On-Demand Learning
Brought to you by the Hammer Family Foundation, our on-demand webinars cover a wide range of topics including social studies, history, civics, ELA, equity and inclusion, and classroom culture. Many of our webinars qualify for professional development credit.
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Exploring Memory and Legacy
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Join us as we consider short films, lesson ideas, and poetry through which students can learn about the Holocaust.
Holocaust Memorial Day: Remembering Resistance and Courage
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Gain ideas and inspiration for how to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in your classroom.
Holocaust Memorial Day in the Classroom
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This webinar provides ideas, inspiration, and resources to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
George Takei: Standing Up to Racism, Then and Now
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Actor and activist George Takei discusses his family’s wrongful incarceration during WWII, and the anti-Asian racism on the rise today.
Legacies of the Holocaust: Building a More Humane World with Dr. Wendy Lower and Dr. Karen Murphy
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Dr. Wendy Lower discusses her latest book The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed with Dr. Karen Murphy, the Director of International Strategy for Facing History & Ourselves.
Holocaust Memorial Day: Reflections on One Day
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Gain ideas and inspiration for how to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in your classroom.
Remembering Past Conflicts: Whose Experiences Do We Honour?
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Explore how we can engage with the history of armed conflict, reflecting on how and who we choose to remember, and how we can make the lessons of history feel relevant today.
Teaching About the Holocaust in Middle School Classrooms: Teaching the Rise of the Nazis through Images
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This webinar examines how to use images to support middle school students’ understanding of key themes in the history of the rise of the Nazis and models teaching strategies geared toward helping middle school students analyze historical images.
The Struggle for Racial Justice and Voting with Dr. Carol Anderson
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Free and fair elections are the foundation of all democracies. The US Voting Rights Act of 1965 established protections for all Americans, especially for Black Americans. However the 2013 Supreme Court decision Shelby County v Holder dismantled key elements of the Voting Rights Act and voter suppression efforts are ongoing across the country.
Rethinking America and the Holocaust
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Explore the motivations, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, the European refugee crisis of the 1930s, and the Holocaust. The webinar draws on Facing History’s innovative approach to historical inquiry and groundbreaking new sources from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's special exhibition, Americans and the Holocaust.
Race, Equity, and the State of Education: A Conversation with Dr. Pedro Noguera
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The global pandemic has magnified deep structural and historical inequities. Listen to a conversation with Dr. Pedro Noguera, national educational leader and Dean of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, where we hear his reflections on the state of education today and what it means to support social justice and be an anti-racist educator.