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Dear Registered Participants,

We are going to have to reschedule our March 20, 2020 Echoes and Reflections workshop on Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy: The Holocaust as a Case Study.

Montclair State University has extended spring break by one week and is switching over to online courses for the remainder of the spring semester, to avoid large gatherings on campus in response to the coronavirus.

Our Holocaust education workshop, unfortunately, must be rescheduled for a later date.

We are shooting for a Friday in October. All registered participants will have the chance to register early for the program in the fall-- keep your eye out for an announcement with details. This program did fill to max capacity pretty early-- it promises to be a great one, and I hope you all are able to join us.

In the meantime, please check out the terrific resources on Holocaust Education on the Echoes & Reflections website. There's a promising new unit on contemporary anti-Semitism, as well as a large selection of online courses and webinars.

https://echoesandreflections.org/

Thank you for your understanding. Additional information on the Montclair State University campus response to the coronavirus outbreak can be found here: https://www.montclair.edu/university-health-center/message-from-president-cole/

Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

Thank you and hope to see you in the fall!

Sincerely,

Zoe Burkholder

Media literacy skills have become essential for young people to successfully navigate and critically assess the ever-increasing amount of information they receive throughout their day - on social media, advertisements, television, and film. Therefore, it is crucial for students to comprehend and identify how media, both historically and in contemporary society, can be used as a tool to incite hate and violence against certain groups.

This learning opportunity examines the events of the Holocaust through the lens of media, by examining propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minorities. Educators will gain the tools to facilitate classroom discussions on the role and impact of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust and support their students to critically analyze media in today's world.

Program Goals

Through this program, educators will:

1. Explore a sound pedagogy for the planning and implementation of Holocaust education in the classroom,
2. Receive a framework to guide students as they build media literacy skills through a critical examination of the role of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust,
3. Identify opportunities to connect the lessons of the Holocaust with more current examples of hate-oriented propaganda, and
4. Build confidence and capacity to teach about media literacy and propaganda.