The opportunities below look great.  They are geared to middle and high school, but I think any 
librarian would benefit from their courses.

Laura 

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Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Subject: March Online Courses: Media Literacy & Jewish Refugees
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In March, join our free online courses to learn to teach media literacy using the Holocaust as a lens, as well as an opportunity to explore the refugee experience during the Holocaust and its connections to today.

All courses are one complete learning module available over two weeks; estimated 3-4 hours to complete. Participants receive a digital package of all resources explored in the course as well as a certificate of completion.

View below to learn more and sign up today!
 
 
 
 
Analyzing Propaganda & Teaching Media Literacy
 

One of the most powerful tools that the Nazis used to promote ideology was propaganda. Through an examination of Holocaust history, gain teaching strategies to help your students understand how to analyze propaganda both past and present and learn media literacy skills.

Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, 23061944, A concert in the ghetto.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify ways to connect the lessons of the Holocaust with more current examples of hate propaganda.
  • Build confidence and capacity to teach about propaganda using media literacy skills.
  • Understand and construct activities that show the link between ideology and propaganda.
Course Dates: March 6-21, 2023
 
 
 
 
 

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Jewish Refugees & the Holocaust
 
Through this course, learn how to teach about Jewish refugees in the ‘30s and ‘40s and help students connect this history to the current refugee crisis: both those who are fleeing and the world’s response to their plight.
 
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After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Enhance knowledge about the Holocaust, and specifically the plight of Jewish refugees.
  • Identify opportunities to connect the lessons of the Holocaust with today’s refugee crisis. 
  • Construct activities that build context around displacement, issues of migration, and international responses.
Course Dates: March 13-28, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
More Ways to Support Students' Media Literacy Skills

Explore our digital student learning activities on Holocaust history and its connections to today.
 
 
 
 
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Laura Hedenberg
Library Media Specialist
Barkhamsted School
"By not running from the books that pain us, we can allow them to transform us."  Dr.  Ibram X. Kendi

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