Americans and the Holocaust
Americans and the Holocaust
Teacher Workshop
Teacher Workshop
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WHAT DID AMERICANS KNOW?
DID AMERICANS HELP JEWISH REFUGEES?
WHY DID AMERICANS GO TO WAR?
HOW DID AMERICANS RESPOND TO THE HOLOCAUST?
When: October 20, 2021
Time: 8:30-3:30
Where: University of Mississippi-Jackson Ave Center
Who: Teachers 7-12 (any subject area)
Cost: Free
CEUS: .7 ($15)
Designed to help teachers promote reflection and critical thinking about the various factors that shaped American attitudes, the potential for individual action, and America’s role in the world during that time and today.
Sessions will include:
Foundational lessons contextualizing the Holocaust
Examining the challenges of escaping Europe, 1938-1941
Keynote speaker, Dr. Joshua First, Croft Associate Professor of History and International Studies, University of Mississippi
Overview of exhibition with teacher resources
Free USHMM resources and books will be available for all participants
Lunch and coffee provided
This event is being held in conjunction with Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. Individual stories - ranging from government officials to journalists to citizens - highlight the variety of choices and actions made by Americans at all levels of society. It is intended to promote reflection and critical thinking about the various factors that shaped American attitudes, the potential for individual action, and America’s role in the world during that time and today.
This special library exhibition — based on the exhibition at the USHMM in Washington, D.C. — will be hosted by the University of Mississippi library from December 1, 2021- January 14, 2022.
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