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THE HOLOCAUST. AND CONTEMPORARY. GENOCIDE:. Connecting the dots in your classroom. Andrew Beiter , presenter USHMM Regional Education Coordinator Social Studies Eight Teacher, Springville, MS Springville, New York. TIMOTHY HURSLEY. Where I teach…. TIMOTHY HURSLEY. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE HOLOCAUSTAND
CONTEMPORARY
Connecting the dots in your classroom
GENOCIDE:
Andrew Beiter, presenterUSHMM Regional Education CoordinatorSocial Studies Eight Teacher, Springville, MSSpringville, New York
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Where I teach…
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What we’re generally known for…
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3-5 “Snow Days” a year when schools are forced to close…
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My family
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Caring about the Holocaust…
THE HOLOCAUSTAND
CONTEMPORARY
Connecting the dots in your classroom
GENOCIDE:
Andrew Beiter, presenterUSHMM Regional Education CoordinatorSocial Studies Eight Teacher, Springville, MSSpringville, New York
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An “Age of Genocide”: 1915-present
Cain and Abel
Ever Again?
• Genocide and mass atrocities in…– Indonesia (1965-1966)– Bangladesh (1971)– Burundi (1972)– Cambodia (1975-1979)– East Timor (1975-1979)– Guatemala (1980s-1990s)– Sri Lanka (1983-2009)– Iraq (1987-1988)– Rwanda (1994)– Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1995)– Nepal (1996-2006)
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Inspiration alone isn’t necessarilyenough.
“THE HOLOCAUST SHOULD BE A CATALYST AND A FRAMEWORK TO THINK ABOUT THE WORLD TODAY.”
Taken from the USHMM Committee on Conscience webpage
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What are the warning signs of genocide?
Comparing causes—
not the pain
Cambodia
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Some roadblocks we all face…
Time Knowledge
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warningsignsofgenocide.org
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Early May, 2011
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The decision to intervene in Libya…
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How the lesson works…
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The Situation Room…
Teaching About Syria:
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The School in Daraa
The City of Aleppo
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Some roadblocks we all face…
Time Knowledge
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“If every member of the House and Senate would have received 100 letters from people back home…I think the result would have been different…”
Senator Paul Simon on Rwanda:
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do…
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1936 Sports Festival in Germany
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Einsaztgruppen soldiers in
1941
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“You are the eyes of a time I will not see”
Holocaust Survivor Gerda Klein
What we can learn from recycling…
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“We must push ourselves constantly, to be bigger than we think we can be.”Sara Bloomfield, Director
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Thank you for what you do…
Bulletin Board in Hallway
Tee Shirt Sale
Selling Bracelets
Loose Change Drive
What are three things you and your students can do to connect the Holocaust to the world today?
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The work of Mark Hannis
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Nick Kristof:
“CarWashesAndGenocide”
Richardson & Bashir
“If you reach the youth you reach the future.” Adolf Hitler
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The Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Monument,
Poland
