2024 Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week
Introduction
Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week was created to educate Texas students about the history and lessons of the Holocaust. It was established with the passage of Senate Bill 1828 in 2019. During this week, public schools are directed to provide age-appropriate instruction, in grades K through 12, about the Holocaust and inspire in students a sense of responsibility to recognize and uphold human value, in order to prevent future atrocities.
Instruction shall include 1) information about the history of and lessons learned from the Holocaust, 2) participation, in person or using technology, in learning projects about the Holocaust, and 3) the use of materials developed or approved by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission [now the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission]. The law allows districts and schools to decide what lessons, projects, and materials are age-appropriate for their students.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) has developed and sourced a wide array of FREE resources, approved by the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission, to help South Texas schools/teachers fulfill the educational mandates set by the state. These include:
+ Educational trunks
+ Traveling exhibits with corresponding lesson plans
+ A curated list of curriculum materials by grade level
Links to other approved resources (including those from the HMMSA) can be found on the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission website.
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Presentations
The HMMSA will hold on-campus presentations during the 2024 HMMSA Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week to help schools fulfill the requirements of this statute.
The focus of this program is to instill in students, educators, and general audience the importance of personal responsibility.
+ ALL PRESENTATIONS ARE FREE TO CLASSROOM EDUCATORS AND THEIR STUDENTS
+ Request an on-campus presentation during Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week from a HMMSA docents or second-generation survivors.
2024 TEXAS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK
Educator Materials
Teacher Workshop
Educators, please join us for a VIRTUAL teacher workshop on January 10, 2024 at 6 p.m. in preparation for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week! All educators who complete the workshop will receive 2 State of Texas CPE hours. Those educators unable to join us for this year’s workshop can enjoy recordings of our 2020-21 educator workshop series for inspiration and classroom tips.
Educator Trunks
The HMMSA offers a wide variety of Educator Trunks to help our local educators bring Holocaust education to life in their classrooms. Available for all grade levels, and in Spanish language versions, our Educator Trunks are available free of charge and may be borrowed for up to 4 weeks. The borrower is responsible for picking up and dropping off the trunks to the Museum. Trunks include: classroom set of books, worksheets, lesson plans, DVDs, Posters, and reference materials.
Classroom Materials
In addition to the teacher guides and student worksheets that the museum is providing for each of our virtual presentations this year, the HHMSA also has lesson plans available for use with our:
Traveling exhibitions
Recorded virtual tours and survivor testimony
Past Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week presentation recordings
The HMMSA is also providing a curated list of lesson plans by grade level available from other Holocaust education organizations. These supplemental resources will help prepare your students for the 2023 Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week.
Traveling Exhibits
The HMMSA offers several Traveling Exhibits to help our local educators bring the museum experience into their classrooms. These exhibits include 4 pull up banner displays and a traveling case for easy transport.
+ Available at several levels
+ Teacher guides and worksheets for our Introductory and Intermediate level exhibits
+ Available free of charge
+ May be borrowed for up to 4 weeks. Borrower is responsible for picking up and dropping off to the Museum.
2024 THRW Museum Tours
Tours available for groups of 50 or less at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. (2 hour sessions)
All tours will be booked for a docent-led presentation and self-guided browsing
10 tours spots available
Tours are available ONLY for schools during Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week
If you participate in Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week please let us, and the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission, know! We’d love to hear your feedback so that we can continue to make improvements in our programming for future Texas Holocaust Remembrance Weeks.