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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 22h

*JUST RELEASED* Echoes & Reflections now offers a variety of content to support Spanish-speaking learners in the classroom. A collection of resources have been translated into Spanish and can be accessed in each of our 12 teaching units. Explore today: echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re...

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 3d

Join our webinar on 10/9 to learn about Living Links, a program that brings 3rd-generation Holocaust descendants into classrooms to share their families' stories. Explore how Living Links can make the Holocaust resonant with students. info.echoesandreflections.org/living-links...

Living Links: Bringing Intergenerational Holocaust Stories Into Your Classroom

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 10d

Our interactive map of Jewish populations illustrates how Jews have lived throughout the world, emigrated from and immigrated to many countries over the last 125+ years, and have been targeted for expulsion or death in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explore now: hubs.li/Q03L8p6G0

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 14d

Join our online course to examine propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minority groups and gain tools to facilitate classroom discussions and support students to analyze media in today’s world. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/deco...

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 21d

Join our online course to explore "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, to learn to teach about America’s response to the Holocaust within the context of WWII. Register here: hubs.ly/Q03JkZ7S0

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 23d

Join our webinar on 9/29 with Yiftach Meiri, Yad Vashem educator, to explore the powerful moment in history that led to the rescue of the majority of Denmark's Jews during the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/did-the-holo...

"Did the Holocaust Take Place in Denmark?"

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 24d

In September 1935, the Nuremberg Laws, which were the legal basis for racist, anti-Jewish policy in Germany, were enacted. Explore our lesson plan to teach about the impact of this legislation and others implemented in the 1930s against Jewish populations. hubs.li/Q03HLWt50

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · 27d

Have you checked out our podcast? "The Human Spirit in the Holocaust" podcast series profiles stories of resilience, resistance and rescue from this dark period in history. It is designed for any type of learner, in or outside the classroom. Listen here: echoesandreflections.org/podcast-for-...

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join our webinar on 9/15 with Kim Klett, Senior Echoes & Reflections Facilitator to explore ready-to-use activities to guide understanding of the effects of antisemitism on Jewish life after the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/rebuilding-j...

Rebuilding Jewish Life After the Holocaust

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join our online course to gain access to research-backed resources and teaching strategies to empower students to recognize and push back against this antisemitic hate speech, that they may be exposed to in their daily lives. Register Here: hubs.ly/Q03GGRDQ0

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Sep 3

Echoes & Reflections is here and ready to support your teaching needs this school year. Explore our FAQs to learn how our programming and resources can guide your planning and implementation of a comprehensive Holocaust education program. hubs.li/Q03GrSVf0

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Sep 2

Join our webinar on 9/9 with Steve Goldberg, a history teacher from Durham, NC, who befriended Holocaust survivor Abe Piasek during the last year of Abe's life and will share Abe's story through curated video clips. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/my-friend-abe

My Friend Abe, a 90-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 27

What is antisemitism? As the new school year begins, students may have questions about this term and its impacts on society. Help them develop an understanding of antisemitism with our student activity. Learn more: hubs.li/Q03FxgwR0

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join our webinar on 9/4 with Jesse Tannetta, Director of Holocaust Content & Pedagogy with Echoes & Reflections, who will offer historical background of Nazi imagery and classroom strategies on how to teach about antisemitism without fostering it. info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-sym...

Swastikas and Nazi Salutes: Teaching Symbols of Hate

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 25

Are you looking to make a positive difference in the lives of your students this year? Join our online course to build a profound understanding of the Holocaust and the history of antisemitism and a sound pedagogy for teaching these vital topics. Register here: hubs.li/Q03DtgYR0

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 21

Visual history testimonies of survivors and witnesses are a powerful way to teach about the human story of the Holocaust. Through USC Shoah Foundation's IWitness platform testimonies are made available to educators and aligned with our lesson plans. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q03D9q_N0

Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 15

Connect with us in the new school year! Join Echoes & Reflections community and stay up to date on our new resources, and professional learning opportunities by subscribing to our newsletter. Learn more: info.echoesandreflections.org/stay-connected

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 14

“The whole point of teaching about the Holocaust (is making sure) it doesn’t happen again...” 8th-grade ELA teacher Dana Jewell from WA state reflects on how he will expand his teaching after participating in this year's Advanced Learning Seminar Journey to Poland. www.goskagit.com/news/educati...

Area teacher learns more about the Holocaust during summer trip

After spending part of his summer visiting Holocaust sites, teacher Dana Jewell came home with ways to expand his teaching.

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 13

For students to understand the importance of the Holocaust it is critical to teach this history with a sound framework for instruction. Review our “pedagogy-in-practice” principles to apply to your planning and implementation this school year. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/pedagogical-...

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 11

Are you looking for resources to begin your instruction on the Holocaust this school year? To support you, we have a collection of resources to guide you in teaching this history in a responsible and meaningful way with students. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/where-to-beg...

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 8

What is antisemitism? Explore our teaching unit on this topic to help students learn about the origins of antisemitism and how this hatred was exploited by the Nazis during the 1920s and 1930s as part of their racist ideology. echoesandreflections.org/unit-2-antis...

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 7

What was the Holocaust? In this student activity, your classroom can begin the new school year learning about this critical history through survivor testimony and exploring working definitions from 3 major institutions in the field. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/studentactiv...

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 5

Looking for professional development opportunities? Echoes & Reflections offers a range of professional learning for educators. Explore online course and webinar offerings, as well as consider bringing our expert staff to your school, district or state. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/prepare/

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 4

Want to teach about the Holocaust but have limited instruction time? Review our sample One-Day & Two-Day Lesson Plans, which introduce key historical concepts and will support responsible and effective teaching about Holocaust history. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/wp-content/u...

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Echoes & Reflections @echoesreflections.bsky.social · Aug 4

Want to increase historical knowledge on the Holocaust for your teaching this school year? Explore our Video Toolbox films that contain historic and contextual framing on a variety of topics, and are well-aligned to many of our lesson plans. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/video_toolbox/

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