Holocaust Memorial Center and EMU to co-host Third Annual Seminar for teachers

The Holocaust Memorial Center and Eastern Michigan University announced that the deadline to register for their Third Annual Summer Teacher Seminar to benefit current and prospective teachers and their students has been extended to Aug. 8 This year's seminar, which takes place Aug. 13-17 at the Holocaust Memorial Center located at 28123 Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills, focuses on "Children and the Holocaust." Using the latest academic scholarship and best instructional practices to make lessons about the Holocaust understandable and meaningful for students, the seminar is designed to build an instructor's content base. Attendees will hear presentations from scholars and survivors examining the Holocaust from the rise of Nazism to the Holocaust deniers of today. Presenters include: * Robert Franciosi. * Christina Eiko Guenthe. * Jack Kay. * Martin B. Shichtman. * Jacqueline Vansant. * Annette Wannamaker. * Jamie Wraight. Members of the museum's Holocaust survivor network also will present. Participating teachers will be provided access to the vast primary resources from the museum library and archive to aid them in the development of their own classroom lessons. Hungarian secondary school teachers Vódli Zsolt and István Bánki will be in attendance. They heard about the seminar through the recommendation of the American representative to the International Task Force for Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Dr. Bill Shuman. To register for the seminar,go to http://ep.emich.edu/holocaust and click on the link titled "Holocaust Seminar." Cost for the event is $100 and includes nine SB-CEUs. Three undergraduate or graduate credit hours also are available to participants for an additional fee. For further information, contact either Sarah Painter at spainter@emich.edu or Rebecca Swindler at education@holocaustcenter.org or 248-553-2400, ext. 13. Published: Mon, Aug 6, 2012