions on ethics, individual responsibility, nonviolence,
and conflict resolution. The Center's goal is both to edify students
about the Holocaust era, but also to apply their knowledge and
analytical skills to the events of past and present genocides.
In addition to
training colloquiums, the Center for Holocaust and Human Rights
Education provides age-appropriate material, lessons, and resources to
teachers and other community organizations via special consultations,
the (CCHRE) website, lending privileges to an extensive text and poster
library, and an impressive video and CD-ROM collection.
One of the most
effective and unrivaled techniques of Holocaust pedagogy is the
incorporation of eyewitness testimony. Thus, the Center administers a
Speakers Bureau composed of child survivors of the Holocaust, rescuers,
and former Allied soldiers. The emotional stories of the survivors
effect students in a manner that reaches beyond the classroom and into
their own personal lives.
The Center for
Holocaust and Human Rights Education is a member of the international
Association of Holocaust Organizations,
the Florida Commissioner’s Task Force on Holocaust Education, and the
Save Darfur Coalition of South Palm Beach.