On Being an Upstander

"It's small things that set bigger things off." Sam Edelman

Throughout Day 1, we've used the term upstander often.  What does that term mean to you?

Reflection - June 18

How does adding layers to how we teach about the Holocaust make it effective for our students?

Goal of Holocaust Education

Karen Shawn, editor of PRISM Interdisciplinary Journal For Holocaust Educators, states that the ultimate goal of Holocaust education should be that we teach the children so that after they leave our classroom, they will want to return to the lessons again, and again, and again as lifelong learners.

Holocaust Education is a journey - to empower students to find their voice(s) in becoming a new generation of upstanders who will step-up and speak-up!
Imagine Peace, Pam

Seedfolks

Consider the imagery in the three stories we've just read from Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks. How could you use that imagery in a classroom lesson?

Crossing Lines Connections

From Topaz to Dachau...From Liz to Marielle... from the Memorial Library to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from wikis to VoiceThreads...from Chico to Davis...from California to New York...from coincidence to fate....with more to come....

How do YOU imagine yourself rolling out any of the above into your teaching assignment in the next school year? No need to limit yourself to one idea.

Think about how you might cross boundaries...geographic, generational, socio-economic, cross-curricular...

Please click on the comment link and join this shared conversation.

Welcome to the Crossing Lines Community

This blog is a discussion site for our June 20-24, 2011, Summer Satellite. Thanks to the generous support of The Memorial Library, in collaboration with the National Writing Project, we have connected the Area 3 Writing Project and the Northern California Writing Project for an inquiry-based, technology enhanced exploration of resources and strategies for teaching the Holocaust and other difficult topics, such as bullying, racism, and state-sanctioned forced removal and genocide.

For more information on the Crossing Lines program, check out this video.