The museum offers a variety of teacher training opportunities, and we are certified by the Texas Education Agency to issue CPE’s to teachers attending any of our educational events. Holocaust educators are encouraged to contact the museum staff if they have any questions or concerns about creating and implementing their own Holocaust educational units and materials. Please consider joining the Museum for a special $18 Educator membership.
Museum Visit Orientations lasting two hours, are offered several times a year and at no cost to the participant, because of the generosity of The MB & Edna Zale Foundation as well as the Greater Dallas Jewish Federation. We cannot stress strongly enough how important it is for the lead teacher/s to attend an orientation, preview the museum, and discuss tour options and procedures before scheduling a school visit. This is essential in order to maximize the educational meaning of the students’ experience. Visit Orientations are listed on the event calendar online.
Teacher Workshops, lasting a full day and focused on a variety of topics, are offered throughout the year both at the museum and off-site. They often showcase original curricular materials created by the museum and innovative pedagogical approaches. We include interactive activities and encourage teacher participation and an exchange of ideas. Teacher workshops are listed on the event calendar online. Teachers may register online or by calling 214-741-7500, ext. 104. These workshops are supported by The MB & Edna Zale Foundation, the Sam Roosth Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
Guest Lectures are offered both to teachers and to the general public. Lecturers speak on a variety of topics related to the study of the Holocaust, the promotion of tolerance and learning about genocides. Lectures are listed on the event calendar online as well as publicized in local media. Questions can be directed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
March 23rd is the deadline for Texas students to submit entries for the 2012 Art Contest sponsored by the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance. Winners will split $450 in prize money.
The contest theme—“April 19, 1943: Choosing to Act”—focuses on the Museum’s core exhibition, which focuses on that day in the Holocaust.
Students in grades 6-12 are encouraged to research the events that occurred on April 19, 1943 in the Holocaust and respond in an artistic way to those events, the choices made and the people who made them. Teachers and students are also encouraged to visit the Museum as part of their preparation for the contest.
Art work in any two-dimensional medium may be submitted, as long as it is received by the contest deadline of March 23rd. You may download the complete entry rules.
Winners will be recognized in two contest categories—sixth through eight grade and ninth through 12th grade. First place winners in each category will receive $100, second place $75 and third place $50.
Winners will be announced April 5th, and students will be personally invited to attend the Museum’s Yom Hashoah program on April 19th, where their art work will be displayed and they will be formally recognized and presented their awards.
Dr. Tamara Freeman, a nationally recognized Holocaust educator will present a music lecture-recital from the Holocaust’s Jewish ghettos at the annual Yom Hashoah remembrance, which will be held at Temple Shalom on April 19 at 6:30 p.m.
The 2012 Art Contest in supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
