The Day of Learning is a program of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Preisler Shorenstein Institute for Holocaust Education.
17th Annual
Jewish girls in the Lodz ghetto. Courtesy of Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi.
MARCH 17, 2019Day of Learning
USE YOUR VOICE TO MAKE A CHANGEWORKSHOPS include survivor’s eyewitness testimony of the Holocaust or genocide.
WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS (GRADES 7-9)• “Everyone Has A Name”: Using Art to Remember the Holocaust• The Path to Genocide: Six Stages of the HolocaustWORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS (GRADES 10-12)• Becoming a Refugee: Genocide in Sudan • Beyond Duty: Standing Up and Speaking Out• “Dear Diary”: Voices of Youth during the Holocaust• Deporting Our Neighbors: A San Francisco Story of Japanese-American
Internment • Footprints in History: Youth in Resistance Movements during the Holocaust• Happening Now: Genocide in Myanmar • “Hitler gives a city to the Jews”: Life and death in Terezin• Melodies of Resistance: The Power of Song during the Holocaust• Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto: Spiritual, Artistic, and Armed• Speaking the Truth: The Armenian Genocide and the Struggle for Justice• When Discrimination Becomes Legislation• Why “Never Again” Isn’t Enough: Confronting Antisemitism Today• Words on Fire: Writers and Poets of the Ghettos and Forests WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS• Creating Entry Points: Engaging School Stakeholders to Stand Up to Hate• Essential Lessons in Teaching about the Holocaust• Learning the Past, Building the Future: Teaching of the Armenian Genocide
Students (grades 7-12) and educators from all public and private schools throughout California are invited to gain a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and patterns of genocide. We expect to reach capacity quickly; please register early.
Attendees will choose from 18 different workshops and will hear testimony from a survivor of the Holocaust or genocide.
Galileo Academy of Science and Technology 1150 Francisco Street, San Francisco Accessible by MuniFree! Pre-registration required Lunch providedRegister by March 4: www.jfcs.org/dol Questions? Email: [email protected] or call: 415-449-3717
