Echoes & Reflections
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Echoes & Reflections is the premier source for Holocaust educational materials, professional development, and dynamic content.
Join our Foundations Online Course in December! Gain classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world. Register Here: hubs.li/Q03TxZdL0
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Join our Foundations Online Course in December! Gain classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world. Register Here: hubs.li/Q03TxZdL0
We are thrilled to be a part of the 105th NCSS Annual Conference in D.C! Join us to dive into fresh teaching ideas, cutting-edge edtech, and new pedagogical approaches that'll set the pace for 2026 and years beyond. ➡️ Learn More: www.socialstudies.org/conference/r... #NCSS2025 @socialstudies.org
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November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We are thrilled to be a part of the 105th NCSS Annual Conference in D.C! Join us to dive into fresh teaching ideas, cutting-edge edtech, and new pedagogical approaches that'll set the pace for 2026 and years beyond. ➡️ Learn More: www.socialstudies.org/conference/r... #NCSS2025 @socialstudies.org
Join our webinar on 11/18 with E&R Dir. of Holocaust Content & Pedagogy, Jesse Tannetta, and explore how the Holocaust unfolded in Lithuania and how to guide students in grappling with difficult questions about complicity, collaboration, and resistance. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-holocaus...
The Holocaust in Lithuania: Complicity, Collaboration, and Resistance
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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join our webinar on 11/18 with E&R Dir. of Holocaust Content & Pedagogy, Jesse Tannetta, and explore how the Holocaust unfolded in Lithuania and how to guide students in grappling with difficult questions about complicity, collaboration, and resistance. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-holocaus...
Join our webinar on 11/13 with E&R Project Director, Jennifer Goss, to discover one and two-day lesson plans that utilize curated, classroom-ready resources and examine how they can be integrated into your curriculum within a limited timeframe. info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-the...
Teaching the Holocaust When Time is Limited: Essential Resources and Strategies
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November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join our webinar on 11/13 with E&R Project Director, Jennifer Goss, to discover one and two-day lesson plans that utilize curated, classroom-ready resources and examine how they can be integrated into your curriculum within a limited timeframe. info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-the...
Nov. 9 & 10 will mark 87 years since the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Introduce your classroom to this pivotal event in Holocaust history with our activity in @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social's IWitness platform. iwitness.usc.edu/activities/1...
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Nov. 9 & 10 will mark 87 years since the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Introduce your classroom to this pivotal event in Holocaust history with our activity in @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social's IWitness platform. iwitness.usc.edu/activities/1...
As the anniversary of the the Kristallnacht Pogrom approaches, our lesson plan helps students examine how this pivotal event represented a culmination of Nazi antisemitic policy, and deepens their thinking about the impact of complicity in the face of hate. echoesandreflections.org/unit-3/?stat...
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As the anniversary of the the Kristallnacht Pogrom approaches, our lesson plan helps students examine how this pivotal event represented a culmination of Nazi antisemitic policy, and deepens their thinking about the impact of complicity in the face of hate. echoesandreflections.org/unit-3/?stat...
Join Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director for E&R at Yad Vashem, and Marc de Zwaan, high school history teacher in MI, on 11/11 to explore the Righteous during the Holocaust, including the story of Marc's grandfather who saved Jews in the Netherlands. info.echoesandreflections.org/righteous-am...
Righteous Among the Nations: One Teacher's Personal Story
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November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Join Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director for E&R at Yad Vashem, and Marc de Zwaan, high school history teacher in MI, on 11/11 to explore the Righteous during the Holocaust, including the story of Marc's grandfather who saved Jews in the Netherlands. info.echoesandreflections.org/righteous-am...
Join our online course to equip yourself to help students understand about the types of rescue that occurred in Nazi-occupied Europe and to consider the moral and ethical choices that non-Jews made in order to help Jews survive. echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/resc...
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Join our online course to equip yourself to help students understand about the types of rescue that occurred in Nazi-occupied Europe and to consider the moral and ethical choices that non-Jews made in order to help Jews survive. echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/resc...
We are thrilled to announce that E&R educator, Jenai Sheffels, civics teacher at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, WA, has been honored with the Teacher of Excellence award from the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity. Please join us in congratulating Jenai! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyEO...
Teacher Award Jenai Sheffels
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October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We are thrilled to announce that E&R educator, Jenai Sheffels, civics teacher at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, WA, has been honored with the Teacher of Excellence award from the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity. Please join us in congratulating Jenai! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyEO...
Students and their teachers are invited on 11/6 to explore the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Using personal artifacts and historical resources, Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director for Echoes at Yad Vashem, will highlight these stories and their meaning today. info.echoesandreflections.org/for-teachers...
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Students and their teachers are invited on 11/6 to explore the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Using personal artifacts and historical resources, Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director for Echoes at Yad Vashem, will highlight these stories and their meaning today. info.echoesandreflections.org/for-teachers...
Join our online course to learn how to increase students’ understanding of the Jewish people and the impact antisemitism has had on the community post-Holocaust, as well as how to equip youth to respond to and prevent antisemitism today. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/teac...
October 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join our online course to learn how to increase students’ understanding of the Jewish people and the impact antisemitism has had on the community post-Holocaust, as well as how to equip youth to respond to and prevent antisemitism today. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/teac...
Did you know? Our audio glossary is now available in Spanish! Check out this important resource to review key words and phrases and help every learner fully engage and succeed. echoesandreflections.org/audio_glossa...
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Did you know? Our audio glossary is now available in Spanish! Check out this important resource to review key words and phrases and help every learner fully engage and succeed. echoesandreflections.org/audio_glossa...
