HMH Bearing Witness - November 2014

NEWS

DON’T MISS “Impacts of Racist Ideologies: The Holocaust and Japanese- American Internment” Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, 9:00a.m. to4:30p.m. How do the histories of theHolocaust and Japanese-American internment intersect? During thisone-dayworkshop inconjunction with “TheArtofGaman”exhibition,educators can learn how fear, enmity, prejudice and apathy worked together to harm civil societies in Nazi Germany and the United States. Working with colleagues from Houston’s Japanese American Citizens League, workshop participants will study how legal frameworks were implemented to remove identified “others” from society and restrict their movements to gain power – and in the case of the Holocaust, murder – over the identified people. The registration deadline is Feb. 18, 2015. “Implementing ‘All BehaviorsCount’ in School Settings” Friday,March27, 2015, 9:00a.m. to4:30p.m. JoinHolocaustMuseumHouston’s education team for a one-dayworkshop to learn about utilizing theMuseum’s “All BehaviorsCount” program in the classroom. “All Behaviors Count” is a free modular program that examines the five forms of social cruelty: taunting, rumoring, exclusion, gangingupand bullying. Thisprogram ishighly recommended for districtsworking tomeet state guidelines regarding stopping bullying in all grade levels (K-12). The registration deadline is March23, 2015. “Genocide in theNews” Friday, April 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to4:30p.m. What isgenocide?Thisterm isused inheadlines all over theworld, but what does itmean?And what canbedone tostop it?Thisworkshopwill examine the development of the controversial definition of genocide and look at current genocides in the world. Using primary source materials and film segments, participants will be prepared to make pedagogical choices as they implement studies related to genocide. Thisprogramwillmeet theTEKS requirements for Social Studies (particularly world history) andEnglish/LanguageArts teachers ingrades three through12.Artandmusiceducatorswho wish to incorporate these histories in their studies also may wish to consider attending. Thisworkshophasbeenapprovedby theTexas Association for theGifted and Talented for six hours inCreativityand Instructional Strategies. The fee for each is program is $20 per person, which includes workshop materials but not lunch. To register for any event or for information on continuing education credits, visit http://www.hmh.org/registerevent.aspx

Endowment Fund Created Holocaust Survivor and HMH Trustee Anna Steinberger hasestablished theAnnaandEmil Steinberger Scholarship for Teacher Education Endowment Fund at HMH. The annual income distributed from this endowment will be used to provide support scholarships for current classroom teachers to attend educational programs sponsored by Holocaust MuseumHouston and others. “My adult life was dedicated to education in one form or another,” she said. “After retiring from35 years of teaching

medical students and other health professionals, I decided to devotemuch of my time to educating HMH visitors that hate and bigotry often lead to disasters like the Holocaust and other genocides, and that we must learn to live in peace, with mutual respect and understanding.”

Leibman FellowsNamed Julia Leibman, granddaughter of Richard Leibman visited the Museum to meet the summer 2013 and summer 2014 Leibman Fellows. Julia gave a portion of her Bat Mitzvah money to support the Henia Leibman Endowment Fund established in her grandmother’s name to send teachers to Israel each summer for teacher training. This year’s Fellows, Jaime Acosta andMichelle Tovar, were part of the International Seminars for Educators at The International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. TwoNewPrograms Fund Field Trips for Title1Schools Two new programs have been established to help schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low- income families visit Holocaust MuseumHouston this year. There are hundreds of Title I schools in the greater Houston metropolitan area, schools withmore than 40 percent of the student body deemed low-income by federal standards. Under oneprogram, TheFredandMabel R. ParksFoundation

Field Trip and Family Access Program is providing funds for field trip transportation reimbursements to Title 1 schools and Family Ticket packs that will allow students to return to visit theMuseumwith their families and siblings at no cost over the next year. A second similar program providing bus transportation reimbursement has been funded by Joan and MarvinKaplan. “Due to the lack of funding, the students that might benefit from our programs most are often the students that have no resources to visit,” saidMuseumExecutiveDirector Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga. “We believe these programs will contribute to the development of students into civilized young men and women who possess more knowledge about art and culture, have stronger critical-thinking skills, exhibit increasedhistorical empathy anddisplay higher levels of tolerance.”

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