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Welcome to the EC Ning Online Workshop on Nazi Propaganda presented by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Your facilitators are Carol Danks and Laurie Schaefer, both Museum Teacher Fellows and members of the Regional Education Corps for the USHMM.  This workshop will last for 21 days, from January 30-February 19th. So that you can best plan your time, here is the general outline for the workshop: Introduction & Overview: "State of Deception: Nazi Propaganda Online Workshop" January 30-February 1: Orientation to the State of Deception Website and Media Literacy questions February 2nd -7th Module 1: Exploring the concept of Inclusion through the theme: Defining the Enemy, Making a Leader, Rallying the Nation, and Indoctrinating the Youth. February 8th-12th: Module 2: Exploring the concept of Exclusion through the theme: Defining the Enemy February 13th-16th: Module 3: Propagating messages of Inclusion and Exclusion through the themes: Writing the News and Deceiving the Public February 17th: Module 4: Exploring Post Holocaust Propaganda and De-Nazification through the theme: Assessing the Guilt February 18th-19th: Teaching about Propaganda in the classroom: Resources, Lessons, Online Polls  

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"The son of the founder of The Hollywood Reporter is apologizing for the trade paper's role in what he calls "Hollywood's holocaust," the blacklist that destroyed the careers of those accused of communist sympathies. In an article published Monday by the trade paper, W.R. Wilkerson III wrote that the 1947 Blacklist "silenced the careers of some of the studios' greatest talent and ruined countless others merely standing on the sidelines.""

"The surge in demand for its resources comes at a time of transition for Facing History. Since taking over as CEO and president from co-founder Margot Stern Strom in December 2014, Roger Brooks has been working on a five-year strategic plan to vastly expand the program's reach. He wants to employ more interactive digital tools, partner more with complementary organizations, and tap descendants of Holocaust survivors to perpetuate their stories. Facing History has more than 160 staff members in nine offices, as far-flung as San Francisco, Memphis, Toronto, and London. It has trained 48,000 teachers - a number it hopes to raise to 200,000 in five years - and hosts forums, seminars and workshops, both in person and online. Facing History's multimedia-rich website (www.facinghistory.org) offers free access to many of its resources."

Global Security, Terrorism, and 9/11 in the Classroom A New Curricular Initiative for Students in Grades K-12