Schedule a professional development workshop for your school, district, or group
Suitable/Adaptable for teachers of grades 5-12
The Holocaust Center for Humanity offers a variety of interactive professional development opportunities for teachers of grades 5-12. Individual sessions range between one hour and two and a half hours and can be combined for half-day or full-day programs. All sessions can be facilitated in person or virtually.
All professional development programs are offered free of charge to schools and groups in Washington State. Donations to support these programs so that we can continue to offer them for free are always appreciated. You can make a donation to support professional development.
For more information or to schedule a program, please email Branda Anderson, Teaching and Learning Specialist, at
WORKSHOPS
Recognizing and Addressing Antisemitism
Why is antisemitism so often overlooked or inadequately addressed — even by those who seek to challenge prejudice?
In this interactive session, we’ll explore what antisemitism looks like today and why it often goes unchallenged. Together, we’ll learn practical tools to recognize and respond to antisemitism with the same urgency and care as other forms of identity-based discrimination.
Navigating Critical Conversations and Tough Topics
The polarized nature of our current society can make educators hesitant about bringing potentially controversial issues into the classroom. We fundamentally believe that this is a time not to avoid those topics and conversations, but to lean into them, in order to model in our classrooms what a healthy democracy looks, sounds, and feels like. Teachers equipped with clear goals, academic resources, and discussion strategies that foster civil discourse can turn their classrooms into model democracies.
Centering on Facing History and Ourselves resources, we will model how to build a reflective and honest classroom rooted in identity and belonging. We will discuss strategies for building students’ capacity for critical thinking in order to help them engage with difficult conversations in the classroom.
Funding for this program was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.
Other workshops include:
- Teaching the Holocaust in a World History Classroom: Practical Applications
- Teaching the Holocaust in a United States History Classroom: Practical Applications
- Developing Students' Media Literacy Skills through Analysis of Nazi Propaganda
- Teaching about the Historical Roots of Antisemitism
- Teaching about the Holocaust in an ELA Classroom
Questions?
Email Branda Anderson, Teaching and Learning Specialist: