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Programs and Services..
Professional Development for Teachers
: during the academic
year, the Center offers six one-day
workshops, to deepen teachers' knowledge of
specific Holocaust, genocide and human
rights topics. These workshops focus on
content and methodology. The workshops are
offered at FAU's Boca Raton , and Jupiter
Campuses. Professional development credit is
available for completion of these learning
opportunities. For specific information and
applications, please click on the
workshops and events
link.
Introduction to Holocaust Studies
for Educators, five-day Summer Institute:
annual five-day intensive
introduction to the history of the Holocaust
and Holocaust pedagogy. Co-sponsored by the
Florida Department of Education, FAU Raddock
Eminent Scholar Chair for Holocaust and
Judaic Studies, the School District of Palm
Beach County and LEAH (League for
Educational Awareness of the Holocaust).
Program Descriptions and
applications are posted on our
workshops and events
link
every January.
 Holocaust
Survivors Speakers' Bureau : the
Center schedules Holocaust survivors to
speak to school classes throughout the year.
To schedule a speaker, telephone:
561-297-2929 or email
rgatens@fau.edu.
Survivors generally speak to one group each
day and prefer to speak to combined classes
once rather than to several separate classes
in one day.
Resource Center and Lending
Library : The
Center provides an extensive collection of
resources that are recommended and/or used
in the State of Florida Holocaust Curriculum
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These resources include:
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Class sets of books utilized by
state and county Holocaust and
Genocide curricula
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Videos and DVDs
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Audio cassettes
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CD-ROMs
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Poster Sets
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Teacher guides, study guides and
resources for teaching the Holocaust
and genocide that may be reproduced.
To
search or browse and to order from the
Resource Center/Lending Library holdings
on-line, go to the
Lending Library
link.
To order
materials : call 561-297-6229 or
email to
blilach@fau.edu
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Auschwitz Survivor, Saul
Birnbaum,
Dreyfoos High School for the
Arts, Exhibit "Holocaust
Education through the Arts",
West Palm Beach, Fl.
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Holocaust
survivor Ernest Kahn and his
wife Ana, Dreyfoos High School
for the Arts, Exhibit "Holocaust
Education through the Arts",
West Palm Beach, Fl.
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Consultations: the Center also supports
teachers and other community organization to
plan and implement programs focusing on
Holocaust, genocide and human rights themes
or using these themes to strengthen
education for tolerance.
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