classroom projects funded by Teacher Mini-Grants
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This collection of resources and IMPACT II programs on Holocaust Education is provided to ensure that the important lessons of the Holocaust are not forgotten and will be passed on from generation to generation. This vast array of programs by highly qualified teachers enhances the Holocaust curriculum for most grade and academic levels. Funding for all of the programs listed below is available through Adapter grants.
How to Implement Projects
- View/print the Idea Packets (guides that include lesson plans, worksheets and resource lists) of the Holocaust projects by clicking on the project titles below.
- Notify the author/disseminator of the project for advice on implementing the idea.
- Apply in Fall 2008 for an Adapter grant (up to $400) for any of the Holocaust projects listed from the Adapter Grant Application link on the right.
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"First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."
--Martin Niemoeller, anti-Nazi Lutheran Minister, |
Projects to Adapt
Read through the project & disseminator briefs below and click on the title to download and print the complete description of the project in a .pdf file.
Anne Frank: The Story (grades 6-10, social studies, language arts)
Research and writing skills are taught as students keep journals throughout their study of Anne Frank: The Play.
Disseminator: Ilana Ascher-Alamo
Arvida Middle School, Mail Code: 6021
305-385-7144, 305-383-9472 (fax)
Courage to Care Quilt Project (grades 2-12, social studies)
A study of the Holocaust with its courageous victims, rescuers and resistance fighters is a precursor to the quilt project. Students then study people from other eras who had the vision and courage to make positive changes in the world.
Disseminator: Dr. Anita Meinbach
(contact The Education Fund, 305-892-5099, ext. 18)
Never Forget (grades 1-2, social studies, language arts)
Lessons and activities based on picture books fulfill the requirements of the State of Florida mandate requiring Holocaust Education for primary age.
Disseminator: Lizette Kabak Weingard
Virginia Boone Highland Oaks Elementary, Mail Code: 2441
305-931-1770, Lkabak@aol.com
Teaching the New Three R's: Respect, Responsibility and Remembrance (grades 9-12, English, world history & American government)
A series of activities using primary documents and first-hand reports which culminates in student presentations to their peers and a holocaust survivor.
Disseminator: Jan Hartleben
(contact The Education Fund, 305-892-5099, ext. 18)
The Holocaust Remembered: A Multi-Media Showcase and Contest (grades 6-12, interdisciplinary)
Lessons from the Holocaust are applied to original projects in a variety of medium. A showcase, contest and a series of guest lectures, including Holocaust survivors and Allied liberators, educate the school and community on the Holocaust.
Disseminator: Deedee Toner
South Dade Senior High, Mail Code: 7701
305-247-4244, ext. 2252, dtoner@dadeschools.net
Resources
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff
M-DCPS Education Specialist/Holocaust Education
Director, Holocaust Studies Summer Institute/University of Miami
Education Director, The Holocaust Memorial
1500 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132
305-995-1201, mkassenoff@dadeschools.net
Dr. Kassenoff provides information and workshops on Holocaust Education. She
co-authored with Dr. Anita Meinbach: Memories of the Night: A Guide to the Holocaust and Studying the Holocaust Through Film and Literature
The Holocaust Memorial
1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139, 305-538-1663, www.holocaustmmb.org
A powerful environmental sculpture with a series of outdoor spaces designed to lead the visitor through a procession of visual, historical and emotional experiences. It provides cultural and educational programs for the community including field trips for students.
Holocaust Documentation & Education Center
(Museum Addition to open in November, 2008.)
2031 Harrison Street, Hollywood, FL, 33020, 954-929-5690, Fax: 954-929-5635, www.hdec.org
Rositta Kenigsberg, Rositta@hdec.org or merle@hdec.org
The Center has been lauded by the Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach school boards for its outstanding educational outreach programs. It provides an extensive listing of Holocaust resources and the following for educators:
- State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education
- Teachers' Institute on Holocaust Studies
- Student Awareness Days
- Speakers Bureau
- Writing and Visual Arts Contest (middle, high school)
USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
213-740-6001, www.usc.edu/schools/college/vhi
- An archive of 10,000+ online visual history testimonies of holocaust survivors.
- Echoes & Reflections: a multi-media curriculum for high school students is available at www.echoesandreflections.org
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC, 20024-2126, 202-488-0400, www.ushmm.org
Includes information about: background history and statistics, conferences for educators, guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, historical summaries, listings of Holocaust resource centers nationwide, and a searchable database of the research institute's archives and library.
The Sanford L. Ziff Jewish Museum of Florida
301 Washington Avenue, South Miami Beach, FL 33139, 305-672-5044, www.jewishmuseum.com
Contact person: Laura Hockman
Though not a Holocaust memorial museum, the Sanford J. Ziff Jewish Museum of Florida is a valuable resource for the study of Jewish identity and culture.