North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Columbia, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.
November 29
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Lillington, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: Resistance.
November 28
Northrop High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 50 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
November 20
Highland High School, Highland, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 66 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
November 15
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Boone, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.
November 2
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Burnsville, North Carolina – USA
Diana Zientek presented information and resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of the Holocaust.
November 1
Arizona Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – USA
The conference theme was “Ready…Set…Global…” and held at Camelback High School. Exhibitors Kristin Dickman Walter and Renee Ochsner shared educator resources.
October 21
Florida Council for the Social Studies, Palm Harbor, Florida – USA
“Honoring the Past, Preserving the Present, Shaping the Future” was the theme of the 60th annual conference. Exhibitor Carol Confehr shared classroom resources with educators.
October 20-22
Illinois Council for the Social Studies, Palatine, Illinois – USA
Harper College hosted the fall conference. A workshop by Gaye Flowers and Marge Fulton included first-person testimony by Simone Liebster, who survived the Holocaust era as a Jehovah’s Witness youth. An exhibit table provided resources for educators.
October 13
Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 160 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 11
Illinois Reading Council, Peoria, Illinois – USA
The 51st “Read the World” conference at the Peoria Civic Center included a workshop and exhibit table by Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers. Simone Arnold Liebster, author of Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe was interviewed on Skype from her home in France.
October 5
Arizona Council for History Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – USA
Held at the Phoenix Zoo, the conference theme was “Taking a Stand.” Renee Ochsner and Kristin Dickman Walter’s session “Standing Up and Standing Out in Nazi Europe” featured an interview with Simone Liebster and an exhibit table with classroom resources.
August 26
Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from Russia, Mexico, South Korea, and China.
August 10
Fort Wayne, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 20 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 30
Fresno, California – USA
Skype conference with 29 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 24
Paulding County Carnegie Library, Paulding, Ohio – USA
Skype conference with 32 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 23
Park Forest Middle School, State College, Pennsylvania – USA
Skype conference with 50 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
June 5
Chicago, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 30 middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
June 3
Beveridge Magnet School, Omaha, Nebraska – USA
Skype conference with 304 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 16
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA
Skype conference with 50 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 15
Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA
Skype conference with 85 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 12
Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA
Skype conference with 75 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 11
Union Intermediate School, Clinton, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 50 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 8
Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA
Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 5
Milligan Academy, Decatur, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 17 high school students and Simone Liebster.
May 4
West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 80 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 2
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West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 70 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 1
Springfield Learning Academy, Springfield, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 15 high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 28
Pontiac Junior High School, Pontiac, Illinois – USA
Two Skype conferences with 100 7th grade students and 125 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 27
Chimacum Middle School, Chimacum, Washington – USA
Skype conference with 54 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 24
Baltimore, Maryland – USA
Skype conference with 50 elementary, middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 22
Highland High School, Highland, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 13 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 20
Leesburg Elementary School, Leesburg, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 18
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Washington, D.C. – USA
Skype conference with 30 elementary, middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 15
McKendree University, Lebanon, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 14 students from Methods of Teaching Social Science (Elementary) class.
April 6
Rock Falls High School, Rock Falls, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 90 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 3
Maiden Middle School, Maiden, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 120 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 28
Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 135 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 23
Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 135 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 21
Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA
Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 17
Natrona Virtual School, Casper, Wyoming – USA
Skype conference with 20 5th-8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 9
Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts – USA
Skype conference with 30 10th and 11th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 3
Westview Elementary School, Topeka, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 200 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 23
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire is on exhibition from February 18 through July 16, 2017.
February 14
Lakeland High School, LaGrange, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 80 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 10
Momence Junior High School, Momence, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 84 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
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