On-line Training Seminar in Belarus

Centropa and its Belarusian partner, IBB Minsk History workshop, will bring together 60 teachers from the Visegrad countries, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus for a 3-day online training seminar. The seminar will feature: - virtual tours of Jewish Minsk and presentations by historians and local teachers about the Jewish history of Belarus - interactive group work with the project website Transhistory - Centropa film screenings on Jewish family stories from Belarus and Ukraine, followed by multilateral group work - presentation of didactic materials for Centropa films, by Iryna Kashtalian (IBB Minsk) - sneak preview of AudioWalk Jewish Minsk, by Centropa and IBB Minsk Through this range of seminar activities, participants will engage with each other, and learn not only about the Jewish history of Belarus but also discuss ways how they can adapt the things they learned when they return to their classrooms. They will build personal connections to colleagues from their other countries, and be introduced to innovative pedagogical materials such as AudioWalks.