The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center
presents a free seminar for educators (grades K-12)
“Before Martin Luther King: Civil Rights during the 1930s”
In this seminar, Dr. Sharon Musher, Assistant Professor of History at Stockton College, will introduce a traveling
photographic exhibit, called “Claiming Citizenship: African Americans and New Deal Photography,” on display in
Stockton’s library January 11-February 28. The exhibit illustrates the opportunities created by government policies
during the 1930s for African Americans to assert their rights as dignified human beings. Dr. Mary Johnson, Senior
Historian at Facing History and Ourselves, will discuss how to integrate the exhibit into the classroom. Stockton alumni
and graduate students, Dorothy Luyster, Nicole Pietrowicz, Ericka Pitman, and Cristen Pizzimenti, will share on-line
resources and lead exhibit tours, including displays they created on the civic engagement of African Americans, Asian
Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and women during the 1930s.
Date and Time:
Place: New Jersey Educators: Questions: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 1:00PM-3:00PM
Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center (2nd floor of library)
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Use Parking Lots 2, 3, 4)
2PDH (Professional Development Hours)
Gail Rosenthal: 609-652-4699 or [email protected]
Resource materials will be distributed. Classroom projects that promote civic engagement will be demonstrated. Topics to
be discussed: *Civil Rights, citizenship, and social justice. *How we view the “other.” *Upstanders – One person can make a
difference! For more information about the exhibit, see https://sites.google.com/site/claimingcitizenship/
Registration: Educator’s Name
School Name and Address
City, State, and Zip Code
Home Address
Home Phone Number with Area Code
E-mail
Mail, e-mail, or FAX registration to Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey,
101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441. FAX: 609-626-5543, E-mail: [email protected]
This project has been made possible by grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the NJ State Council on the Arts/Department
of State, a partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts through the Local Arts Grant administered by the Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs. Additional sponsors include The
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Library, and Stockton’s Arts and Humanities Division, Historical Studies Program, History Club, and Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations in these programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.