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<\/a><\/p>\nThe teacher training took place on 11 February 2015. The aim of the training was to connect the history of Anne Frank and the Holocaust to issues of tolerance and Human Rights. The facilitators of the workshop, which was attended by\u00a010 teachers from 6 different schools and an IT professional, \u00a0were\u00a0\u00a0Loes Singels and Priya Machado of the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam and Megha Malhotra of PeaceWorks, Calcutta.<\/p>\n
The teacher training began with a powerpoint presentation by Priya and Loes about\u00a0\u00a0Anne Frank and Holocaust, a presentation of \u00a0the mission statement (Remember, Reflect and React) and the aims of the Anne Frank House educational activities. This was followed by a film ‘A Short Life of Anne Frank’ and a look at the exhibition.<\/p>\n
Working in 3 small groups the participants then made a poster of a selection of Nazi decrees and articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They chose articles from current Indian newspapers to illustrate that these rights were still being violated or were not respected.<\/p>\n
Megha then introduced the module Learning to live with Difference\u00a0a comprehensive resource on Human Rights , using the Holocaust as a backdrop, and engaging hands on activities that educators can use to engage students in human rights.<\/p>\n As an introduction to the module, which stresses on the \u2018the best form of learning is in the doing\u2019, the participants were asked to act out 3 dimensions of racism: social exclusion, bias and discrimination. This activity lead to discussion about what people can do to act against racism and discrimination and about the importance of prevention through education.\u00a0The content of the module was introduced by a power point presentation and a TED talk on identity was shown.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n