With antisemitism continuing to rise, teaching about the dangers of this hate is critical. Explore our collection of lesson plans to teach about contemporary antisemitism, and to empower students to recognize and take action against this hate today. echoesandreflections.org/unit-11/?sta...
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
With antisemitism continuing to rise, teaching about the dangers of this hate is critical. Explore our collection of lesson plans to teach about contemporary antisemitism, and to empower students to recognize and take action against this hate today. echoesandreflections.org/unit-11/?sta...
Mauthausen was one of the most brutal sites in the Nazi concentration camp system. Join our webinar on 10/28 for guidance and pedagogical approaches on how to teach about the concentration camp system through this important site. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-the...
Teaching the History and Legacy of Mauthausen: A Case Study in Brutality, Resistance, and Remembrance
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October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Mauthausen was one of the most brutal sites in the Nazi concentration camp system. Join our webinar on 10/28 for guidance and pedagogical approaches on how to teach about the concentration camp system through this important site. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-the...
Join our webinar on 10/20 with Jonathan Wiesen, Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who will explore the benefits, misunderstandings, and pitfalls of studying the Holocaust and Jim Crow racism together. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/holocaust-ra...
Teaching the Holocaust and Jim Crow Racism Together: Opportunities and Pitfalls
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October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Join our webinar on 10/20 with Jonathan Wiesen, Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who will explore the benefits, misunderstandings, and pitfalls of studying the Holocaust and Jim Crow racism together. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/holocaust-ra...
*JUST RELEASED* Echoes & Reflections now offers a variety of content to support Spanish-speaking learners in the classroom. A collection of resources have been translated into Spanish and can be accessed in each of our 12 teaching units. Explore today: echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re...
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
*JUST RELEASED* Echoes & Reflections now offers a variety of content to support Spanish-speaking learners in the classroom. A collection of resources have been translated into Spanish and can be accessed in each of our 12 teaching units. Explore today: echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re...
Join our webinar on 10/9 to learn about Living Links, a program that brings 3rd-generation Holocaust descendants into classrooms to share their families' stories. Explore how Living Links can make the Holocaust resonant with students. info.echoesandreflections.org/living-links...
Living Links: Bringing Intergenerational Holocaust Stories Into Your Classroom
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October 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Join our webinar on 10/9 to learn about Living Links, a program that brings 3rd-generation Holocaust descendants into classrooms to share their families' stories. Explore how Living Links can make the Holocaust resonant with students. info.echoesandreflections.org/living-links...
Our interactive map of Jewish populations illustrates how Jews have lived throughout the world, emigrated from and immigrated to many countries over the last 125+ years, and have been targeted for expulsion or death in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explore now: hubs.li/Q03L8p6G0
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our interactive map of Jewish populations illustrates how Jews have lived throughout the world, emigrated from and immigrated to many countries over the last 125+ years, and have been targeted for expulsion or death in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explore now: hubs.li/Q03L8p6G0
Join our online course to examine propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minority groups and gain tools to facilitate classroom discussions and support students to analyze media in today’s world. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/deco...
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join our online course to examine propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minority groups and gain tools to facilitate classroom discussions and support students to analyze media in today’s world. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/deco...
Join our online course to explore "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, to learn to teach about America’s response to the Holocaust within the context of WWII. Register here: hubs.ly/Q03JkZ7S0
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Join our online course to explore "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, to learn to teach about America’s response to the Holocaust within the context of WWII. Register here: hubs.ly/Q03JkZ7S0
Join our webinar on 9/29 with Yiftach Meiri, Yad Vashem educator, to explore the powerful moment in history that led to the rescue of the majority of Denmark's Jews during the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/did-the-holo...
"Did the Holocaust Take Place in Denmark?"
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September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Join our webinar on 9/29 with Yiftach Meiri, Yad Vashem educator, to explore the powerful moment in history that led to the rescue of the majority of Denmark's Jews during the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/did-the-holo...
In September 1935, the Nuremberg Laws, which were the legal basis for racist, anti-Jewish policy in Germany, were enacted. Explore our lesson plan to teach about the impact of this legislation and others implemented in the 1930s against Jewish populations. hubs.li/Q03HLWt50
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In September 1935, the Nuremberg Laws, which were the legal basis for racist, anti-Jewish policy in Germany, were enacted. Explore our lesson plan to teach about the impact of this legislation and others implemented in the 1930s against Jewish populations. hubs.li/Q03HLWt50
Have you checked out our podcast? "The Human Spirit in the Holocaust" podcast series profiles stories of resilience, resistance and rescue from this dark period in history. It is designed for any type of learner, in or outside the classroom. Listen here: echoesandreflections.org/podcast-for-...
September 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Have you checked out our podcast? "The Human Spirit in the Holocaust" podcast series profiles stories of resilience, resistance and rescue from this dark period in history. It is designed for any type of learner, in or outside the classroom. Listen here: echoesandreflections.org/podcast-for-...
Join our webinar on 9/15 with Kim Klett, Senior Echoes & Reflections Facilitator to explore ready-to-use activities to guide understanding of the effects of antisemitism on Jewish life after the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/rebuilding-j...
Rebuilding Jewish Life After the Holocaust
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September 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Join our webinar on 9/15 with Kim Klett, Senior Echoes & Reflections Facilitator to explore ready-to-use activities to guide understanding of the effects of antisemitism on Jewish life after the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/rebuilding-j...
Join our online course to gain access to research-backed resources and teaching strategies to empower students to recognize and push back against this antisemitic hate speech, that they may be exposed to in their daily lives. Register Here: hubs.ly/Q03GGRDQ0
September 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join our online course to gain access to research-backed resources and teaching strategies to empower students to recognize and push back against this antisemitic hate speech, that they may be exposed to in their daily lives. Register Here: hubs.ly/Q03GGRDQ0