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Teaching the Holocaust: Memorial Center Extends Deadline for Summer Seminar

Teachers and instructors interested in the upcoming Summer Educational Institute seminar have until Monday to register.

The and Eastern Michigan University announced that the deadline to register for their upcoming Summer Educational Institute seminar for current and prospective teachers has been extended to Monday, Aug. 8.
 
The weeklong seminar, “Reading the Holocaust: A Seminar for Teachers,” takes place Aug. 15-19 at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.  Using the latest academic scholarship and best instructional practices to make lessons about the Holocaust understandable and meaningful for students, the seminar is designed to build an instructor’s content base.

Attendees will hear presentations from scholars and survivors examining the Holocaust from the rise of Nazism to the Holocaust deniers of today. Presenters include:

  • Sidney M. Bolkosky, Ph.D, William E. Stirton professor in the Social Sciences and director of the honors program, University of Michigan-Dearborn
  • Robert Franciosi, Ph.D, professor of English and honors, Grand Valley State University
  • Henry Greenspan, Ph.D., psychologist and playwright, University of Michigan
  • Jack Kay, Ph.D., provost and vice president, Eastern Michigan University
  • Martin Shichtman, Ph.D., English department professor, director of Jewish Studies at Eastern Michigan University
  • John Staunton, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University
  • Guy Stern, Ph.D., distinguished professor emeritus of German at Wayne State University
  • Annette Wannamaker, Ph. D., associate professor in the Department of English and Literature at Eastern Michigan University

Participating teachers will be provided access to the vast primary resources from the museum library and archive to aid them in the development of their own classroom lessons.

To register, visit http://ep.emich.edu and click on the link for “Reading the Holocaust: A Seminar for Teachers.” Cost for the event is $100, which includes nine SB-CEUs. Three undergraduate or graduate credit hours are available for an additional fee.

All applications are due by Monday, Aug. 8.
 
For information, contact either Sarah Painter at spainter@emich.edu or Rebecca Swindler at education@holocaustcenter.org.

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