{"id":4976,"date":"2022-07-07T18:34:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alst.org\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2025-05-03T15:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:06:54","slug":"school-events-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alst.org\/en\/news\/school-events-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"School Events 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Norwood, Massachusetts – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
December 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore, Maryland – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
December 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore, Maryland – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
December 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlantic Cape Community College, Cape May Court House, New Jersey – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with Professor Robert Holden’s History class and Simone Liebster.
December 10
>> Educator Comment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire<\/em> is on exhibit from November 9, 2012 through April 21, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arizona Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Held at Grand Canyon University, the conference theme was “The Social Studies Network: Connecting Arizona to the World.” Exhibitors Kristin Walter and Renee Ochsner provided information about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and curriculum materials that are available on 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 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northrop High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 180 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 23
>> Educator Comment<\/a>
>> Article from The Mail Journal, October 23, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holocaust: Contrasting Choices\/Contrasting Consequences Then and Now, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Illinois Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference was held at Harper College in Palatine. Gaye Flowers presented a teacher workshop 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 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with high school students and Simone Liebster.
July 27
>> Article from Lake Forest Academy Global Education Spotlight Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2012 Summer Institute for Secondary Educators: Teaching the Holocaust Contributed to the Institute by providing curriculum resources and online teacher packets.
July 16-20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

11th Annual Rosen Summer Symposium “Remembering the Holocaust.”
Contributed to the Institute by providing teacher packets and curriculum resources. Diana Zientek presented information about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
July 15-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin-Springer Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Teaching About the Holocaust. Contributed to the workshop for middle and high school teachers by providing information about Jehovah’s Witnesses and online teacher packets.
June 29
>> Educator Comment (July 20, 2006)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin-Springer Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Merrill and Rhoda Abeshaus Advanced Holocaust Educator’s Institute.
Contributed to the Institute by providing information about Jehovah’s Witnesses and online teacher packets.
June 28
>> Educator Comment (July 20, 2006)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Hollywood, Florida – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Summer Teachers’ Institute on Holocaust Education.
Contributed to the Institute by providing teacher resource packets and curriculum materials.
June 11-15
>> Educator <\/a>Comment<\/a> (July 12, 2010)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collinswood Language Academy, Charlotte, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 6th and 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 31
>> Educator Comment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakewood Middle School, Salina, Kansas – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” for students and the public at Jesup Middle School, Jesup, Iowa.
April 16-27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northridge Middle School, Middlebury, Indiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two Skype conferences with 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, Rock Island, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Exhibit “Jehovah’s Witnesses – Faith Under Fire”
The 31st Annual Quad Cities Holocaust Remembrance.
April 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chimacum Middle School, Chimacum, Washington – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two Skype conferences with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” for students at Central High School, DeWitt, Iowa.
April 2-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 30
>> Educator Comment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” for students and the public at Hempstead High School, Dubuque, Iowa.
March 17-30
>> Educator Comment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” for students and the public at Logan-Magnolia High School, Logan, Iowa.
March 2-16
>> Educator Comment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore, Maryland – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
March 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” for students and the public at Rod Library at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
February 15-February 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.C. Reynolds Middle School, Asheville, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syracuse, Indiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students. February 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syracuse, Indiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
February 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Napoleon Middle School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two Skype conferences with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 7
>> Article from the Northwest Signal Newspaper, February 8, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” for students and the public at Toledo Public Library, Toledo, Iowa.
January 31 – February 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unbroken Will – Conscience and Community Responsibility, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Middle and high school teachers attended this workshop by Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers at the Illinois Council for the Social Studies Spring Conference at McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington. Eyewitness accounts of the choices made by those who wore the purple triangle were provided through the vivid watercolors of Johannes Steyer and the testimony of Leopold Engleitner, survivors of Buchenwald Concentration Camp.
January 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit\u00a0“Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose”<\/em>\u00a0for students and the public at Meredith Middle School, Des Moines, Iowa.
January 16-31
>> Educator Comment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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