"Call for Papers"

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR AFTERNOON EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

The organizing committee of the conference invites you to submit activities for the afternoon workshops. These educational activities may include, but are not limited to, curricular units, videos, multimedia presentations, exhibits, theatre, music, art, and dance pieces suitable for students of all levels in formal and informal education.

Please submit an abstract of your activity, in English, of not more than 500 words. All abstracts must be received no later than January 15, 2004. Please include a short c.v. with your abstract. Your abstract will only be accepted in a digitized form and should be sent to the conference (Submit below).

Your notification of acceptance will be sent via email by March 31, 2004.

Your complete educational activity must be digitized and received here no later than May 30, 2004. The conference will only accept digitized copies of these activities so that they can be edited and formatted for distribution to participants at the conference.

Each workshop will be ninety minutes in length. No more than two educational activities will be presented in each workshop, allowing each presenter forty-five minutes for their activity.


SUGGESTIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

Categories - We will accept educational workshop proposals from the following disciplines

  • History
  • Film
  • Philosophy
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Drama
  • Art
  • Theology
  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Using Technology In Teaching the Holocaust - Long Distance Learning


Recommendations for Workshop Themes

  • Women and Children in the Holocaust
  • The Survivors Return to Life
  • Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and Denial of the Holocaust
  • Islamic Antisemitism and Denial of the Holocaust
  • The Media and Israel
  • The 9th of Av, the 10th of T’vet and the 27th of Nissan - The Concept of Churban In Jewish Thought
  • Ceremonies for Yom Ha Shoah In The Jewish Day School
  • Exploring Our Roots -Jewish Communities Before the Holocaust
  • The Role of Holocaust Museums in Education
  • Recorded Survivor Testimony - What Do We Do With It Pedagogically?
  • Using survivor testimony in the classroom
  • Teaching the Holocaust in Primary Grades, Middle School and High School - Different Pedagogical Approaches
  • Trips to Poland and Israel - The March of the Living
  • Birthright Programs - Jewish Identity and the Holocaust?
  • Teaching the Holocaust in Jewish Orthodox Communities
  • Exemplary Figures in Religious Education
  • Youth Movements and the Holocaust
  • The Phenomena of Armed Resistance in the Ghettos, Camps, and Forests
  • The Bielski Brothers - Family Camps in the Forests
  • Second and Third Generation-the past the present and the future
  • Teaching the Holocaust over the Internet-different approaches and dangers
  • The Jewish Calendar and the Holocaust
  • Terrorism today and its effect on teaching the Holocaust in our classrooms-parents/teachers/children
  • Jews Who Rescued Jews in the Holocaust
  • The Righteous Among The Nations - Why Did Non-Jews Choose to Save Jews During the Holocaust