The HEPRP Educators' Series provides seminars and teaching materials concerning Holocaust education and prejudice reduction utilizing current scholarship in the field in an effort to promote this professional development for teachers.
Seminars are taught by scholars who are internationally recognized in their fields of expertise. Readings and bibliographies are provided to participants in advance of the series.
Past Series Themes
• War and Genocide (2003-2004)
• Genocide: Was it Inevitable? Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Voices of the Victims (2004-2005)
• Dealing with Genocide in National History: United States, former Yugoslavia, Germany and Armenia (2005-2006)
• Teaching the Holocaust through History, Literature, Art and Monuments (2006-2007)
• A Year in Practicum: The Power of Survivor Testimony (2007-2008)
• Vilnius: A Case History of Multi-ethnicity (2008 - 2009)
THE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PREJUDICE REDUCTION PROGRAM PRESENTS THE TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
2009-2010 HEPRP EDUCATORS’ SERIES
A LEARNING LABORATORY
The HEPRP Educators’ Series is open to all teachers in the Greater New Haven area. To receive CEU’s participants must attend three of the four sessions. All sessions will be held between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Session 1 “Best Practices” was held at the New Haven Academy. 444 Orange Street, New Haven. All reading materials will be distributed in advance so that participants will be prepared to discuss the material in the sessions.
All sessions in the series are free of charge. Please bring a bag dinnerto all sessions. Coffee, tea, drinks and desert will be provided.
Session 1: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
“Best Practices”
This session was introduced and closed by Meredith Gavrin Co-Founder and Program Director of the New Haven Academy Interdistrict Magnet School.
Ms. Gavrin received her Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and her M.Ed. from Harvard University. Dr.Lauren Kempton facilitated the session. Lauren is the Director of the Holocaust Education Prejudice Reduction Program (HEPRP). She is also recognized locally and nationally for her work in the field of Holocaust Education.
Session 2: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
“Using Holocaust Literature in the Classroom”
Professor Lawrence L. Langer will facilitate this session. Lawrence Langer is Alumnae Chair, Professor (emeritus) of English at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. Professor Langer is known throughout the world for his contributions to the study of the Holocaust and how it is portrayed in literature
This session will be held at the Jewish Community Center, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525
Session 3: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
“ Resources and Technology from Facing History And Ourselves”
Deborah Chad , Technology Director, Facing History And Ourselves, will Facilitate this session along with Nancy Goss , the Media Specialist, at Amity Middle School.
This session will be held at Amity Middle School, 100 Ohman Avenue, Orange, CT 06477
Session 4: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
“ Media Literacy”
Joanne Rudof , Fortunoff Video Archivist, Yale University will facilitate this
Session. The session will focus on how we can use video streaming of Survivor Testimony from the Fortunoff Video Archives, as well TV movies, websites, You tube etc.
This session will be held at the Bass Library, Yale University, 130 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Contact information: Dr. Lauren Kempton at: 203-387-2424x380 or by e-mail at lkempton@jewishnewhaven.org. You may also contact Dr. Arnold Carmel at 203-387-2424x316 or by e-mail a.carmel@jewishnewhaven.org.
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