Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida, Inc.
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- EIN 59-2219851
- info@holocaustedu.org
- 407-628-0555
- 851 N Maitland Ave Maitland FL 32751 USA
- www.holocaustedu.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Museums
Mission: The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida is an organization dedicated to remembering and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust as a means to combat anti-Semitism, racism and prejudice. The Center’s ultimate goal is to develop a just, tolerant and inclusive community through its extensive outreach of educational and cultural programs, teaching humane values to people of all ages, religions and backgrounds.
Results: Increasing numbers of students scheduled for field trips; strong demand for in-school resources including speakers, traveling teaching trunks with classroom materials, and intensive teacher training
Target demographics: Tolerance education and character development for school-aged youth
Direct beneficiaries per year: 12,000
Geographic areas served: Central Florida
Programs:
The third week of June each year the Holocaust Center offers a five-day, 40-hour, hands-on course of study for area teachers. This institute was created to help educators meet the mandates of the Florida State Curriculum, which requires that the history of the Holocaust be taught to every student, and presented in way that leads to an investigation of human behavior, and understanding of the ramifications of prejudice, racism and stereotyping, and an examination of what it means to be a responsible, respectful person. (Florida Statute #1003.42).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES FOR TEACHERS INSTITUTE
The core objectives for the Annual Teachers Institute are:
- To provide to at least thirty-five, but no more than fifty, teachers approximately forty hours of specific education on the history of the Holocaust
- To provide a forum for dialog and discussion on the modern implications of Holocaust studies
- To identify, create and distribute specific information on classroom resources available to support effective Holocaust studies
- To help schools in Central Florida meet the mandate of Florida State Required Instruction Chapter 1003.42
- To initiate networks among teachers in Central Florida, enabling them to share ideas, resources and teaching strategies
- To enhance understanding of contemporary social issues through discussions of citizenship, tolerance and pluralism