Norwood, Massachusetts – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
December 28
Baltimore, Maryland – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
December 22
Baltimore, Maryland – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
December 15
Atlantic Cape Community College, Cape May Court House, New Jersey – USA
Skype conference with Professor Robert Holden’s History class and Simone Liebster.
December 10
>> Educator Comment
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire is on exhibit from November 9, 2012 through April 21, 2013.
Arizona Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – USA
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
Northrop High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 24
Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 180 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 23
>> Educator Comment
>> Article from The Mail Journal, October 23, 2012
Holocaust: Contrasting Choices/Contrasting Consequences Then and Now, Illinois – USA
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
Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with high school students and Simone Liebster.
July 27
>> Article from Lake Forest Academy Global Education Spotlight Gallery
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, Illinois – USA
2012 Summer Institute for Secondary Educators: Teaching the Holocaust Contributed to the Institute by providing curriculum resources and online teacher packets.
July 16-20
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina – USA
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
Martin-Springer Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona – USA
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)
Martin-Springer Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona – USA
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)
Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Hollywood, Florida – USA
Summer Teachers’ Institute on Holocaust Education.
Contributed to the Institute by providing teacher resource packets and curriculum materials.
June 11-15
>> Educator Comment (July 12, 2010)
Collinswood Language Academy, Charlotte, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 6th and 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 31
>> Educator Comment
Lakewood Middle School, Salina, Kansas – USA
Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 9
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA
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
Northridge Middle School, Middlebury, Indiana – USA
Two Skype conferences with 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 23
Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, Rock Island, Illinois – USA
Exhibit “Jehovah’s Witnesses – Faith Under Fire”
The 31st Annual Quad Cities Holocaust Remembrance.
April 22
Chimacum Middle School, Chimacum, Washington – USA
Skype conference with 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 19
Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA
Two Skype conferences with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 18
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA
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
Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts – USA
Skype conference with 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 30
>> Educator Comment
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA
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
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA
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
Baltimore, Maryland – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
March 3
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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
A.C. Reynolds Middle School, Asheville, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 20
Syracuse, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students. February 18
Syracuse, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
February 11
Napoleon Middle School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA
Two Skype conferences with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 7
>> Article from the Northwest Signal Newspaper, February 8, 2011
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA
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
Unbroken Will – Conscience and Community Responsibility, Illinois – USA
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
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – USA
The Center hosted the Traveling Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” for students and the public at Meredith Middle School, Des Moines, Iowa.
January 16-31
>> Educator Comment
