Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights

In 2021, the Center piloted Holocaust education workshops for secondary school teachers in Maine, the most recent state to mandate Holocaust education. The workshop addresses best practices in instruction and curriculum that is developmentally appropriate for students across grades 6-12. Gratz aims to expand these workshops to include teachers in all 21 states and Canada with a Holocaust education mandate. Teaching the Teachers 80%

Four out of five students and alumni feel that Gratz has empowered them to lead and teach about issues related to human problems.

Center Director, Dr. Ruth Sandberg, convened a workshop on best practices for Maine teachers. Click above to watch Gratz instructor Dr. Jennifer Marlow discuss her course, “Hitler’s Other Victims.”

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