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Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

The power of their writing is a witness to what happened and was also used in actual trials as evidence of Nazi war crimes.

2023 Poland Personally: A Study Seminar to Poland

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 20, 2022 / Comments Off on 2023 Poland Personally: A Study Seminar to Poland

Teaching Resources about Gun Violence from National Council for the Social Studies

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, May 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Teaching Resources about Gun Violence from National Council for the Social Studies

Teaching resource and background articles on teaching about gun violence from NCSS, members, colleagues, and news outlets: NOTE: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), is providing these resources for […]

Evaluating Media Coverage of the Holocaust and the Tree of Life Shooting

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Evaluating Media Coverage of the Holocaust and the Tree of Life Shooting

This lesson is a mini-unit that begins when students have an introductory level knowledge of the Holocaust. Students working in pairs decide on an event from the Holocaust they would […]

Understanding and Ending Hate

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Understanding and Ending Hate

One of the biggest misconceptions about antisemitism is that it is part of the past akin to ancient history. When talking about my seminar in Poland, some people stated that […]

Remembering ‘Tree of Life’… “Never again, means NEVER AGAIN!”

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Remembering ‘Tree of Life’… “Never again, means NEVER AGAIN!”

Learners will learn about the Tree of Life shooting as an event and as a piece of a larger narrative of antisemitism, discrimination and racial issues within the United States. […]

Remembering the Tree of Life Tragedy Day

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Remembering the Tree of Life Tragedy Day

DAY 1: ANTISEMITISM AND THE MEDIA The purpose of defining antisemitism is to determine what opinions students already hold. It’s important they can define the term so that they can […]

Understanding Now to Change the Future

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Understanding Now to Change the Future

Students will begin this mini-unit by remembering/discovering the Tree of Life Shooting. The class will utilize a video, numerous primary source documents, discussions, and journaling in order to begin to […]

Social Awareness and Activism Through Music

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Social Awareness and Activism Through Music

Music is the universal language. Music has many messages. Music has been used as a means to combat social injustice and inspire social reform. Middle school students are mature enough […]

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

In this lesson students will explore the power of images. Beginning with the hook exercise students will begin to understand the role that confirmation bias, stereotyping, and other cognitive biases […]

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