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Priscilla L. Griffith
Ruth G. Hardman Chair in Education
Director of the Oklahoma Writing Project
The University of Oklahoma/The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education
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From: NWP Directors and Co-directors Discussion - Lynette Herring-Harris [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 2:39 PM
To: Griffith, Priscilla L.
Subject: Opportunity for Teacher Consultants

Dear Colleagues,

The Holocaust Educators Network, in partnership with the National Writing Project, announces 24 fellowships for NWP teacher-consultants in the Rural Sites Network and other teachers across the NWP who can show critical needs to attend the Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education in New York City. The seminar dates are July 5-18, 2011. All applications must be postmarked by January 14, 2011. For more information about applying, please visit: http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/495.

Using an inquiry-based approach, this program will encourage teachers to think creatively and collaboratively about methods and approaches for teaching the Holocaust. The seminar will consider how we engage students with difficult material such as hatred, prejudice, and state-sanctioned genocide, and how writing, dialogue, and inquiry can help us develop empathy and move us toward action. While the focus is on the Holocaust, attention will also be given to more recent genocides.

This year's seminar is open to any teacher-consultant who can show critical needs in their service area as well as teacher-consultants who are in the Rural Sites Network.

Critical needs are defined as "a lack of local resources for teaching and learning about issues of social justice or as significant issues in the area that contribute to problems of intolerance, prejudice, or racism in nearby schools or communities."

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