(America and the Holocaust) History Unfolded: What Americans Knew about the Holocaust via Newspapers
(America and the Holocaust) History Unfolded: What Americans Knew about the Holocaust via Newspapers
Powell Professional Development Series on Holocaust Education 2022 | Holocaust Center for Humanity
Presenters
- Eric Schmalz
Description
America and the Holocaust
Offered in conjunction with the corresponding exhibit on display at Gonzaga in Spokane.
Exhibit is from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Image: Jewish refugee children wave at the Statue of Liberty as their ship steams into New York Harbor, 1939. These children are among a group of 50 Jewish refugees from Vienna who will be placed with foster families in Philadelphia. Photo from the USHMM.
September 7, 2022
History Unfolded: What Americans Knew about the Holocaust via Newspapers
5:15-6:15pm (PT)
Presented by Eric Schmalz, Museum Educator, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Eric will explain what the History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust project is and why it matters. He will describe the project's successes to date, with particular attention to the involvement of students and adult volunteers in the Pacific Northwest. He will show various ways the website can be a useful tool for research and education, as well as some exciting future plans.
Eric Schmalz is the community manager for the History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust citizen history project at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. His main responsibilities include helping project volunteers have a positive, meaningful experience, and ensuring that the museum receives useful, accurate data. He works with educators to implement the project, answers participant questions, communicates updates, organizes programs, and oversees a submissions review team. Prior to working at the museum, Eric was a high school social studies teacher in Virginia.
Event Notes
Dates
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Wed, September 7 20225:15 PM - 6:15 PMOnline (via Zoom)
Registration
Event # 140168
- Price
- Free
- Registration Ends
- Tuesday Sep 6, 2022 5:30 PM
Registration Form for Series:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeY6iZd0eW3TUOao-nOqJn7ZBJFNLtM29MAvO4Fq36cvhkCXQ/viewform
To receive the direct meeting link, please register using the google.doc provided by the Holocaust Center for Humanity linked above. Using this form, you can sign up for all zoom links in the Powell Professional Development Series 2022, and you only need to do this once.
To receive clock hours though you must register with each session's unique PD Enroller so we can mark your attendance.
Professional Hours
Clock Hour Number: SPK0043| 1.00 | Clock Hours | |
| 1.00 | Equity |