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Workshops and Events 2007/08
About the FAU Summer Institute,
Boca Raton,
June 16 –
June 20, 2008
 The
Florida Atlantic University Holocaust
Studies Summer Institute prepares
educators to implement the state mandate
requiring Holocaust education in all Florida
schools. The program’s goal is to deepen
educators’ knowledge about the Holocaust, to
expose educators to pedagogically sound
methods for teaching the Holocaust and to
foster inquiry into contemporary issues
raised by the study of the Holocaust,
genocide and human rights. The program
enables teachers to study the Holocaust as
members of a learning community in a setting
that brings together peers, university
scholars and Holocaust survivors. Each day
features lectures, demonstrations of
resources and classroom applications.
Program &
Form
Genocides
in Africa: 08/08/07 – 08/09/07, Lake
Worth High School, Lake Worth, FL
Teacher training seminar exploring the
promises and challenges of the modern Human
Rights Movement emphasizing the challenges
presented by genocides and genocidal
situations on the African Continent.
Featured speaker is Dr. Edward Kissi
of the Africana Studies Department at the
University of South Florida. Dr. Kissi is a
specialist in the field of genocides in
Africa. He is author of the 2006 book
Revolution and Genocide in Ethiopia and
Cambodia. Co-sponsored by Facing
History and Ourselves, The School District
of Palm Beach County.
Modern
European Nationalism: 08/13/07 -
08/14/07, Westgate K-8 School, Ft. Pierce,
FL
Teacher training seminar exploring the
role of nationalist ideologies in the
formation of the modern nation-state. The
seminar will focus on the evolving nature of
nationalism as a response to absolute
monarchy and dynastic states. Sponsored by
St. Lucie County Schools.
Who
am I?
Young Minds Forced
to Choose:
09/10/07 –
01/15/08, Palm Beach County Schools
This exhibit,
created by the Arnold-Liebster Foundation,
examines the lives and experiences of young
Jehovah’s Witnesses who
defied the Nazis during World War II. The
exhibit will be on display in the lobby of
school district headquarters at 3300 Forest
Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach until 9/21/07
when it will begin traveling to seven high
schools in Palm Beach County. Exhibit hours
are weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the School District of Palm
Beach County.
To find
a site near you, call Eileen Shapiro, the
school district's Holocaust studies program
planner, at 561-434-8169.
Rescue:
Courage, Leadership and Social
Responsibility: 10/10/07, 4.30-6.30 p.m.,
3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL
Teacher
training seminar examining the motivations
and characteristics of those who aided Jews
and other victims of National Socialism
during the Third Reich. Participants will
hear Holocaust survivors who were rescued
through the assistance of the citizens of Le
Chambon, France, view film related to these
rescues and work with the poster set
Rescue: Traits that Transcend produced
by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
in honor of those who rescued Jews during
the Holocaust. Register by emailing to
rgatens@fau.edu
or
eschapiro@palmbeach.k12.fl.us.
Co-sponsored by Palm Beach County Schools.
Genocides
in Africa: 11/14/07 3.30 – 9.30 p.m., FAU
Davie, Rm. LA447, Davie, FL
Teacher training seminar exploring the
promises and challenges of the modern Human
Rights Movement emphasizing the challenges
presented by genocides and genocidal
situations on the African Continent.
Featured speaker is Dr. Edmund Abaka,
Director of the African Studies Program,
University of Miami. Facilitators are Dr.
Mary Johnson, Senior Historian, Facing
History and Ourselves and Dr. Rose Gatens,
Director, FAU Center for Holocaust and Human
Rights Education. Co-sponsored with Facing
History and Ourselves and Broward County
Schools. To register email
rgatens@fau.edu .
United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum Field
Experience for Teachers: March 31 – April
2, 2008
A three-day study tour for teachers to
the USHMM in Washington, DC, including
lectures and discussions by accompanying
scholars. The program rotates among
Broward, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties
and is funded by LEAH. Broward and St.
Lucie County teachers are eligible in 2008.
To apply call 561-297-2929 or email
rgatens@fau.edu.
Living
Voices: April 24-May 16, 2008
Each year CHHRE sponsors two multimedia
programs for elementary and high school
students in Broward, Palm Beach and St.
Lucie counties. Through the eyes of a young
Russian Jew, Island of Hope
elementary school students learn about
immigrants’ experience of Ellis Island at
the beginning of the Twentieth Century.
Through the Eyes of a Friend connects
middle school students to the life of Anne
Frank, a young Jewish girl in hiding from
the Nazis during World War II. The programs
are funded by LEAH. For information about
dates, times and locations call 561-297-2929
or email
rgatens@fau.edu.
Commemoration
of Yom HaShoah , annual
memorial to victims of the Holocaust various
locations.
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