Innovative Teaching Strategies
Garrette and I are safely home from our Vienna Prague Seminar and want to express our gratitude to Classrooms Without Borders and the amazing group of educators with whom we […]
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Every educator, no matter their subject, comes into their profession with the crude outline of a puzzle. There are pieces missing along the border and some sporadic pieces in the […]
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Learn how Beachwood students are set to benefit from educators’ experiences during their journey to Poland.
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Part 1 ‘Teaching History with Human Connections’Teaching history, we often get caught up in the facts (events, places, etc.). We can make the biggest impact with the memorable stories of […]
Read MoreToday’s most impactful visit was the train station memorials. Seeing the imprints of the hands of adults and children along with the statue of a man with 2 children hit […]
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The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) and Reverberations for The 21st Century This workshop highlights lessons on the Armenian Genocide on how the Armenians preserve their culture since the genocide […]
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One thing I learned that will change my teaching immediately is that Austria was not taken over but joined Germany before the war. As our guides explained, right after the […]
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I snapped a photo of an exhibit that shows Simon Wiesenthal in his tweed jacket, his thick framed glasses on his desk table in front of him. The exhibit on […]
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In foreign lands, where shadows did creep,Hitler’s presence cast a chilling sleep.His Eagle’s Nest, perched on high,A symbol of oppression against the sky. From its vantage point, the eagle surveyed,A […]
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 The City Temple is the only surviving synagogue from pre 1938 Vienna. At one time there were 50 synagogues. This particular one sits in the heart of the city […]
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