The Vienna Project: Teaching Seminar

Overview

Date: October 28, 2013
Place: Gebietsbetreuung Stadterneuerung, 1020 Wien, Max-Winter-Platz 23
Time:  9:00-16:00

Release Day for history teachers, contact: Dr. Michael Sörös, Landesschulinspektor für Allgemeinbildende Höhere Schulen
Sponsorship: BMUKK-Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
Partners: Erinnern.AT, The Jewish Museum Vienna with additional support from Gedenkdienst

Teaching Seminar provided teachers with an overview of the “The Vienna Project,” and introduced teachers to the following programs:

• Established a relationship between the memorial project located in the public realm and Holocaust curriculum in the classroom
• Introduced Human Rights education and the European Agency for Human Rights (FRA) Toolkit and Handbook for teachers
• Presented educational programming linked to the 38 addresses representing the different victim groups; introduce the smartphone app as a digital tool for curriculum development
• Provided an overview of the thematic tour program presenting the 38 addresses, modified to meet the needs of different age groups with implications for curriculum development
• Outlined opportunities for teachers and students to be involved in the fabrication of the memorial project through the audio interview program
• Provided instruction for recording, uploading and archiving digital interviews onto project website

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