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Museum Teacher Fellowship Program

1999–2000 Museum Fellows and Their Projects

1999–2000 Museum Fellows and Their Projects

Ellen Bisping
Faribault Middle School in Faribault, MN
Designed an outreach project for the entire community of Faribault

Jeanna Collins
North Habersham Middle School in Clarkesville, GA
Introduced teachers and potential teachers in rural Northeast Georgia to Holocaust education

Thomas Cothrun
Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, NM
Created a guide to teaching the Holocaust in the German classroom

Lynne Dubin
James Madison High School in Vienna, VA
Delivered a series of presentations to the Virginia Consortium of Social Studies Specialists

Marilyn Feldman
Lake Middle School in Hartville, OH
Developed “Holocaust Learning Centers” for students who have yet to study the Holocaust

Paul Fleming
Hume-Fogg Magnet High School in Nashville, TN
Created a model for interdisciplinary programs in Holocaust studies

Susan Goldberg
Westlake Middle School in Thornwood, NY
Fashioned a “parent's guide” for students studying the Holocaust

Karen Hildebrand
Willis Middle School in Delaware, OH
Coordinated the “Ohio Learning Outcomes” with presenting Holocaust literature in the reading, language, arts curriculum of middle schools

Julie Hoffman
Galion Middle School in Galion, OH
Created learning information on “Misconceptions about the Holocaust”

Karen Leon
Roslyn High School in Roslyn Heights, NY
Wrote an annotated bibliography on materials for teaching the Holocaust

Jacqueline Littlefield
Mildred Day Memorial School in Arundel, ME
Created an on-line resource to identify Holocaust literature appropriate for middle school students

James McGarry
St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, CA
Formulated an informational survey on the status of Holocaust education in Religious Study departments in Jesuit high schools

Peter Mehlbach
Lakewood Senior High School in Lakewood, CO
Created a teacher re-certification class focusing on the “Pitfalls of Holocaust Education”

Susan Moricca
Voorhees Middle School in Voorhees, NJ
Created activities for “Teaching Middle School Social Studies Through Picture Books: The Holocaust”

David Nienkamp
Sandy Creek Public Schools in Fairfield, NE
Worked with the Nebraska Department of Education to create Holocaust outreach programs for Nebraska secondary schools

Jennifer Norton
Argonaut High School in Jackson, CA
Created a variety of document based questions for AP European History

Brian O’Connell
DuPont High School in Belle, WV
Created lessons using the Historical Atlas of the Holocaust

Valerie Person
Currituck County High School in Barco, NC
Developed lesson plans on the Holocaust that address issues of multiple intelligences

Marjorie Potash
Shrewsbury High School in Shrewsbury, MA
Designed an on-line course on the Holocaust for Virtual High School

Steven Ricard
Benson Public Schools in Benson, MN
Constructed a semester course on the Holocaust

Julie Scott
East Valley Middle School in Spokane, WA
Taught 8th grade students to teach 6th grade students about the Holocaust

Joyce Wallman
Ben Franklin Junior High School in Fargo, ND
Created lessons that allowed her students to connect with the Holocaust on a local level

Vicki Wright
Mt. Juliet Junior High School in Mt. Juliet, TN
Created a series of interdisciplinary units (English & Science) on the Holocaust

Bill Younglove
Millikan High School in Long Beach, CA
Wrote a “literary chronology” that describes the history within selected works of Holocaust fiction

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David Nienkamp
Sandy Creek Public Schools in Fairfield, NE
Reviewed High School Social Studies Standards for all fifty states and developed Holocaust related study areas for each standard

Jennifer Norton
Argonaut High School in Jackson, CA
Developed Advanced Placement Document Based Questions on the Holocaust for American History, European History and Global Studies Courses