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Teachers: Read about the benefits of membership for teachers and join. The Center for Holocaust Studies of Brookdale Community College's Business and Community Development Division is a Registered Professional Development Provider with the NJ State Department of Education. Teachers taking courses, workshops and seminars with us will be issued appropriate forms for submitting to local, county, and state committees as stipulated in the Professional Development regulations. Consider coming to our Summer Fellowship Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Genocides & Human Rights Issues RESOURCES We have a wide variety of resources available to help you at the Center. Our library offers books that include both pedagogy and subject information. Our video collection contains hundreds of videos. The Center also has a resource file and numerous curriculum guides, as well as a curriculum trunk for loan to schools designed for grades K-4. You can arrange a visit to your class from a Holocaust survivor through our speakers' bureau. To be added to our teacher mailing list, please contact the Center. WEB SITES Resources for teachers
Teaching about the Holocaust
Sample lesson plans
PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Each year, the Center sponsors several programs designed for students, including the Luna Kaufman Writing and Art Contest, our annual Catherine Woolf Student Leadership Conference for middle school students, and our Annual Colloquium for both middle and high school students. Dear Esther, a theatrical program for students, is presented in the Spring. The program fills quickly each year. Each year, the Center offers many curriculum workshops and programs for teachers, including Holocaust education updates and curriculum workshops. The 28th Annual Colloquium: Little Rock Nine: An Eyewitness Account The Struggle for Civil Rights Thursday, May 15, 2008, 8:45AM – 12:30PM Nine Negro students attended Little Rock Central High School last week for the first time in history. They arrived at the school Wednesday, September 25, accompanied by crack paratroopers of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. An Army station wagon carried the students to the front entrance of the building while an Army helicopter circled overhead and 350 armed paratroopers stood at parade rest around the building. Please join us when Dr. Terrence Roberts, a member of the Little Rock Nine, shares his life experiences and discusses the impact of hate and bigotry at the 28th Annual Colloquium. The plenary session will be followed by the opportunity to attend one of forty different breakout workshops on topics related to Civil Rights, Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights issues. This program is appropriate for middle and high school students. Space is LIMITED so please pre-register early to assure your attendance at this event. Summer Fellowship Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Genocides & Human Rights Issues June 30 – July 11, 2008 This Institute will broaden knowledge and enrich teaching skills in the Holocaust, genocides, and historical and contemporary human rights issues. Participants will:
Options Include: a 2-day genocide program, 3-day Museum studies program, 5-day Holocaust Studies program or comprehensive 9-day program.
Space is very limited. For further information, either look at the program brochure or call the Center at 732 224-2769
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