A Practical Guide to Teaching the Holocaust through Theater
Authors:
Mira Hirsch, Janet E. Rubin, Arnold Mittelman
Dear Educator and Friend,
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in Enacting Holocaust History - What I’ve Scene, using our proven theater techniques and methodologies for teachers tasked with teaching the Holocaust to their students. We invite you to register below and become a member able to access our educational materials, explore this powerful approach and consider how it may serve your students, institution, or community.
Developed through a close collaboration between the USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness program and the National Jewish Theater Foundation at the University of Miami’s Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, Enacting History introduces a groundbreaking approach to Holocaust education.
Students are taken through our historically accurate theater-based methodology using testimony, scenes and monologues. NJTF certified trainers champion educators who lead students in our techniques and speak the words of survivors. The student becomes the teacher , enacting stories of survivors who were their same age. This hands-on approach explores the past with an emphasis on how it applies to today's world.
At the heart of this work is the acclaimed book: Enacting History: A Practical Guide to Teaching the Holocaust through Theater by Mira Hirsch, Janet E. Rubin, and Arnold Mittelman with decades of accomplished work dedicated to theater, education and Holocaust studies.
We invite you to explore this powerful approach and consider how it may serve your students, institution, or community.
Whether you are interested in supporting the program, being trained or bringing a trainer to your area we want to hear from you!