Great summer opportunity

The Holocaust Educators Network, in partnership with the National Writing Project, announces 24 fellowships for NWP teacher-consultants in the Rural Sites Network and other teachers across the NWP who can show critical needs to attend the Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education in New York City. (from NWP's website)

Red River Valley Writing Project teacher Sue Hopkins attended the Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education. Do consider applying.

Here's a bit more on the seminar.

Using an inquiry-based approach, this program will encourage teachers to think creatively and collaboratively about methods and approaches for teaching the Holocaust. The seminar will consider how we engage students with difficult material such as hatred, prejudice, and state-sanctioned genocide, and how writing, dialogue, and inquiry can help us develop empathy and move us toward action. While the focus is on the Holocaust, attention will also be given to more recent genocides.