Supporting the Illinois Holocaust Mandate: Continued Conversations with Educators Tri-County Institute ~ February 18, 2

1. Supporting the Illinois Holocaust Mandate: Continued Conversations with EducatorsTri-County Institute ~ February 18, 2011 Jennifer Maschhoff Special Education English Teacher Nashville High School 1300 South Mill Street Nashville, IL 62263 (618) 327 – 8286, ext. 319 jmaschho@nashville-k12.org Sara L. Kollbaum English Instructor NBCT, USHMM Fellow, HEN Fellow Nashville High School 1300 South Mill Street Nashville, IL 62263 (618) 327 – 8286, ext. 319 skollbau@nashville-k12.org

2. selected women and children walk to their deaths in the gas chambers at Auschwitz Auschwitz, Poland May 1944 USHMM

3. a large pile of victims' shoes is left outside the barracks in the Dachau concentration camp Dachau, Germany May 1945 USHMM

4. Jasionowka, Poland June 28, 1941 USHMM and DeutschesHistorischesMuseum

5. International Book Sharing Project (2010 – 2011, 2009 – 2010, 2008 – 2009 “Americans Came to Liberate, not Conquer”: American Soldiers / Holocaust Survivors Reunion / Hudson Falls, NY (Sept. 2009) USHMM Fellowship / Washington D.C. (July 2009 / July 2008) The Midwest Holocaust Education Consortium / LaCrosse, WI (June 2010, 2009) The Memorial Library Summer Seminar / New York City (July 2010) Workshops and sessions sponsored by the St. Louis Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (2009 – 2001) Holocaust Background

6. “JanuszKorczak, director of an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto, however, refused to abandon the children under his care when they were selected for deportation. He accompanied them on the transport to the Treblinka killing center and into the gas chambers, sharing their fate.” ~ ushmm.org For more information about the IBSP, go to <http://www.friendsofgfh.org/index.html> October 2009 – Lana Bernhardt, IBSP Coordinator visits NCHS Students begin communications with IBSP with Ofek High School in Kibbutz Evron, Israel.

7. For more information about the “Train Near Magdeburg,” please visit Matt Rozell’s web log at <http://teachinghistorymatters.wordpress.com/about/>. Location: Magdeburg, Germany Date: April 13, 1945 Photographer: Major Clarence Benjamin Courtesy of Matt Rozell, USHMM Fellow, 2008 - 2009 Holocaust survivor ArielaRojek

8. The Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education For more information, go to http://www.thememoriallibrary.org/ Our twelve-day summer seminar is open to teachers from across the United States whose schools and communities are faced with a lack of available resources or with issues related to social injustice. The 2011 summer seminar will take place from July 5-18, 2011 in NYC. Led by Sondra Perl and her colleagues, Jennifer Lemberg and Alice Braziller, the seminar encourages teachers to think creatively and collaboratively about how they teach the Holocaust and more recent genocides. Participants become adept at dealing with difficult material and discover how writing, dialogue, and inquiry can help motivate students toward social action. Prior experience teaching the Holocaust or focusing on social injustice in the classroom is required. The Museum of Jewish Heritage Garden of Stones Location: New York CityDate: July 6 – 19, 2010

9. 2011 Days of Remembrance Theme Justice and Accountability in the Face of Genocide: What Have We Learned • Recommended “clicks” on USHMM website • Personal Histories (click on History) • Online Exhibitions (click on History) • Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust and Genocide (click on Education, For Teachers) • Lessons, Activities, and Teacher Guides (click on Education, For Teachers) • Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast (click on Genocide) • Collections and Archives (click on Research) USHMM United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington D.C. For more information about the USHMM and its supporting materials, go to <www.ushmm.org>. Check out the professional growth opportunities offered through the USHMM. Information is shared in your conversational packet and on the USHMM website.

10. Two Goals: • Awareness of Illinois Holocaust Mandate 2. Conversations about lessons, successes, and /or concerns in teaching the Holocaust and genocide

11. Map courtesy of <http://quickfacts.census.gov>

13. Concerns / Impediments

14. Teaching Materials

15. How well do students have to know themselves before studying the lessons of the Holocaust? “Where I’m From” Writing Activity See handout in packet http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html Sara Kollbaum / NCHS

16. Jamming on the Text Activity See handout in packet Sara Kollbaum / NCHS

17. Speak-Up Activity First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -- Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me. Location: GermanyDate: 1937 USHMM See handout in packet Jennifer Maschhoff / NCHS

18. Prejudice Activities See handout in packet Pyramid of Hate ADL USC Shoah Foundation Institute 2003 Jennifer Maschhoff / NCHS

19. “But because of his [Elie Wiesel’s] telling, many who did not believe have come to believe, and some who did not care have come to care. He tells the story, out of infinite pain, partly to honor the dead, but also to warn the living—to warn the living that it could happen again and that it must never happen again. Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all” (vi).~ preface to Night

20. Witness 2011: Voices Against Genocide Sunday, April 17, 2011 ~ Nashville High School