Yorkville, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with Simone Liebster and elementary, middle, and high school students.
November 22
Columbia City, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with Simone Liebster and 70 middle and high school students and members of the community at Peabody Public Library.
November 1
Arizona Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Mesa, Arizona – USA
Held at Mesa Community College, the conference theme was “Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Citizens!” Exhibitors Renee Ochsner and Kristin Walter shared information about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and curriculum materials from the Arnold-Liebster Foundation website.
Arizona Council for the Social Studies includes the Arnold-Liebster Foundation on its Websites of A.C.S.S. Affiliated Organizations & Classroom Resources for teachers and social studies specialists.
October 25
Florida Council for the Social Studies Conference, Orlando, Florida – USA
Educators gathered at Embassy Suites Orlando-Lake Buena Vista South for the 57th annual conference. Exhibitor Carol Confehr provided information about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and curriculum materials on the Arnold-Liebster Foundation website.
The Florida Department of Education Task Force on Holocaust Education website includes the Arnold-Liebster Foundation on its Classroom Resources page under Resource Links.
October 24-26
Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 204 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 20
Illinois Council for the Social Studies, Palatine,
Illinois – USA
The Fall Conference was held at Harper College. Gaye Flowers and Marge Fulton presented a teacher workshop with the theme “Standing Up, Standing Firm, Speaking Out” that included a Skype interview with Simone Liebster in France. An exhibit table featured curriculum materials related to the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
October 17
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire is on exhibition from September 13, 2014 through January 11, 2015.
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Seminole, Florida – USA
Skype conference with American Sign Language students and Simone Liebster.
September 27
Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with middle and high school foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from China, South Korea, and Ukraine.
August 6
Moline High School, Moline, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 11th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 22
Mountain Sky Junior High School, Phoenix, Arizona – USA
Two Skype conferences with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 19
Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts – USA
Skype conference with 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 16
Napoleon High School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA
Two Skype conferences with 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 15
Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, Rock Island, Illinois – USA
Exhibit “Jehovah’s Witnesses – Faith Under Fire” The 33rd Annual Quad Cities Holocaust Remembrance
April 27
Warsaw, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 24
Memphis, Tennessee – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 19
Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA
Two Skype conferences with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster. April 8
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Charlotte, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with a group of Spanish students and Simone Liebster.
March 29
Chimacum Middle School, Chimacum, Washington – USA
Skype conference with 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 27
Illinois Council for the Social Studies Spring Conference, Peoria, Illinois – USA
The conference was held at Bradley University and included a session by Gaye Flowers and Marge Fulton. Their theme was “Standing Up, Standing Firm, Speaking Out” and featured a Skype interview with Simone Liebster. An exhibit table provided curriculum resources for educators.
March 21
Norwood, Massachusetts – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
February 20
Basalt Regional Library, Colorado – USA
The Library held a Special Author Event via Skype with Simone Liebster, author of “Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe.” 100 people were in attendance from the local community and schools.
January 20
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