International Summer Teacher Workshop June 2003

“Teaching the Holocaust”
Incorporating TAKS-based Objectives

Registration for non-Region 17 participants

When: Tuesday and Wednesday, June 10-11, 2003
Cost: Free

Where: The International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University, 601
Indiana Ave., Lubbock, TX

Registration Information: Region 17 participants may register for this workshop on line at
www.esc17.net.
Non-Region 17 participants can register by calling (806)742-0426 or can
register online by using the link at the top of the page. Registration
confirmation will be sent out after receiving your call or e-mail.

Presenters: Ms. Gretchen Skidmore, Instructor of history at the N.C. School of Science
and Mathematics and co-author of the Teacher Study Guide for the Academy-award
winning documentary “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport.”
Mrs. Christina Vasquez, Director of Education, Holocaust Museum Houston
Dr. Ingrid Fry, Associate Professor, Department of Classical and Modern
Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University

The Division of Public Education at the International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University is proud to announce a teacher workshop led by Ms. Gretchen Skidmore, an instructor of history at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Gretchen was hand-picked to give this program presentation by Mr. Stephen Feinberg, Director of National Outreach with the Educational Division of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. Mr. Feinberg was scheduled to speak at this workshop, but has been reassigned by his supervisor to a meeting in Europe, and Mrs. Christina Vasquez, Director of Education with Holocaust Museum Houston returning for a third year. Along with Dr. Ingrid Fry, Associate Professor, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University, they will facilitate a two-day workshop on Holocaust education to be offered on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 10-11, 2003, at the International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University. Program content includes the following: Towards A Racial State: Eugenics and Nazi Racial Ideology; Historical Context for a Study of the Holocaust and victims of Nazi Persecution, 1933-1945; and Nazi Art as Propaganda. A presentation about how to incorporate primary documents in the classroom with focus on their relevancy to TEKS and the TAKS Test will be given after each of the topics.