Holocaust Museum La

Programs: School toursamount spent: $13,295. 73- students served: 17075- schools served: 265- transportation grants awarded: 50- transportation grant students: 3073- title i schools: 90- title i students: 6008- hours spent in museum/tour: 3all school tours include a docent-led tour of the artifact-rich galleries and an opportunity to dialogue with and learn from a holocaust survivor. The museum space allows tours to be customized to reflect the age group, background, and interest of the students from our rich collection of primary sources, and different themes are emphasized based on these criteria. The galleries are designed for multiple visits, always engaging students with new information. All museum docents participate in an enriching and in-depth training. Programs are aligned with the california content standards for english-language arts and history-social science.

share our stories amount spent: $19,317. 29- schools: 7- students served: 870 - 3 hours at the museum/tour- 2. 5 hours in classroom for intro/art reflection/survivor speaker per classroom share our stories is a program that connects students from under-resourced schools and underserved communities with holocaust survivors for meaningful dialogue, artifact-based learning, museum gallery exploration, and reflective art workshops. The program helps students find personal expression and mediation of this history through different artistic mediums, helping two generations find common ground. In addition to providing free holocaust education and arts programming to at-risk students, we aim to bring individual stories and experiences of every student into the wider context and historical narrative of the holocaust. Each year, the student art is exhibited in the temporary exhibit space at los angeles museum of the holocaust, ensuring that the messages and voices of the students and survivors are heard by museum visitors.

l'dough v'doughamount spent: $3,218. 10- students served: 793- adults served: 282- time/session: 3 hoursl'dough v'dough (ldvd) is a unique and meaningful program that connects students, young adults, and families with holocaust survivors for intergenerational dialogue, exploration of personal narratives, and learning about jewish life before, during and after the holocaust. Evoking the hebrew phrase "l'dor v'dor, or "from generation to generation," l'dough v'dough invites participants to braid and bake challah or cookies with survivors at the museum, synagogues and school campuses. While kneading the dough, students and survivors share, remember, and bond -- one generation to the next -- in an environment conducive to asking questions and ecouraging dialogue. The casual setting emulates a dinner conversation, providing an entry point and safe place for students as young as third graders through adults to learn about this complicated history and engage on a personal level with survivors in important, age-appropriate conversations, focused on the holocaust, jewish culture and heritage, and social action. Studies have shown that multi-sensory experiences like l'dough v'dough can engage individuals with different learning styles, activate memories, and stimulate creativity and communication.