The Florida Holocaust Museum
Sam Gross Summer Institute for Teachers
Holocaust-Era Diaries of Young People as a Teaching Tool in the Classroom
Presenter: Urszula Szczepinska, Curator of Education & Director of Research at The FHM
Date: July 23, 2018
Location: Largo HS
Time: 10am-Noon
Component: #89282
Session for middle and high school teachers on how to incorporate into the curriculum first-hand accounts of young diarists who perished during the Holocaust. Participants will work with excerpts from several diaries and engage in discussions about the best strategies on using primary sources in the classroom. The program helps support Florida’s State K-12 Holocaust Education Mandate.
Neighbors during the Holocaust by Bullets – Using Testimony of Non-Jewish Witnesses
Presenter: Urszula Szczepinska, Curator of Education & Director of Research at The FHM
Date: July 24, 2018
Location: Largo HS
Time: 10am-Noon
Component: #89283
Session for high school teachers on how to teach one of the most challenging topics to different audiences based on the students’ maturity and sensitivity level. Participants will get acquainted with the history of the Holocaust by bullets, i.e., the mass shootings of Jews by the Germans and their collaborators, and will be provided with resources that can be used in the classroom. The program helps support Florida’s State K-12 Holocaust Education Mandate.
No cost to attend.
Educators from outside of Pinellas public schools, can register via email at: education@thefhm.org.