2019 Symposium Schedule

 2019 Symposium Schedule


Unless otherwise noted, the events are free and open to the public and will take place at the Grandfather Mountain Ballroom Room 137, Plemmons Student Union
Appalachian State University, 263 Locust Street, Boone, NC

Saturday, July 20 
2:00 – 4:00 Teacher Registration [Summit Hall, Appalachian State University campus] 

5:30 – 7:00 Dinner [Reserved tables, Cafeteria, Appalachian State University campus] preceded by Havdalah ceremony [for teacher-participants only] 

 7:30 – 8:00 Introductions: Teaching the Unteachable, Dr. Racelle Weiman, Education During the Holocaust, Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan 

 8:00-9:30 Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism in European History, Culture, and Education, Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan

 Sunday, July 21
10:00 – 11:00 The Mosaic that is the Mosaic People: Judaism and Jews, Dr. Racelle Weiman [Temple of the High Country, Boone] 

11:00 – 12:00  Education, Learning, and Judaism, Rabbi Stephen Roberts [Temple of the High Country, Boone]

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch with local Jewish Community [Temple of the High Country, Boone]

 2:00 – 3:30 Humanizing Approaches to Holocaust Education: Interactive Introductions, Facilitator: Dr. Racelle Weiman [for teacher-participants only] 

 3:30 – 5:30 Project Design Session I: Philosophy, Resources, and Group Formation, Facilitators: Dr. Racelle Weiman, Lee Holder, and Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only] 

 7:00 – 9:00 By Invitation Only: Symposium Banquet, Reich College of Education,151 College Street, Appalachian State University

Monday, July 22 
8:00 – 8:15 Opening Session/Agenda Overview/Questions, Dr. Weiman/Dr. Pegelow Kaplan 

 8:15 – 9:45 The Rise of Nazism in Central Europe, Dr. Rennie Brantz 

 9:45-10:00 Break 

 10:00-11:30 Nazism and Education, Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan 

 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch [for teacher-participants only] 

 1:00 – 3:00 Teachers in the Third Reich, Christina Chavarria (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) 

 3:00 – 3:15 Break 

 3:15 – 4:45 Studying the Holocaust, Liz Elsby (Yad Vashem/Echoes and Reflections) 

 5:30- 6:45 Dinner [for teacher-participants only] (Cafeteria, Appalachian State University campus) 

7:00 – 8:30 The Ghettos: The Role of Education in the Struggles for Survival and Spiritual Resistance, Liz Elsby (Yad Vashem/ Echoes and Reflections) 

Tuesday, July 23 
8:00 – 8:15 Opening Session and Questions, Dr. Weiman/Dr. Pegelow Kaplan, Reflection with teacher-participant 

 8:15 – 9:45 Teacher Workshop I: Approaches to Teaching Literature (on the Holocaust and Education); facilitators: Lee Holder, Kathy Kacer, and Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only] 

9:45 – 10:00 Break 

10:00 – 11:30 Educating Children During the Holocaust: Portrayals in Literature, Kathy Kacer (Toronto)

11:30 – 1:00 Lunch [for teacher-participants only] 

1:00 – 2:45 Role Models in Educational Leadership: Dr. Janusz Korczak in the Warsaw Ghetto, Talli Dippold (Queens University) 

 2:45 – 3:00 Break 

3:00 – 5:00 Teacher Workshop II: Lesson Ideas from Participants; facilitators: Lee Holder & Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only] 

5:00- 6:45 Dinner [for teacher-participants only] (Cafeteria, Appalachian State University campus) 

7:00 – 9:00 The Holocaust and Education in Film: Screening and Discussion of Roberta Grossman’s Who Will Write Our History (2018) 

Wednesday, July 24 
7:45 – 8:00 Opening Session and Questions Dr. Weiman/Dr. Pegelow Kaplan, Reflection with teacher-participant

8:00 - 9:30 Teacher Workshop III: Resources for Sustainable Holocaust Education, Lee Holder

9:30 – 9:45 Break  

9:45 – 11:30 Are They Too Young? Genocide Education and Young Learners, Dr. Elizabeth Bellows (Reich College of Education)

11:30 – 12:00 Break 

12:00 – 1:00 Extraordinary Teaching Moments of Resistance During the Holocaust, Dr. Racelle Weiman [also Lunch & Learn Series, APPSummer Festival] (Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, 423 West King Street)
https://tcva.appstate.edu/calendar/events/2319 

1:00-1:30 Break 

1:30 – 3:00 Teaching the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe in the Twenty-First Century, discussion with European teacher-participants 

3:00 – 3:15 Break 

3:15 – 5:00 Project Design Session II: Individual Projects, Facilitators: Dr. Racelle Weiman, Lee Holder, and Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only]

5:00 – 6:45 Dinner [for teacher-participants only] (Cafeteria, Appalachian State University)

7:00 – 9:00 Survivor Testimony: Susan Warsinger (Washington, DC), Attending School as a Jewish Girl in Nazi Germany

Thursday, July 25 

8:30 – 8:45 Opening Session and Questions Dr. Weiman/ Dr. Pegelow Kaplan; Reflection with teacher-participant 

8:45 – 9:45 Twentieth-Century Genocides and the (Ab-)Use of Education, Dr. John Cox (UNCC) 

9:45 – 10:00 Break 

10:00 - 11:30 Prerequisites for Violence and Peace:  The Complex Role of Education Before and After the Rwandan Genocide, Dr. Vachel Miller (Reich College of Education)

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch [for teacher-participants only] 

1:00 – 3:30 Project Design Session III: Participants’ Presentations for Excellence in Education 

3:30 – 4:00 Closing Circle and Graduation