Day 3 – Belfer Conference for Social Studies Teachers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
For our official last day of the conference our focus was on Americans and the Holocaust – specifically the brand new temporary exhibit housed both at the Museum and online. Our morning began with an introduction to this exhibit from Rebecca Erbelding. The overview was imperative as I learned the guiding questions that helped to […]
Day 2 – Belfer Conference for Social Studies Teachers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
My second day at the Belfer Conference got off to an exciting start as we had exclusive time in the museum book shop prior to our first session. As you might imagine from reading this blog, I am an avid reader and each year students that I have the privilege of working with are a […]
Day 1 – Belfer Conference for Social Studies Teachers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Our first day of the Belfer conference in Washington D.C (see the bottom of this blog post for more information on how to apply) was filled with opportunities to learn, reflect and explore the museums wide variety of resources. My colleagues and I were so excited to be in D.C that we decided to get […]
Day 1 – A Private Tour of Our National Capitol Building
Day 1 – A Private Tour of Our National Capitol Building Since our conference takes place on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, my colleagues and I decided to take advantage of exploring Washington D.C. and fly into town a day early. Through the conference app we were able to connect with teachers around the country and […]
Day 12 – Finale Friday – A Day in Potsdam
For our finale day, I wanted to venture outside of the hustle and bustle of the city and explore the historic town of Potsdam. After looking at various options, several of my TOP fellows and I decided to take a chance on renting bikes in Potsdam and exploring the city on our own. While this […]
Day 11 – An Evening Visiting The Brandenburg Gate, The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, & The East Side Gallery
With a break in the heat and humidity, several of my TOP group members and I decided to spend our evening visiting some of the most notable places in the city. Using public transportation we were able to experience everything on our must-see list within just a few hours AND everything that we saw was […]
Day 11 – Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Today marked the beginning of the end of our time in Germany in many ways. While it was our second to last day in Germany, it also brought our trip full circle. We spent our first days in Germany learning about Thomas Buergenthal’s life in Göttingen after WWII and today we traveled to Sachsenhausen, the […]
Day 10 – The Federal Foreign Office, A Stop at Deutsche Bank, Checking In with Checkpoint Charlie and Exploring the Local Parks
Two of the major contributors that made our Wuderbar Together, Celebrating the Year of German-American Friendship, possible were the German Federal Foreign Office and Deutsche Bank. Our TOP 3 group was able to thank them for the opportunity this afternoon as we received an invitation for lunch at the Federal Foreign Office, followed by a […]
Day 10 – A Morning at the Berlin Wall Memorial
This morning I was able to explore the Berlin Wall Memorial. There is so much to see and do here and a person could easily spend half a day exploring this memorial, which is several city blocks long. The memorial is only one block away from a train stop so it is also very easy […]