Dear Colleagues on the HREA list-serv, Once again this coming fall, Facing History and Ourselves will be offering our 8-week facilitated online seminar (formerly "online course"), "Holocaust and Human Behavior." Fall seminar dates: --September 20, 2007 - November 15, 2007, or, --October 4, 2007 - December 5, 2007. Information and application: http://www.facinghistory.org/OnlineSeminar The seminar, which includes a group conference call with a survivor of the Holocaust, has proven to be a powerful experience that many had thought unattainable prior to participating. -------------------------------------------- TRANSFORM YOUR CLASSROOM! Renew your commitment to growing and learning; bring content and methodology into your classroom that will engage and transform your students; enjoy the flexible professional development opportunity afforded by taking an online seminar. Take Facing History and Ourselves' online seminar, "Holocaust and Human Behavior,"and gain full access to our in-depth professional development services, curricular resources, and ongoing support to educators in the areas of history, social studies, and English language arts. By using the Holocaust as a case study, we raise profound moral questions about the consequences of our actions and our beliefs, and we help our students make connections between history and the moral choices they make every day. While the Holocaust was a unique event in human history, the questions remain universal. Learn key strategies, such as how to: *Create a safe environment in your classroom based on trust and respect for different views and opinions; *Facilitate discussions around controversial topics; *Take an interdisciplinary approach to teaching this difficult history. Information and application: http://www.facinghistory.org/OnlineSeminar Questions? Contact Beth Healey at < >. -------------------------------------------- "I could not have imagined 8 weeks ago what an impact this course would have on me. I am still processing some of the material. As an educator, I now feel as if I can give the subject matter the justice that it deserves. The vast FHAO resources and wonderful suggestions from our discussions will enhance my ability to make connections for students." "This is the first online course I have taken and, quite honestly, I didn't expect it to feel as personal and be as significant as it has been. Because of this course, I will completely revise my teaching of the Holocaust. What I was doing before now seems paltry in light of the new wealth of resources I have to share with students." "I loved listening to Sonia Weitz speak: her passion for communicating her experiences and beliefs, her energy, her enthusiasm for education. I've also really enjoyed reading everyone's comments and ideas for ways to incorporate FHAO in the classroom. I've always had trouble envisioning how I might include a "moral" component in my Holocaust literature course, but I now have a clearer picture how to achieve a class that addresses both the head and the heart of this challenging topic." "I really liked the focus of the course, the emphasis on the human scale of the atrocities, the little steps, the individual decisions and choices. That perspective will definitely influence my teaching because it has influenced me as a person already." ======== North American Human Rights Education listserv ======= Send mail intended for the list to < >. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education-na/ **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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