<\/div><\/p>\n View the curriculum<\/a> developed by the NJ Commission on Holocaust Education<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “Propaganda and Media Literacy: WWII and Today”<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday, May 18 from 8:00am to 2:30pm Instilling media literacy skills has become one of the most crucial and challenging tasks for teachers today, due to new technologies and the radical polarization of US politics and culture. This is not a new phenomenon. Joined by additional special guests, Drs. Bradley Hart and Angela West will present the history of American pro-Nazi propaganda and youth organizing in the years preceding the country\u2019s entry into WWII\u2014even our NJ counties. Dr. Satarupa Dasgupta will then shift our focus to the present, while remaining conscious of historical continuities, to discuss and learn how to equip students with robust media-literacy skills for navigating and participating fruitfully in our divided and hyper-mediated society.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Bradley Hart<\/strong> Dr. Angela West<\/strong> Dr. Satarupa Dasgupta<\/strong> This program is free, with advanced registration<\/a><\/strong>, to all educators and administrators who are responsible for or hope to offer Holocaust and genocide education at their institutions. <\/em><\/p>\n Breakfast and lunch will be served. Coffee, tea, and water will be available throughout the day. Professional development credit is available through NJ Commission on Holocaust Education.<\/em><\/p>\n Graduating senior, Stefanie Viera, presents her research on transitional justice after the Guatemalan Genocide\u2014conducted with Dr. Labendz\u2014to our roundtable.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Our Teacher Roundtable, launched last year with much success, brings a small cohort of teachers to campus three times during the academic year. The program offers an opportunity to reflect on the opportunities and challenges we face in teaching about the Holocaust, genocide, human-rights, and belonging. We create an environment where teachers can speak freely and benefit from each other’s wise counsel. We hope, in 2025-2026, to organize a campus visit for the students of roundtable participants. Email Pedagogy Programs Administrator, Colleen Tambuscio (ctambusc@ramapo.edu), if you are interested in joining our roundtable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n As Pedagogy Programs Administrator, Colleen Tambuscio will oversee the expansion of the services that we provide to schools and educators in our region. She will:<\/p>\n To contact Colleen to explore how we can work together, email ctambusc@ramapo.edu<\/p>\n Colleen Tambuscio comes to Ramapo with thirty-eight years of teaching experience. She began her career teaching the deaf for Bergen County Special Services and first taught Holocaust education to her deaf students for seventeen years. She continued her career at New Milford High School in Bergen County, New Jersey for 22 years. During her teaching career, she developed a semester-long Holocaust course and annually travelled to the\u00a0U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for a two-day seminar with students.\u00a0 Since 1998, she has taken students to Germany, Czech Republic, and Poland to study the Holocaust accomplishing twenty-one student trips.<\/p>\n In 1998, Colleen was named as a Mandel Fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (currently Museum Teacher Fellow) and has served as a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Regional Museum Educator since 2002. Since 2002, Colleen has been a board member of the RCNJ Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education. Colleen earned an MA in Jewish-Christian Studies and Holocaust Education from Seton Hall University in 2006.\u00a0 In 2010, she traveled to Nahariya, Israel with the UJA Federation\u2019s Partnership 2000 Program to develop a dialogue between Israeli and her own public high school students. She is the founder and President of the New Jersey Council of Holocaust Educators, a national professional-development organization for educators interested in teaching the Holocaust and genocide.\u00a0 In 2015, Colleen worked with Alexandra Zapruder, author of\u00a0Salvaged Pages: Young Writers\u2019 Diaries of the Holocaust<\/em>, to create a multimedia edition of the book and lessons associated with the diaries which are housed on the Facing History and Ourselves website. Colleen was honored by Princeton University in 2017 as a Distinguished New Jersey Secondary Teacher. In October of 2021, she was appointed by Governor Murphy to the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.<\/p>\n If you are interested in working with the Center, please email holgen@ramapo.edu.<\/em><\/p>\n Educator Roundtable: Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide Building Virtual Exhibits \/ Exploring Digital Humanities in Video Games Survivor Story Maps with Beth Haverim Shir Shalom Thanks to the success of our 2023-2024 project and to the assistance of our intern, Bella Apgar, we are currently running it again with a new cohort of students at BHSS.<\/p>\n Survivors of the 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda at Mahwah High School<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Providence Umugwaneza and Erick Nkurunziza will speak to MHS students about their lives before, during, and after the genocide, which took place 30 years ago.<\/p>\n Individualized Pedagogy Workshop for Ramapo Indian Hills High School<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Center offered a pedagogy workshop for the teachers of Ramapo Indian Hills High School on January 8, 2024.<\/p>\n Antisemitism and Islamophobia Discussion for the Academy of the Holy Angels<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Center provided a panel discussion on Antisemitism and Islamophobia, featuring GC Director Dr. Labendz and Asad Dandia, for the Academy of the Holy Angels in Bergen County on March 14, 2024.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n Educator Workshop, Fall 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “Preparing for America at 250 Years: Indigenous History and Contemporary Life”<\/p>\n When students learn about Native American history, they often focus on events that took place in the West. But New Jersey is home to a dynamic and still-ongoing Native history! Our workshop will expose educators to new pedagogies and content materials related to Native American history with a local focus. Participants will enjoy learning sessions with Marcella “Marty” Perrano, an educator and member of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, Ramapo college professor Sarah Koenig, and more. Through the workshop teachers will learn how to incorporate lessons on local Native American survival and resilience into their social studies and language arts curriculum at varying grade levels.