Your Mandatory Daily Holocaust Reminder
Palm Beach County teachers awarded grants to study Holocaust education 2/12/2011
"Spring Break will be a time for intense study in Holocaust and genocide education for 22 Palm Beach County public school educators, thanks to a specially funded project.
Boca Raton-based League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust, or LEAH, is providing $25,000 in grants to send the teachers to a three-day training session at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., from March 14-16.
"We believe that educators need intensive and transformative experiences in order to be able to effectively teach Holocaust, genocide and human rights curriculum," said Amanda McGee, LEAH's executive director.
Sean Harrison, a seventh-grade civics teacher at Loggers Run Middle School west of Boca Raton, said he's grateful for being selected for the all-expenses-paid experience. About 100 teachers across the county applied.
"This trip will teach me more facts and details I can relate to the kids to straighten out the truths so they can be more knowledgeable," said Harrison, who plans to teach about the Holocaust for three weeks in May."
"Spring Break will be a time for intense study in Holocaust and genocide education for 22 Palm Beach County public school educators, thanks to a specially funded project.
Boca Raton-based League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust, or LEAH, is providing $25,000 in grants to send the teachers to a three-day training session at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., from March 14-16.
"We believe that educators need intensive and transformative experiences in order to be able to effectively teach Holocaust, genocide and human rights curriculum," said Amanda McGee, LEAH's executive director.
Sean Harrison, a seventh-grade civics teacher at Loggers Run Middle School west of Boca Raton, said he's grateful for being selected for the all-expenses-paid experience. About 100 teachers across the county applied.
"This trip will teach me more facts and details I can relate to the kids to straighten out the truths so they can be more knowledgeable," said Harrison, who plans to teach about the Holocaust for three weeks in May."
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