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Anne Frank: A History for Today Workshop Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19, 2013

  • 18 Oct 2013
  • 9:00 AM
  • 19 Oct 2013
  • 4:00 PM
  • Addlestone Library Room 227, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
  • 28

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  • Teacher training workshop on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19, 2013. Registration includes one-year membership to SCCSS
  • Teacher training workshop on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19, 2013.
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The South Carolina Council for the Social Studies, in conjunction with the University of South Carolina,  the Anne Frank House of Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Anne Frank Center of New York, NY, the South Carolina Council for the Social Studies, Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston Addlestone Library, and the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust is sponsoring professional development aligned with Common Core. The Anne Frank House staff has taught students about Anne Frank and the Holocaust at 3000 sites in 90 countries over the last three decades; their powerful and innovative approaches to education can not only enrich instruction about Anne Frank and the Holocaust, they are applicable to many other subjects as well.

South Carolina has been selected as one of three regions in the United States for a special traveling exhibit, Anne Frank- A History for Today. South Carolina also seeks to develop master trainers who can support the exhibit around the state. 

Registration includes lunch on Friday and Saturday.  

*****TENTATIVE AGENDA*****

Addlestone Library, Room 227
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

Barry van Driel, Anne Frank House
Charles Vaughan, South Carolina Council for the Social Studies
Jane Eason, National Social Studies Supervisors Association
Ed Moore, Berkeley County School District
Barbara B. Hairfield, Charleston County School District


Friday, October 18, 2013
9:00-9:30- Registration
**Coffee and water provided—no food allowed in Addlestone Library

9:30-10:00-
Welcome, Introductions, Overview for the Workshop

10:00-10:30
Common Core and the Social Studies
How do we modify instruction to make the shift?

10:30-10:45- Break

10:45-11:30
National Council for the Social Studies College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards
How do we shift social studies instruction to inquiry based instruction?

11:30-11:45- Break

11:45- 12:30
Teaching about the Holocaust
Why should we teach the Holocaust in SC?

12:30-1:30- Lunch

1:30- 2:45
Connecting the Holocaust to the United States and South Carolina
Looking at the direct connections between the history of the Holocaust and the United States / South Carolina and also Anne Frank’s connection to the United States

2:45- 3:00- Break

3:00- 4:15
Best Educational Photo
An introduction to the Anne Frank Exhibition through about 10 selected photos. The teachers first select – as individuals - the two photos they think would be the most educational with their students. Then they work in small groups and as a group select 2. Each group presents the two photos they chose. This can be done by making a poster or by simply presenting them. Feedback is given by trainer(s).

4:15-4:30- Break

4:30-5:00
The Short Life of Anne Frank
The film The Short Life of Anne Frank is shown and teachers reflect on how they would use this film.

5:00- Wrap up of Day 1

Saturday, 19 October 2013
10:00-10:30
Reflection on Day 1

10:30 – 11:45
Who is responsible?
Activity looks at who is legally versus morally responsible in genocide.

11:45-12:00- Break

12:00-1:00
Introducing Human Rights
Activity focusing on human rights – participants develop society with human rights

1:00-2:00- Lunch

2:00 – 3:30
Free2Choose
Where do human rights clash? We will select 2-3 films that relate to the Holocaust (so Mein Kampf, Neo-Nazis, etc.). We will have them practice a few simple debate methodologies.

3:30 – 3:45- Break

3:45 – 4:30
Strategizing and building lesson plans
Teachers work in small groups on lesson plans they could use with their students, building on insights from training

4:30 – 5:00- Wrap up and evaluation

Recertification Information
Title of Activity Anne Frank- A History for Today Training Workshop

Contact Information South Carolina Council for the Social Studies
PO Box 11746
Columbia, SC 29211-1746

Sponsoring Event South Carolina Council for the Social Studies
University of South Carolina
Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Anne Frank Center, New York City, NY
Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston Addlestone Library
South Carolina Council on the Holocaust

Date and Time of Activity Friday, October 18, 2013 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:00 am- 5:00 pm

Location of Activity Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

Objective of Activity To provide participants with an expanded knowledge of instructional strategies to teach the Holocaust through Anne Frank. Activities are related to the Common Core State Standards Initiative, the National Council for the Social Studies College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, the 2011 South Carolina Social Studies Academic Standards, and the 2008 English Language Arts Academic Standards.

Number of Contact Hours (excluding breaks and meals) accrued by participant 11 hours

This Renewal Credit Plan is district-based, only educators employed full-time in a district will be eligible for renewal credit.

Districts may elect to accept or reject this activity for recertification credit.






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