Join our webinar on 3/12 with Virginia Tech Education Professors Amy Allen and David Hicks to explore both the possibilities and limitations of AI tools for Holocaust education. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/the-tool-is-...
Looking for continuing education credits? If you plan to seek continuing education credits for your participation in any Echoes & Reflections professional development program, we offer information on our website for a step-by-step process. Explore here: hubs.li/Q044_J780
Planning to teach about the Holocaust this spring? Explore our 15 digital student-directed classroom activities designed to increase knowledge about core topics of Holocaust history, antisemitism, and related issues. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/studentactiv...
The Last Ones of Auschwitz brings together the voices of the last survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Join our webinar on 3/4 with Co-author Leslie Gelrubin Benitah, Ph.D., to learn how these narratives can deepen students’ understanding of the Holocaust. info.echoesandreflections.org/auschwitz-su...
Want to support your students in having a better understanding of Holocaust denial and distortion? Join our online course to learn how to empower students to recognize and reject these forms of antisemitism that they may encounter. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/teac...
Join our webinar on 2/23 with director Daniela Volker who will discuss The Commandant’s Shadow, a documentary which brings together Jürgen Höss, son of Rudolf Höss, and Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, and explores repentance and forgiveness. info.echoesandreflections.org/confronting-...
Considering aligning teaching about the Holocaust with your spring lessons on WWII history? If so, now is the time to start preparing! Join our online course to equip yourself to responsibly teach the fundamentals of Holocaust history. echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/foun...
Join our webinar on 2/17 with Lisa Biton, head of the English-speaking Education Section at Yad Vashem, to examine the Oneg Shabbat Archive, the secret documentation of Jewish daily life during the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/the-oneg-sha...?
Echoes & Reflections and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation invite current U.S. secondary classroom educators to an upcoming online program and virtual tour. This live, free of cost, remote session will provide the tools to teach about the lessons of the Holocaust. Register here: lnkd.in/gYnkhEXz
As students study the complex history of the Holocaust, they will have lots of questions. To support your teaching, explore our Students' Toughest Questions resource to learn how to address challenging questions that may arise in the classroom. hubs.li/Q041_fRN0
Join our webinar on 2/11 with the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. E&R Dir. of Content & Pedagogy, Jesse Tannetta, will examine the role of terror and extrajudicial punishment as crucial to the rise of the Nazi Party and its domination of people in Europe. bhecinfo-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Explore our poster series, which features the powerful words and experiences of Holocaust survivors and a rescuer and promote meaningful classroom reflection with accompanying activities. Access them for free here: echoesandreflections.org/classroom-po...
Join our online course to examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/defi...
Our webinar on 2/4 with E&R facilitator and classroom educator Tyrone Shaw will trace how the weaponization of the legal system transformed Germany into a totalitarian state. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/when-laws-be...
Honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 1/27, by exploring our digital student activity. Students learn why and how different locations have chosen to memorialize the Holocaust, while considering the challenges and impacts of these decisions. echoesandreflections.org/studentactiv...
Join our free, credit-bearing online course to examine antisemitism through historic and contemporary framing and build student knowledge, critical understanding, and skills for intervention. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/teac...
E&R lesson plans contain first-person visual history testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses. As we approach IHRD, learn how teaching the human story behind this history can meaningfully impact your classroom today. echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re...
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Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (1/27) with students. Join our webinar with Sheryl Ochayon, Yad Vashem's Project Director, who will use the database & Pages of Testimony to tell the stories of some of the lives lost in the Holocaust. info.echoesandreflections.org/for-teachers...
Help students understand the diversity of Jewish life and the affect antisemitism has had on it. Our interactive map shows how Jews have lived throughout the world over the last 125+ years. Learn more: hubs.li/Q03-zc9l0
Join our webinar on 1/20 with Brian Hughes, Director of USC Shoah Foundation’s Countering Antisemitism Lab, who will trace the historical arc of antisemitism and examine the role media plays in preserving these theories. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-conspira... @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social
Explore our "Gringlas Unit on Antisemitism After the Holocaust" to learn how to deliver accurate and sensitive instruction on this topic and increase students’ understanding of the dangers of this hate and what they can do to prevent it from escalating. hubs.ly/Q03-bQ_r0
Join author Richard Hurowitz for a webinar about the heroes featured in his book, "In the Garden of the Righteous", who risked everything to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Learn how to integrate these stories into your classroom curriculum. info.echoesandreflections.org/in-the-garde...
If you are a U.S. middle or high school educator who currently and actively uses Echoes & Reflections in your classroom, we invite you to apply for the 2026 Echoes & Reflections Advanced Learning Seminar at Yad Vashem! echoesandreflections.org/advanced-lea...
Join our first webinar of 2026! Professor John Q. Barrett will discuss the Nuremberg trials and how accurately history is portrayed in the 2025 movie Nuremberg. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-nurember...
As the year comes to a close, we thank our educators for their work bringing Holocaust history into their classrooms. We are inspired by the dedication and enthusiasm we witness from our community and look forward to supporting you in 2026. Have a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year.
We are incredibly proud to share that 3 Echoes teachers, Irene Ann Resenly, Christopher Murray, & Jeron Velasco are among those honored with awards at this year’s NCSS Conference (@socialstudies.org) for demonstrating exceptional ability as a social studies teacher. Join us in congratulating them!
In the new year we are launching a new online course on teaching the "Final Solution". Explore primary resources and responsible pedagogy to teach this difficult topic with confidence in the classroom. Register here: hubs.ly/Q03XG9Fx0
Join us on 12/16 for a virtual tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem. Explore galleries on liberation and the end of WWII to support teaching about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. hubs.ly/Q03X3YHt0
Join our webinar on 12/10 to mark the release of the Hidden Child Foundation’s new book and hear powerful reflections from Holocaust survivors who will share their experiences as hidden children during the Holocaust and the lasting impact on their lives. hubs.li/Q03WrDkZ0
Help students consider the aftermath of the Holocaust – the pursuit of justice, how survivors sought to rebuild their lives, and how we remember and memorialize this tragedy today. Register here: hubs.li/Q03VPT9K0
