Whether it’s buses, substitutes, group size, or distance that prevents your group from visiting the museum, OJMCHE educators are now available to travel to your classroom and facilitate workshops on a variety of topics. Each workshop can be completed in a 60 – 90 minute block period, though some sessions can be adapted for shorter class periods with some pre-learning.
OJMCHE has adopted a sliding scale model for program costs.
- $100 per class (Standard Program Cost)
- $50 per class (Partial Scholarship)
- Full Scholarship – All Title 1 schools and schools that have 40% or more of students receiving free or reduced lunch automatically receive full scholarship (available for school groups only)
*OJMCHE Educator travel and accommodations costs are generously supported by the Nancy Green Memorial Teacher Training Fund in Honor of Regina and Sidney Atlas.
Current Workshops
- How and Why: Questions about the Holocaust
When students first learn about the Holocaust, they often have a lot of questions, usually starting with the words “how” and “why.” This workshop presents facts about the Holocaust and gives students a space for raising questions and discussing answers with an experienced OJMCHE educator.
Best at any time during the unit and can be adapted or any length of class period. - Understanding Judaism through Artifacts
Sometimes Jewish identity gets minimized to solely victims of the Holocaust. However, Jewish identity is multifaceted and diverse. This hands-on, highly interactive workshop gives students a chance to learn about the rich diversity of Jewish culture. Using small group work and discussion, students will learn about objects used to observe Jewish holidays and rituals.
Best at the beginning of a unit and can be adapted for any length of class period. - Analyzing Antisemitic Stereotypes and Scapegoating
Antisemitism is often referred to as the “longest hatred.” Through whole-class and small group discussions, students learn about the origins and evolution of antisemitism, analyze specific examples of Nazi propaganda, and discuss how stereotypes and scapegoating operate within communities and escalate to acts of discrimination, prejudice, and violence.
Best at the beginning of a unit and requires at least a 60 minute class period. - Law and Order: Legalizing Discrimination During the Holocaust
Students examine over 40 discriminatory and dehumanizing anti-Jewish laws implemented by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. Through a variety of interactive learning activities, students consider the impact of discriminatory laws during the Holocaust as well as how legal systems have the power to either perpetuate or prevent discrimination, persecution, and genocide.
Best at the beginning or middle of the unit and requires a 60 – 90 minute class period. - Life in the Lodz Ghetto
Henryk Ross, a Jewish photographer, took thousands of pictures during his imprisonment in the Lodz ghetto. His photographs provide extraordinary insight into ghetto-life, and challenge popular narratives of Jews as victims. Through a gallery walk and whole-class discussion, students analyze Ross’s photographs to learn how photography can be used as an act of resistance.
Best in the middle of a unit and can be completed in a 45 – 60 minute class period. - Resistance and Rescue During the Holocaust
To study genocide is to study human behavior — to analyze the range of actions or inactions of people when confronted with extreme hatred towards others. This workshop begins with students learning about an example of resistance in small expert groups. Next, students return to a full-class discussion to share out and build on their knowledge by analyzing the power and forms of resistance during the Holocaust.
Best in the middle or end of a unit and requires a 60 – 90 minute class period. - Interrupting Extremism
Unfortunately, activity by anti-democratic hate groups in the United States is on the rise. Through a mix of small-group and whole-class discussions, students learn about the Nazi’s antisemitic and anti-democratic attitudes, examine contemporary examples of antisemitism, and strategize how to respond to contemporary low-level extremism.
Best at the end of a unit and requires a 75 – 90 minute class period.