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This section contains descriptions and links to free online professional development opportunities. Some of the workshops require free registration, specific plug-ins and the latest version of media player and adobe in order to download materials and stream videos. We do not do not specifically endorse any of the workshops. Prospective participants should consult their state and district requirements in order to ensure they can receive professional development credit.
Using photograph collections focused on the Civil War and African Americans, this workshop identifies ways that students can use elements of the Library of Congress’s American Memory online collection as a basis for historical investigation.
These workshops help high school teachers develop activities and lessons with documents that deal with controversial topics in American History.
This forum, designed for secondary, pre-service, and community college educators, explores the content, methodologies, and rationales for teaching the history of the Holocaust; increases teachers' knowledge of the Holocaust; and examines contemporary issues associated with this history.
This Center for Civic Education curriculum provides lessons and activities for grades 4–12.
In cooperation with the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is sponsoring a one-day teacher workshop, free of charge, to classroom, pre-service teachers, and community college educators of language arts and social studies, though all disciplines are welcomed.
In cooperation with the Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San Jose State University, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is sponsoring a one-day teacher workshop, free of charge, to classroom, pre-service teachers, and community college educators of language arts and social studies, though all disciplines are welcomed.
At this workshop, teachers may test curriculum produced by Densho, an award-winning leader in the field of oral history, while they gain expertise in working with oral histories in the classroom.
