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Professional Learning

Holocaust Memorial Day 2023: Moving Beyond the Curriculum to Explore Ordinary People

This one-hour webinar provided ideas, inspiration, and resources for how to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. 

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Single Session

Our single professional learning sessions are designed to easily fit into your day. Typically one hour or less, these sessions explore timely and relevant topics including teaching strategies, current events, and more.

Instructor-Led

This professional learning event will be led by Facing History staff. When you register, you will receive instructions for how to attend the event.

Civics & Citizenship History
Antisemitism Genocide Human & Civil Rights Propaganda The Holocaust

Key Points

  1. This event is aimed at teachers in the United Kingdom

This webinar supplied the classroom-ready practical materials and teaching strategies that could support students' intellectual and emotional engagement with the Holocaust and reflect on the theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2022, ‘Ordinary People’.

We are grateful to The Hammer Family for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.

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