Students explore the evolution of the international community’s response to genocide and examine how the U.S. has responded to multiple cases of genocide.
Introductory Workshop
With Echoes & Reflections: Teaching About the Holocaust and Genocide
9:00 am — 3:00 pm
The Learning Center
Wayne, NJ
Wayne, NJ
DETAILS
NOTE: This workshop is now full and registration is closed.
The Choices Program is excited to partner with Echoes & Reflections to bring outstanding curriculum, teaching strategies, and resources to middle and high school teachers. Join us for an interactive day of lessons and go home with two Choices Program curriculum units, Confronting Genocide: Never Again? and Competing Visions of Human Rights: Questions for U.S. Policy, as well as classroom-ready content, sound teaching pedagogy, and instructional strategies from Echoes & Reflections on teaching about the Holocaust and genocide.
$75 Per Person
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Thanks to funding from Echoes & Reflections we are able to offer this workshop at a deeply reduced rate.
Workshop fee includes the print format AND a one-year license for the Digital Editions format of Confronting Genocide: Never Again?and Competing Visions of Human Rights: Questions for U.S. Policy curriculum units, lunches, and a certificate of completion.
Partial scholarships are available. Contact Mimi_Stephens@brown.edu for details.
Pre-registration is required. Early registration is recommended.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This workshop is appropriate for middle and high school educators who teach about genocide or human rights and would like to use these topics to engage students in an examination of current world issues. Materials are appropriate for grades 7-12. Humanities teachers often use our materials and are encouraged to attend.
“Thanks for reinforcing my belief that Choices materials are among the very best available. You really make it look easy to lead a class using them! It truly was a valuable experience and day well-spent.”
– Mike O., Connecticut
Mimi is the Director of Sales and Professional Development for the Choices Program. Prior to joining the Choices Program in 2011, Mimi worked at Clark University where she served as the Director of the Teacher Center for Global Studies supporting K12 social studies teachers throughout Massachusetts for more than 20 years. Mimi holds a Masters in International Development and Social Change from Clark University.