Teaching with Testimony across the Curriculum: a CPD Webinar for Teachers

Wednesday Oct 7, 2020 5:00pm

Webinar

Presented by University of Birmingham College of Arts and Law

Admission: Free

A CPD Webinar for Teachers of Key Stages 3-5 (ages 11-18)

About this Event

This 2-hour webinar is for teachers across the curriculum in Key Stages 3-5 who want to learn more about cross-curricula approaches to Holocaust Education and the potential of testimony. Experts from the fields of Education, Cultural Studies, Religious Studies, History, and Museums will address the following questions:

1. What are the benefits of a cross-curricula approach?

2. How can we deliver a cross-curricula Holocaust education?

3. How and why should testimony be used in different subject areas?

4. What resources are available to support a cross-curricula Holocaust Education?

In a world of increasing nationalism, populism and discrimination against minority groups, Holocaust education is as crucial as ever. Holocaust education is primarily about learning historical facts, but it is also about fostering a culture of empathy and respect and preventing the recurrence of violence. Sharing this teaching across the curriculum can support students to engage with the ethics of commemoration and representation, alongside the history of the genocide. It can promote a deep engagement with this history through thoughtful creative practice. Testimony in its multiple forms – video archives, digital projections, autobiographies, literature, poetry, theatre, art – can offer a way of embedding Holocaust education across History, English, Drama, Art, Religious Studies and PSHE in ways that are sensitive and which recognise the complexity of this material.

The speakers will introduce 3 new sets of resources:

All are free to access. We recommend that participants spend some time exploring these materials in advance of the event.

Speakers

Prof. Sara Jones, University of Birmingham – author of Using Testimony in the Classroom (www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultureastestimony)

Dr. Sarah Hall, University of Birmingham – Senior Lecturer in Religious Education and Educator on the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz programme

Dr. Gary Mills, University of Nottingham – Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum's Academic Advisory Board and Associate Professor of History Education

Catrina Kirkland, Holocaust Educational Trust – Education Officer (Teacher Training)

Genevieve Carnell, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - Education Officer

Louise Stafford, National Holocaust Centre and Museum - Director of Learning

Karolina Ziulkoski, Chief Curator, YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum (https://museum.yivo.org/)

Prof Mary Fulbrook (University College London) and members of the ‘Compromised Identities’ project team (https://compromisedidentities.com/blog/)