Tag: Professional Development

For Grades 7-12 It has been 20 years since the start of the first genocide of the 21st century in Darfur, Sudan where 200,000 members of the Fur, Zaghawa, and Masalit ethnic groups were murdered and approximately two million people displaced. In 2004, the U.S. government recognized these atrocities as genocide and resulted in the… Read More

For Grades 7-12 Illinois Holocaust Museum’s new online exhibition, The Holocaust in the Soviet Union, addresses the wave of destruction the Nazi invasion brought to 4 million Jews residing in the Soviet Territories (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Bessarabia, North Bukovina, and the Soviet Union). Approximately 1.5 million Jews were able to evacuate or escape… Read More

For Grades 7-12 Session 1 | 1:00 PM Holocaust Education: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow As Holocaust denial, distortion, and antisemitism rise globally, educating about how and why the Holocaust happened and the ongoing dangers of hatred have never been more urgent. So how do educators in today’s classroom teach about the Holocaust, often a daunting… Read More

For Grades 6-12 Join the Illinois Holocaust Museum & First Division Museum to learn about personal stories of leadership during WWII. Follow in the footsteps of the US First Infantry Division from Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge, explore American women’s participation in D-Day, and come away with 5 new stories plus artifacts… Read More

Ukraine and Russia share a long and complex history. In this workshop, educators will connect best practices for Holocaust education to the current invasion, the impact of the war on Ukrainians, and the implications for human rights. Educators will also gain resources and strategies to bring into the classroom as well as tips to engage… Read More

What is resistance? How has creative expression functioned as a meaningful form of resistance for Jews during the Holocaust? Educators will explore the remarkable story of conductor Rafael Schächter who demonstrated moral leadership in the Terezín (Theresienstadt) ghetto by enriching his fellow prisoners’ lives through music. Schächter’s most extraordinary act was to recruit 150 prisoners… Read More

Illinois Holocaust Museum’s newest exhibition explores the June 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn as the flashpoint that ignited the modern gay rights movement in the United States. In the fifty years since the Stonewall Uprising, America’s LGBTQ population has struggled for equal rights and representation under the law. Learn how you can use… Read More

Occupied and divided, collaborationist yet defiant, France provides one of the most complex stories of WWII and the Holocaust. In this workshop, educators will examine primary sources and eyewitness testimony to unpack the unique complexities of France, including: the division of France into German-Occupied Zone and the unoccupied south, led by the officially neutral but… Read More

7th-12th Grade Educators  Systematic killings by the Nazi regime began in the fall of 1939. These first victims were Germans, both Jewish and non-Jewish, with physical and intellectual disabilities. Beginning with the murder of children, followed by adults, and eventually those imprisoned in the concentration camp system, the T4 program was a direct predecessor to the… Read More

Join Illinois Holocaust Museum to delve deeply into the experiences of women during multiple genocides, including the Holocaust, Bosnia, and Rwanda. To restore agency to women, educators will explore the multiple roles women played during genocide. Through close reading/viewing of primary sources and testimony, educators will dissect the difficult decisions women had to make to… Read More