Your Personal Invitation to attend the

Holocaust Institute for Teachers

offered at the University of Florida

by

Professor Geoffrey Giles (UF Department of History)

Dr. Giles has been the senior scholar-in-residence at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum , and leads traveling seminars to Holocaust sites in Eastern Europe

&

Professor Linda Leonard Lamme (UF School of Teaching and Learning)

Dr. Lamme studies children’s literature on the Holocaust and Holocaust curriculum

June 16 – 20, 2008

at the University of Florida

Institute includes:

PowerPoint Presentations by Dr. Giles on aspects of the Holocaust based upon his research and travel in Europe, with illustrations of sites and artifacts

Guest speakers including several Holocaust survivors and a liberator

A research fellow from the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC as the banquet speaker

A behind-the-scenes visit to the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, featuring a conversation about the hopes and pains of survivors and their families

Extensive discussion of newly published books

Discussion about appropriate children’s books

(and one free book for each participant)

Comments by participants in past Institutes:

• The personal testimonies are amazing. I will cherish and share their stories. This week I realized that my grandchildren, maybe even my children, will not have the chance to hear the story in person.
• Survivors made the class very meaningful. I could not help tearing up as I was listening to their experiences.
• It has opened my eyes and my heart to the injustices we inflict on each other.
• I was struck this week by my personal responsibility to educate about the Holocaust.
• The read-alouds and the curriculum applications were the most helpful tool in choosing ways to present classroom lessons.
• There was continuous reference to classroom application. The participants teach a wide range of grades, and no one was left out.
• Before the Institute, I had no idea how to use Holocaust material in kindergarten.
• One of the most valuable things about this institute was that it gave me ideas on how to use the material in my classroom.
• I will not be afraid to broach the subject now that I have kid-friendly ways to present the information.
• This is one of the best institutes I have ever attended.
• We were treated like intelligent professionals. This is not always the case in teacher training.
• A thought-provoking introduction into the whole issue. Great sharing and information collection. Plenty of time for us to discuss and ask questions.
• Please keep the group small.  I appreciated having the chance to talk as well as listen.
• The presentation was amazing.  I am, forever changed by this institute.
• I learned more history this week than in my whole time as a student in high school.
• It was very hands-on, fast paced and informative. The instructors did a wonderful job.
• I liked having two professors, one from history and one from education. They provided so much more than any one professor could have.

Deadline for registration is June 11, 2008

Register online: www.jst.ufl.edu/shift.shtml

Cost: $150