Archive for the ‘2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh’ Category

#9 How you doin’?

 
“Genocides start with efforts to isolate and demonize the victim group: it’s a process we are referring to as “othering” the victimized group as we discuss it in the seminar. Othering makes the victimized group something strange, foreign, different, alien, misunderstood; this process breeds ignorance; and isn’t ignorance where fear comes from; and isn’t fear the soil that the roots [...]

July 14, 2009   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments

#8 Into faith

Holocaust survivor Irving Roth spoke to our group yesterday for about five hours. I’d read some of his book, Bondi’s Brother, before the class the night before. One thing I had a question about was his faith. Before this, in other reading, namely, The World Must Know, and also at the Jewish Heritage Museum, I’d [...]

July 13, 2009   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments

#7 Get Real – Holocaust education is not about information in history books—it is about life and death

The American experience this week of two young men who survived the genocide in Rwanda underscores why Holocaust education is so important.

July 11, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments

#6 White on White

I am from tube socks,
bread, light bulbs
flickering awake.
Table spread. Mayonnaise. Milk.  Placemats. Bathroom tile. Sink. Tub.
Clean nails I don’t bite anymore. My white knights.
All of Colonel Sanders. Popcorn.
Scratchy wool of the sheep I sheered on Grandpa’s farm
turned clean cotton of my briefs.
Silky dresses of my two princesses on Halloween 14 years ago. And sailor suits.
Standard [...]

July 9, 2009   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments

#5 Back track to frisbee

By Phip Ross
After I checked in at Columbia University this afternoon, I walked past my dorm room because the number on the door was covered. I came back though, realizing it had to be 309. The poster on the door of John Belushi making a slanted eyebrow glance with a letter jacket and t-shirt was [...]

July 9, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments

#4 Deja vu All Over Again

Remember best practice, even if you’ve been doing it for years. Dust off old lessons to find the power you may be taking for granted. Approach all teaching and learning with a fresh mind. Oh, and don’t forget to pick out a nice pair of socks. It’s a long walk.

July 8, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments

#3 Off to See the Wizard

Education without values is not enough to change the world. While there is room in the world to live and let live, there are also values humans share.

July 5, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  One Comment

#2 American City

Corey reflects on his first full day in NYC, seeing sites that evoked different feelings of being American.

July 4, 2009   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  3 Comments

#1 Packing Before Packing for New York

This is the first entry from Corey, written the night before he leaves for New York City, and several hours before he’ll even begin to pack. Obviously the first packing that needs to happen for a trip like this takes place between the ears.

July 1, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments

Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education (A Live Professional Development Journal)

For those of you familiar with Wavelength, this next item is not about the funny side of our work, it’s about the heart of our work.
We believe passionately in the necessity of teachers to continue growing and to make even the most rigorous professional development experiences enjoyable – especially when the subject matter is [...]

July 1, 2009   Posted in: 2009 Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education by Phip Ross & Corey Harbaugh  No Comments