Summer Professional Development

Join the Montana Network of Holocaust/IEFA Educators in Billings for its 10th year of offering Worlds Apart But Not Strangers: Holocaust Education and Indian Education for All

Worlds Apart But Not Strangers is a seminar for educators of upper elementary through college students. Held on the campus of MSU-Billings, this intensive, inquiry-based seminar bridges past and present. Participants build background knowledge about the Holocaust and IEFA and gain writing-based classroom strategies for creating community and processing difficult information.

Place-based, learner-centered experiences include:

• Testimony from Holocaust survivors and their descendants
• Tribal experts discussing federal Indian policy, past and present
• Visit to Beth Aaron Synagogue
• Visit to Northern Cheyenne and Crow lands

This seminar is offered at NO COST to educators! In addition, participants receive:

• 3 graduate credits available for a total of $135
• Selected books and teaching materials
• Lunches and most dinners
• A low-cost dorm housing option

Program participants are also eligible to apply for mini-grants up to $1000 for classroom projects.

Find more information and a link to apply here.