2017
Day 1
Schools from Macedonia, Germany, and the USA collaborate on a project called "Together," exploring how societies label ethnic, religious, or racial groups as "the other," and then thinking about how we can turn "the other" into someone we consider just "another" one of us. Project by: Branka Dimesvska Koceva, Martina Dethloff, and Jeff Ellison
Together movie Together presentation
Lia and Gerti
Students in Sopron, Hungary, see a artistic representation of a young girl on a street they walk on regularly, and are curious to find out about her history. This is her story, and their excelent research.
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness:
The Milton Wolf student competition for US public schools asks students to identify a community problem, research how people are addressing it (or, better yet, do something about it themselves), and create a presentation so they can educate others. This is one of the 2017 winners - a Prezi about a class of students who created their own club to raise money to help one of their classmates who was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
Day 2
Hungarian Jewish Photographers Project
Students at the San Diego Jewish Academy in California, USA, researched the photography of 20th century Hungarian Jewish photographers Robert Capa, Lazslo Moholy Nagy, and Imre Kertesz, learning about their photographic styles and how they helped create modernist photography. With a focus on Imre Kinszki, the father of Centropa interviewee Judit Kinszki, students not only took photos in their styles but made videos about their lives and impact on photography. Yvonne Webber, teacher.
Day 3
Creating a Hungarian Centropa Exhibition by Márta Ispánovity
Marta’s students created their own Centropa exhibition, and students were docents for visitors.
Stories from a family Album by Szilvia Csanády
Presentation
Student Video
Hungarian Jewish Photographers Project
Students at the San Diego Jewish Academy in California, USA, researched the photography of 20th century Hungarian Jewish photographers Robert Capa, Lazslo Moholy Nagy, and Imre Kertesz, learning about their photographic styles and how they helped create modernist photography. With a focus on Imre Kinszki, the father of Centropa interviewee Judit Kinszki, students not only took photos in their styles but made videos about their lives and impact on photography. Yvonne Webber, teacher.
Courageous People’s Project.
Courageous People – Civic Courage – is a lesson that is done in schools in the US and across Europe in grades 6 -12. It asks students to think about what it takes to make Civil Society work and who are the people who take courageous action to assure it continues to work. We focus on both lesser known Civic Heroes and those in leadership who go beyond their duties to assure that all people have access to the same rights and protections. Student work is shared between the schools and students learn from their peers in multiple countries. Teacher: Nance Adler, Brittany Morefield, Kirsten Lakeberg
Genocide: Are We Human?
The theme of this lesson is to project the idea of cooperation among people who don't share mutual identities, religions, or beliefs. My goal is to teach students that it is up to them to make choices that make a difference in the world. To overcome all differences and have one goal ""We are Humans"" is designed to teach students that they should help one another, that even though they are young they can make a difference in the world and put ideas into practice in their own surroundings. This theme can be used on different dates on the international calendar: Holocaust Memorial Day, Human Rights Day, and in any other lesson you see fit. Teacher: Ettie Abraham, Israel.
Jewish history video project
My class made a short film about the Jewish memories of Buda. Our school is situated in Buda and originally it was a Catholic school for girls that belonged to the order of Sion. It was built in 1930 and during the World War II the nuns gave shelter for 110 Jewish women. They all survived. Thirteen students (2 teachers) made this video for Holocaust Memorial Day and the Hungarian Centropa video competition last year. Designed for 9th grade, it takes 12 lessons (45 minutes/lesson), and the goals include: : to develop critical thinking, digital skills, improve foreign language skills (English), to learn about our neighborhood, to understand cultural and religious differences, to become more tolerant, and to learn about our school's past. Teacher: Szilvia Csanády, Hungary
The enigma of the righteous among the nations.
After watching the film, "Return to Rivne," students will develop an understanding of what it means to be a Righetous among the Nations (a Righteous Gentile, as designated by Israel’s Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem), and the risks it involved. They will research (in groups) the righteous person of their choice using either Centropa's or Yad Vashem resources, and create a profile of the person of their choice. Then they will present their profiles and try to find a common denominator among the various people they chose. Since I teach in Israel, students watch the film, "Why is Israel helping the wounded in its borders,” followed by a discussion of their commitment to participating in society and caring for the welfare and dignity of all people. Teacher: Hanna Kenner, Israel
The necessity of migration which still tests our humanity
This is a photo shooting -video making program for students 16-17 years old. The project aims at familiarizing them with the use of audiovisual tools so they learn to record testimonial experiences and create their own documentary. The goal is to cultivate empathy and point out the significance of being an active member of society.
