[WSCSS] Holocaust Writing and Art Contest

[Ilana Kennedy]

"This contest is a great way for students to connect what they have learned
to their own lives." Teacher, Yakima.

 "I plan to use this contest question as WASL practice for my students." -
Teacher, Seattle

 

Social studies teachers - please consider sharing this information with the
Language Arts teachers in your schools.

 

 <http://www.wsherc.org/writingcontest/contest.aspx> Jacob Friedman

 <http://www.wsherc.org/writingcontest/contest.aspx> Holocaust Writing and
Art Contest Writing Contest

Open to students in grades 5-12 in the Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, ID, AK)

 

CONTEST QUESTION: 
Think of a person affected by the Holocaust who you will remember for a long
time. (This might be someone you have read about, studied, seen in a movie,
or even met.)

Writing: Write a multi-paragraph letter to this person explaining why he or
she is hard to forget.

Art: Create a piece of art for this person that depicts something you have
learned.

 


Contest details and entry forms can be viewed and printed at www.wsherc.org
<http://www.wsherc.org/> .

 

Winners will receive up to $200 and will be recognized at the community
Holocaust Remembrance Day program on April 26, 2009. Winning entries will be
published. Teachers with students who place will receive gift certificates.

 

This contest is sponsored by the Washington State Holocaust Education
Resource Center, a non-profit organization that works to inspire teaching
and learning for humanity in the schools and communities of this region
through study of the Holocaust.

 

If you have any questions, or if you would like further information, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

                

Thank you and happy new year!

 

Ilana Cone Kennedy

Director of Education

Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center

(206) 441-5747 

 <mailto:ikennedy at wsherc.org> ikennedy at wsherc.org

 <http://www.wsherc.org/> www.wsherc.org 

 

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