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TEACHERS
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Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators
2008
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The Education Division of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to announce the 2008 annual Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators. The conference is funded by a grant from the Belfer Foundation.
Middle- and high-school educators with less than five years of experience teaching about the Holocaust are invited to apply to attend this conference. (Educators with five or more years’ experience teaching about the Holocaust should apply to participate in the Museum Teacher Fellowship program.)
Museum educators and scholars share rationales, strategies, and approaches for presenting this complex topic to students, in sessions designed specifically for middle- and high-school teachers. Participants have extensive time to view the Museum’s Permanent Exhibition: The Holocaust, tour Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story, and other special exhibitions, and visit the interactive computers in the Wexner Learning Center and other resource areas. Seminar sessions emphasize planning and implementing units of study for teaching about the Holocaust in middle and high schools. Educators who complete the program receive a set of educational materials and a voucher worth $100 to purchase Holocaust–related resources in the Museum Shop.
Students can made a change -- through action and knowledge -- not to be a new generation of bystanders but a generation of action. The thought-provoking Belfer Exemplary Lesson plans will help them become more informed citizens.
— Participant from California
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Preliminary schedule
Participants should plan to attend all scheduled workshops.
Please note: This schedule is subject to change. You will receive a more detailed schedule with your confirmation letter.
| Sunday |
| 10 a.m.–1 p.m. |
Registration/Permanent Exhibition |
| 1–1:45 p.m. |
Welcome/General session |
| 2–4:30 p.m. |
Lectures/Study sessions |
| 4:45–5:45 p.m. |
Panel discussion: Survivors’ testimony |
| 5:45–6:30 p.m. |
Refreshments |
| 6:30–8 p.m. |
Permanent Exhibition open exclusively for conference participants |
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| Monday |
| 9–10:15 a.m. |
Permanent Exhibition open exclusively for conference participants |
| 10:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. |
Middle school/High school concurrent workshops |
| 12:45–2 p.m. |
Break for lunch (on your own) |
| 2–4:30 p.m. |
Middle school/High school concurrent workshops |
| 4:45–5:45 p.m. |
General session |
| 5:45–6:30 p.m. |
Refreshments |
| 6:30– 8 p.m. |
Permanent Exhibition open exclusively for conference participants |
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| Tuesday |
| 9–10 a.m. |
Exhibition visits/Lectures/Study sessions |
| 10:15–11:30 a.m. |
Middle school/High school concurrent workshops |
| 11:30–12:30 p.m. |
Break for lunch (on your own) |
| 12:30–1:45 p.m. |
Middle school/High school concurrent workshops |
| 2–3 p.m. |
General session/Closing |
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While there is no charge for the conference, participants are responsible for their own transportation and accommodations.
If you have more than five years experience teaching about the Holocaust and would like to attend a Belfer Conference, please contact Nicole Hanna at the address below or consult the Museum’s Web site (www.ushmm.org) for information on the Teacher Fellowship Program.
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Timothy Hursley
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For information, contact:
Nicole Hanna
Phone: (202) 314-7826
Fax: (202) 314-7888
E-mail: nhanna@ushmm.org
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Division of Education
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
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