The Individual Story
This lesson – also known as the memorial card lesson - was used in an American history II class for 11th grade/17 year olds. This lesson was created to look at individual stories of people that went through the Holocaust, to personalize the experience and move students past the numbers. Students will make connections to art and other events in history to make associations with similar current events. Teacher: Carrie Boone, USA
History in Faces
The project is aimed to investigate the history of the hometown, family history by using the Centropadatabas. It motivates students from different countries to work cooperatively on exploring and analyzing the world history of the XX century. The result of the project was the film about Julian Gringras created by students from Poland and Ukraine. This lesson plan can be used on various occasions in order to teach different subjects such as History, Civics, Social and Political Education, ESL etc. Student’s Age: 16-18. Teacher: Kateryna Tsybulska and Nataliya Porokhnyak, Ukraine
Family History Video Project
Students watched Centropa videos and analyzed how to tell a compelling story by using photos. Then they interviewed a relative to create a similar style video about immigration. Students were also challenged to use one device to create this video. With school iPads students were able to capture old photographs, interview their relative, and create a movie to share. This was an elaborate project and an amazing video for their family to have. Teacher: Alex Treyger, USA
Day 4
Teaching the Cold War in Hungary Presentation
Teaching the Cold War in the US Presentation
Teaching the Cold War in Israel Presentation
Day 6
How Serbian schools use Centropa films by Biljana Stojanovic Presentation
How to use the film and exhibition by Michael Heitz Presentation
Day 7
Education for the 21st century by Lidija Suica Presentation
Interreligious Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Igor Kozemjakin Presentation
Citizens Fund PANONIJA by Danica Stefanovic Presentation
Introduction to Haver Srbija by Sonja Vilicic & Nada Benjamin PDF
Day 8
Multicultural Society: What is it, and does it work? by Zsolt Vódli Presentation
Hungarian Jewish Architects: Tour of Budapest by Márta Bakos-Nagy, Borbála Cseh, Zsolt Vodli Presentation
Jewish Wedding Lesson Plan
Resistance through Culture and the Arts by Carrie Boone, Elizabeth MacEnulty, Ilyse Shainbown, Melissa Silva Prezi
Save One Life, Save the World Entire by Paul Pereira, Vaia Manoli, Joanna Prodromidou, Jovita Lilinskiene, Meile Platukiene Lesson Plan
The Power of Memorials by Nance Adler, Magdalena Piwonska, Rose Marie Craft, Tara Neel, Marta Goldmann Lesson Plan
Shabsa by Irina Shikhova Lesson Plan
Götz and Meyer by Maia Soboleva Presentation
Family Connections Across Time by Aleksandra Bura, Mariusz Jakimowicz, Agnieszka Kania, Leann Looney Lesson Plan
Why is Civic Society Important? by Andrzej Gorniak, Ana Boban Lipic, Lazar Nikolic, Shalini Sarkar Presentation Lesson Plan
The Cold War: The Fall of Communism in Hungary and Romania by Mihaela Constantinescu, Eva Kardos, Yim Tam Lesson Plan
Destroying Walls and Building Bridges by Carolina Panasiti, Viktoria Kadyuk, Simonas Jurkštaitis, Damjan Snoj Lesson Plan
Sephardic Jews in the Balkans at the beginning of the 20th c. by Maja Pandza, Stella Kale, Ida Ljubic, Vesna Dimitrijević Lesson Plan Presentation
Sephardic Jews in 1492 by Katerina Athanasiou, Michael Heitz, Ana Serro Lesson Plan
Four Countries, One Fate: Life of Sephardic Jews in First Half of 20th c. by Branka Dimevska Koceva, Loranda Miletic, Uma Isic, Nikola Mitic, Melyssa McBryde Lesson Plan
Beautiful People, by Evgenia Doulami, Hanna Kenner, Daniela Shterjova, Nevenka Franc Lesson Plan