Young People: Before, During, and After the Holocaust
Dates: Monday and Tuesday, June 29 and 30
9:00am-3:30pm via Zoom
Topics Covered:
- Youth movements
- Jewish youth movements vs. Nazi youth movements
- The mis/use of propaganda
- Youth voices through memoirs
- Kindertransport
What to expect from the seminar:
- FREE dynamic training program
- Historical analysis with experts in the field
- Learning from fellow educators
- Peer teacher network
- Small group discussions
- 12 hours of continuing ed. credits
Colleen Tambuscio is the Pedagogical Consultant to the MTI and has served in this position for over twelve years. She is a long time special education and regular education teacher and a leading voice in Holocaust education, both in New Jersey and nationally. She is the founder and president of the Council of Holocaust Educators, a statewide professional development organization, and is an educational consultant to the NJ Commission on Holocaust Education. She established a Holocaust education curriculum at New Milford High School which now includes two elective classes: “The Holocaust, Genocide and Human Behavior” and “Contemporary Genocide: A Call to Action.”
Colleen was honored by Princeton University and by the New Milford Educational Foundation. In 1998, Colleen was named a Mandel Fellow to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and continues to serve as a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Regional Educator. Colleen earned an MA in Jewish-Christian Studies from Seton Hall University.