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THE HOLOCAUST. AND CONTEMPORARY. GENOCIDE:. Connecting the dots in your classroom. Andrew Beiter , presenter USHMM Regional Education Coordinator Social Studies Eight Teacher, Springville, MS Springville, New York. TIMOTHY HURSLEY. Where I teach…. TIMOTHY HURSLEY.
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THE HOLOCAUST AND CONTEMPORARY GENOCIDE: Connecting the dots in your classroom Andrew Beiter, presenter USHMM Regional Education Coordinator Social Studies Eight Teacher, Springville, MS Springville, New York
TIMOTHY HURSLEY Where I teach…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY What we’re generally known for…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY 3-5 “Snow Days” a year when schools are forced to close…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY My family
TIMOTHY HURSLEY Caring about the Holocaust…
THE HOLOCAUST AND CONTEMPORARY GENOCIDE: Connecting the dots in your classroom Andrew Beiter, presenter USHMM Regional Education Coordinator Social Studies Eight Teacher, Springville, MS Springville, New York
TIMOTHY HURSLEY An “Age of Genocide”: 1915-present
Ever Again? • Genocide and mass atrocities in… • Indonesia (1965-1966) • Bangladesh (1971) • Burundi (1972) • Cambodia (1975-1979) • East Timor (1975-1979) • Guatemala (1980s-1990s) • Sri Lanka (1983-2009) • Iraq (1987-1988) • Rwanda (1994) • Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1995) • Nepal (1996-2006)
Inspiration alone isn’t necessarily enough. TIMOTHY HURSLEY
“THE HOLOCAUST SHOULD BE A CATALYST AND A FRAMEWORK TO THINK ABOUT THE WORLD TODAY.” Taken from the USHMM Committee on Conscience webpage
What are the warning signs of genocide? TIMOTHY HURSLEY
Comparing causes—not the pain Cambodia
TIMOTHY HURSLEY Time Knowledge Some roadblocks we all face…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY warningsignsofgenocide.org
TIMOTHY HURSLEY Early May, 2011
TIMOTHY HURSLEY The decision to intervene in Libya…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY How the lesson works…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY The Situation Room…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY The School in Daraa
TIMOTHY HURSLEY The City of Aleppo
TIMOTHY HURSLEY Time Knowledge Some roadblocks we all face…
TIMOTHY HURSLEY warningsignsofgenocide.org
TIMOTHY HURSLEY www.iamsyria.org
Senator Paul Simon on Rwanda: “If every member of the House and Senate would have received 100 letters from people back home…I think the result would have been different…” TIMOTHY HURSLEY
The power of what you do… TIMOTHY HURSLEY
TIMOTHY HURSLEY TIMOTHY HURSLEY 1936 Sports Festival in Germany
Einsaztgruppen soldiers in 1941 TIMOTHY HURSLEY
“You are the eyes of a time I will not see” Holocaust Survivor Gerda Klein TIMOTHY HURSLEY
“We must push ourselves constantly, to be bigger than we think we can be.” Sara Bloomfield, Director United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Thank you for what you do… TIMOTHY HURSLEY
What are three things you and your students can do to connect the Holocaust to the world today?
TIMOTHY HURSLEY TIMOTHY HURSLEY The work of Mark Hannis
TIMOTHY HURSLEY Nick Kristof: “Car Washes And Genocide” TIMOTHY HURSLEY
“If you reach the youth you reach the future.” Adolf Hitler TIMOTHY HURSLEY
TIMOTHY HURSLEY The Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Monument, Poland TIMOTHY HURSLEY