<\/p>\n Educator Workshop, Spring 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “Belonging: Reconsidering Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other Racisms”<\/p>\n This semester’s workshop featured discussions with Ben Lorber, Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates, and CHGS Director Jacob Ari Labendz. Both scholars have developed belonging- and solidarity-centric approaches to studying and responding to racism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia. This contrasts with frameworks focused primarily on defining, naming, and shaming real and perceived manifestations of bigotry\u2014frameworks which have failed to meet the present moment and which may even have exacerbated the problems we face together.<\/span><\/p>\n Educator Workshop, Fall 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “Indigenous History & the American History Textbook Project”<\/p>\n This workshop offered participating educators hands-on experience with 秘密研究所’s American History Textbook Project<\/a>, which uses a growing collection of textbooks to teach students about historiography and how the stories we have told ourself about the USA have changed over time. Our focus, supported by Ramapo professor Sarah Koenig, was on Indigenous Americans and the genocides they endured.<\/p>\n Educator Workshop, Spring 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “Teaching and Exploring the Holocaust through Graphic Novels”<\/p>\n This workshop introduced teachers to the wealth of graphic novels that can be used to teach the history of the Holocaust, and to methodologies for employing them productively in class. Dr. Jessica Carr of Lafayette College led a fascinating discussion on the topic, which was followed by a pedagogy workshop with Colleen Tambuscio and Heather Lutz.<\/p>\n Special Workshop Series (2023-2024)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “The 1994 Genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda”<\/p>\n This April will mark the thirtieth remembrance of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda. To assist educators in teaching about this tragedy, the Center at 秘密研究所 and the Holocaust Resource Center<\/a> at Kean University have co-organized a three-part seminar series to be conducted virtually.<\/p>\n Educator Workshop, Fall 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “Why Study the Holocaust Now?”<\/p>\n This is an inquiry becoming more pressing by the day. From the pervasiveness of book bans to the polarization of ideologies, from the current surge in antisemitic rhetoric to the propagation of misinformation and disinformation, it is clear that the present is a palimpsest of the past, one still susceptible to the dangers of discrimination, prejudice, and genocide. Our workshop, led by master educators Colleen Tambuscio and Heather Lutz, guided teachers through some of these profound issues, offering context, resources, lessons, and time for reflection with the aim not only to familiarize ourselves with one or more of these topics but also to converse about them in a collegial, collaborative setting. We benefited from an insightful and inspiring lecture by Dr. Davis Austin Walsh<\/a> (Yale).<\/p>\n Resources from the workshop may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/Holocaust-Educators-5.8.23-03.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nHolocaust and Genocide Educator Workshop
\n(Spring 2026)<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n<\/span>Alumni Lounges, 秘密研究所 of New Jersey
\n<\/span>(There is no remote option. Sessions will not be recorded.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>National WWII Museum<\/a>, author of <\/span>Hitler\u2019s American Friends<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDrew University\u2019s Center for Holocaust\/Genocide Study<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nProfessor of Communication, 秘密研究所<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTeacher Roundtable<\/h4>\n
\nColleen Tambusico
\nPedagogy Programs Administrator<\/span><\/h4>\n\n
<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCollaboration with Regional Schools<\/span><\/h4>\n
\nThe Holocaust and Genocide Education Roundtable will develop a cohort of specially selected educators dedicated to teaching about the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights in our region. Educators will be invited to participate in three 150-minute meetings over the course of the school year. We aim to facilitate discussions of best practices and resource sharing. Teachers will have the opportunity to identify, and to\u00a0 discuss real-world challenges, concerns, and visions. The CHGS will provide tailored feedback and support to assist educators in improving the education in their classrooms, schools, and districts. We look forward to including teachers from the eleven school districts that have partnered with the RCNJ Teacher Education Program.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Video game technology is the foundation of many experiences today and in the future. Students that have grown up with video games have developed a unique skillset that empowers them to create content and experiences accessible to millions of people worldwide. Join this hands-on workshop to learn how video game platforms like Fortnite can be used by students to produce digital humanities experiences. Experts from Cleverlike Studios will guide educators through free online learning content published by Epic Games specifically for secondary and post-secondary educators. No gaming experience required. Cosponsored by the Digital Humanities Program and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at 秘密研究所.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Center and our intern, Maddie Zech, worked with the Religious School at Congregation Beth Haverim Shir Shalom in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. We adapted the Story Map<\/a> project that Center Director Dr. Jacob Labendz developed for the students in his Fall 2022 course on the history of the Holocaust. That project culminated with a moving presentation at Congregation Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, which deepened our strong ties to that community. This program, similarly, culminated in a presentation by BHSS students at 秘密研究所<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPast Educator Workshops<\/h4>\n