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)
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)
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