What does the word Holocaust mean?

How many people were murdered during the Holocaust?

What year was Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor?

What is Genocide?

Where did the word Ghetto originate?

What year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed?

What does the word Holocaust mean?

How many people were murdered during the Holocaust?

What year was Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor?

What is Genocide?

Where did the word Ghetto originate?

What year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed?

Youth of all ages, educators and parents are working with the Florida Holocaust Museum “Teaching Trunks”. The trunks are filled with instruction  all materials and teaching curriculums, are on loan to us from the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg Florida. They are discovering opportunities to integrate powerful messages by images, music and performances. The students are exploring what is genocide, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the connection between historical bystander behavior, modern challenges with school bullying, gun violence, and the code of no snitching. Other key components of the program include television broadcasting, newspaper writing, conflict resolution, mentoring, sports, learning interviewing/ communication, and critical reading.

The primary focus of our learning experiences is tolerance, spear-headed by the painful recounting of Holocaust Survivors. These survivors visit our schools to share their experiences and their wisdom. As our children explore, write and learn to appreciate this remarkable historical human endeavor, they understand the importance of community, respect, and the importance of others as well.

The trunks are available for a loan period of one month to public, private and parochial schools throughout the continental United States. In order to best accommodate your class, we feature a variety of grade-specific trunks (1st-2nd, 3rd-4th, and 5th grades), multi-grade trunks (3rd-5th and 6th-12th grade), and general middle

school and high school trunks. Also available for loan are an elementary-level Arts trunk and a secondary-level Human Rights and Genocide trunk. All trunks contain literature, videos, CD-ROMs, a curriculum guide, and other materials selected specifically for each grade level.

I am imploring everyone to sponsor one girl, or one boy in the summer program, by sending in a tax-deductible contribution of $700.00 or more to the School News Nationwide,”Words of Bonds” project.

Please visit and donate:

www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/wordsofbonds

or make a check payable to:

School News Nationwide

1072 Fulton Street Brooklyn New York 11238