The Education Division of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to announce the 2009 annual Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators. The conference is funded by a grant from the Belfer Foundation.

The application deadline is June 5, 2009.

For the 2009 program, special emphasis will be placed on the Museum’s new exhibit, State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda.

Middle- and high-school educators with less than five years of experience teaching about the Holocaust are invited to apply to attend this conference. In addition to history, social studies, foreign-language and English teachers, teachers of journalism and other content areas are encouraged to attend. Community college faculty members are also eligible to apply. (Educators with five or more years’ experience teaching about the Holocaust should apply to participate in the Museum Teacher Fellowship program.)

Museum educators and scholars share rationales, strategies, and approaches for presenting this complex topic to students, in sessions designed specifically for middle- and high-school teachers. Participants have extensive time to view the Museum’s Permanent Exhibition: The Holocaust, tour Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story, and other special exhibitions, and visit the interactive computers in the Wexner Learning Center and other resource areas. Seminar sessions emphasize planning and implementing units of study for teaching about the Holocaust in middle and high schools. Educators who complete the program receive a set of educational materials and a voucher worth $100 to purchase Holocaust–related resources in the Museum Shop.

“The information we received as educators was extremely helpful, and the guest speakers were outstanding. The conference was the best one I have ever attended. I came away inspired.”
— Participant from New York

 
Preliminary schedule
Participants should plan to attend all scheduled workshops.
Please note: This schedule is subject to change. You will receive a more detailed schedule with your confirmation letter.

While there is no charge for the conference, participants are responsible for their own transportation and accommodations.

If you have more than five years experience teaching about the Holocaust and would like to attend a Belfer Conference, please contact Christina C. Chavarría at the address below or consult the Museum’s Web site (www.ushmm.org) for information on the Teacher Fellowship Program.

For information, contact:

Christina C. Chavarría
Phone: (202) 488-0466
Fax: (202) 314-7888
E-mail: cchavarria@ushmm.org
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Division of Education
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126