“Possibly one of the best learning experiences I have ever been part of.” Reading Coach Brevard Public Schools, Brevard, FL Echoes and Reflections and Elie Wiesel’s Night Upcoming Program Every participant will receive a copy of the Teacher’s Resource Guide. How do we prepare students to read and understand Elie Wiesel’s Night within the larger historical framework of the Holocaust? What are some of the moral and ethical questions that the memoir helps students examine? Upcoming Programs Western NY Teacher Center February 25, 2016 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM * Register online: goo.gl/H9FWTT Cattaraugus-Allegany Teacher Center February 26, 2015 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM Register online: http://www.cateachercenter.org/REGISTRATION Erie-Catt Teacher Center April 19, 2016 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Register online: goo.gl/z4UQra Kenmore Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District/Kenmore Staff Development Center April 20, 2016 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Contact Tammy Sempert: [email protected] These programs are being offered at no cost to participants. Certificate for professional development hours provided. * This is an introduction to Echoes and Reflections program What Is Echoes and Reflections? A comprehensive Holocaust education program that delivers professional development and a rich array of resources for middle and high school teachers. With Echoes and Reflections, teachers can help students make connections with the past and gain relevant insight into human dilemmas and difficult social challenges. Program Goals n Familiarize participants with the content and pedagogy of Echoes and Reflections through experiential activities. n Enhance teacher knowledge about the Holocaust. n Explore Echoes and Reflections multimedia assets including the correlated visual history testimonies and other primary resources and materials. n Introduce participants to IWitness, an online complement to Echoes and Reflections that includes interactive student-centered activities. Participants will explore the following: n History of antisemitism and the ghettos for context prior to teaching Night. n Interdisciplinary materials, including art work, photographs, poetry, and personal narratives, for teaching about the "Final Solution." n Significant themes of the memoir and additional resources to support the teaching of the text. A joint program of the Anti-Defamation League, USC Shoah Foundation, and Yad Vashem

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Page 1: Echoes and Reflections and Elie Wiesel’s Night Upcoming Program€¦ · Echoes and Reflections and Elie Wiesel’s . Night. Upcoming Program. Every participant will receive a copy

“ Possibly one of the best learning experiences I have ever been part of.”

Reading CoachBrevard Public Schools, Brevard, FL

Echoes and Reflections and Elie Wiesel’s Night Upcoming Program

Every participant will receive a copy of the Teacher’s Resource Guide.

How do we prepare students to read and understand Elie Wiesel’s Night within the larger historical framework of the Holocaust? What are some of the moral and ethical questions that the memoir helps students examine?

Upcoming ProgramsWestern NY Teacher Center February

25, 2016 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM * Register online: goo.gl/H9FWTT

Cattaraugus-Allegany Teacher Center February 26, 2015 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Erie-Catt Teacher Center April 19, 2016 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Kenmore Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District/Kenmore Staff Development Center

April 20, 2016 4:30 PM - 8:30 PMContact Tammy Sempert: [email protected]

These programs are being offered at no cost to participants. Certificate for professional development hours provided.

* This is an introduction to Echoes and Reflections program

What Is Echoes and Reflections?A comprehensive Holocaust education program that delivers professional development and a rich array of resources for middle and high school teachers. With Echoes and Reflections, teachers can help students make connections with the past and gain relevant insight into human dilemmas and difficult social challenges.

Program Goalsn Familiarize participants with the content and pedagogy of Echoes and Reflections through experiential activities. n Enhance teacher knowledge about the Holocaust.n Explore Echoes and Reflections multimedia assets including the correlated visual history testimonies and other primary resources and materials.

n Introduce participants to IWitness, an online complement to Echoes and Reflections that includes interactive student-centered activities.

Participants will explore the following:n History of antisemitism and the ghettos for context prior to teaching Night.

n Interdisciplinary materials, including art work, photographs, poetry, and personal narratives, for teaching about the "Final Solution."

n Significant themes of the memoir and additional resources to support the teaching of the text.

A joint program of the Anti-Defamation League, USC Shoah Foundation, and Yad Vashem

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http://www.cateachercenter.org/REGISTRATION

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