WINTER 2014 5
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
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.”
