Jacob Friedman
Holocaust Writing & Art Contest 

CONTEST QUESTION: What can we learn from the stories of Holocaust survivors?

Deadline: March 31, 2008
Open to Washington State students in grades 5-12.

FREE POSTER: Teachers - Interested in participating? Recieve a free poster for your classroom. Email info@wsherc.org.  

Contest Guidelines and Details

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We mourn the loss of our colleague and mentor, Stephen Feinstein. Stephen was the Director for the Center of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan.   His work in Holocaust education was inspirational. He will be greatly missed.

TEACHING TRUNKS

Reserve your trunk!
Check dates available.

SPEAKERS BUREAU

  
25 Holocaust survivors, liberators and descendents of survivors speak at schools and community organizations all over Washington State. 

ARTIFACT POSTER SERIES


EVERYDAY OBJECTS: Artifacts from Washington State Holocaust Survivors
A set of 12 posters. For classroom use or for an exhibit.

LESSON PLAN

Seattle Times Newspapers In Education (NIE) - Holocaust Series
The Holocaust: Resistance, Rescue, and Survival. 14 articles and a teacher guide.
Watch the Seattle Times April-June for our new series, "The Stories Among Us: Personal Accounts of Genocide."

LOCAL SURVIVOR STORIES

My girlfriend was my first rescuer. She was all of 15 years old. - Hester K.

More stories of local Holocaust survivors available at www.wsherc.org - under "Center Resources."

LIBRARY


See all new arrivals -
click here.

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Thank you for your support of Holocaust education and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center!

HOLOCAUST CENTER EVENTS

Wenatchee - Community Program: A Holocaust Survivor and a Liberator
March 13, 2008. 7:00pm.
Eastmont Jr. High Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

Peter M. - as a young boy from Amsterdam, he survived the war in hiding with the help of his mother and the Dutch Underground

Dee E. - a member of the "Rainbow Division" which, along with two other divisions, liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945.

Sponsored by the Eastmont School District, Eastmont Education Association, & Eastmont Jr. High.  More info: ikennedy@wsherc.org.

Wenatchee - Teaching the Holocaust: A Seminar for Educators
March 14, 2008.  8:30am - 4:00pm.
Seminar will include "Guidelines for teaching the Holocaust," "Camps and Ghettos," "An Overview of the Holocaust," "Ethics and the Holocaust," and a special presentation from a Holocaust survivor. Clock hours available.

An Afternoon with Lois Lowry - Seattle Arts and Lectures
March 15, 2008. 1pm. Town Hall Seattle.
Two-time Newbery Medal winner, for Number the Stars (1990) and The Giver (1994), Lois Lowry is the prolific author of more than 30 books for children and young adults.

The Diary of Anne Frank 
March 21 - May 17, 2008. Intiman Theater, Seattle.

April 6 - Benefit Performance for the Holocaust Center. Followed by a special presentation from a Dutch Holocaust survivor. 206-269-1900 for tickets.

April 10 - Teacher Workshop prior to show. Attend just the workshop, or for a special price see the play too. Dinner included. More info: www.intiman.org/education/programedu.html 

The Stories Among Us: Personal Accounts of Genocide
Seattle Times Newspapers In Education Program
April 9 - June 11, 2008 in the Seattle Times
A series of 10 articles appearing on Wednesdays in the Seattle Times. Teachers can register to receive the series and the accompanying teacher guide for free.

Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day Community Program
May 4, 2008. Mercer Island. 3:00 pm.
Keynote speaker: Dr. John K. Roth, Holocaust Scholar.  Writing and art contest winners will present excerpts of their entries. 
Teaching materials for Yom Hashoah - go to www.wsherc.org - under "Teaching the Holocaust" click on "Commemoration in the Classroom." Or just click here.  

TEACHING &   LEARNING

Anne Frank - Diary, Lessons and Quizzes
At the Anne Frank House website.

Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust
Taskforce for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education
Site also includes "Why teach about the Holocaust," "What to teach," and "Guidelines for visiting Holocaust related sites."

IN THE NEWS

Holocaust Liberator Speaks in Bellevue
Bellevue Reporter. Leo Hymas speaks to a packed room at Bellevue Library.

Tom Lantos Dies.
Washington Post. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor elected to the US Congress, died in February.

OTHER: Programs, Events, Professional Development

Holocaust and Human Behavior
Facing History and Ourselves Online Seminar
Mar. 27 - May 21.

Teaching about the Holocaust: A One Day Forum for Educators
April 4, 2008. Oregon State University.
Sponsored by USHMM and OSU. For info email hadleyrs67@msn.com.

Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Conference
June 22 - 24, 2008. USHMM, Washington DC.
For teachers with less than 5 years experience teaching about the Holocaust. Workshop is free of charge. Travel scholarships available to teachers at qualifying schools. Participants receive stipend to the USHMM bookshop and materials. Interested in applying?  Let Ilana Kennedy at the Holocaust Center know - we might be able to help - ikennedy@wsherc.org.  

Multiple Perspectives on the Holocaust - Study Tour
NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers
June 26 - July 29, 2008.
Participants will visit a number of sites including USHMM, Ravensbrueck, Auschwitz, Jewish History Museum in Berlin.

International Conference on the Holocaust and Education
Teaching the Shoah: Fighting Racism and Prejudice
July 7-10, 2008. Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scholarships available.