Teacher Workshop – Facing Evil, Finding Hope: Perpetrators, Resistance, and Liberation
About the Event
- Substitute reimbursement up to $120
- Lunch provided
- Open to all Alabama Teachers
- Certificate of Completion provided
- 4 Hours of PD credit available on PowerSchool
PowerSchool (PS) Professional Learning Course Information
- PS Section #: 544402
- Section Title: UABRIC-Facing Evil, Finding Hope: Perpetrators, Resistance, and Liberation
- Date/Time: November 4, 2025; 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Location: 2100 Highland Avenue South-Suite 100
About the Speakers
Wendy Lower
Wendy Lower is the John K. Roth Professor of History at Claremont McKenna College (CA, USA), and she chairs the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She has published numerous books, including Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, and her latest, The Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, A Holocaust Massacre Revealed (2021, National Jewish Book Award).
Session 1: Teaching with Challenging Sources
Session 2: Unpacking Key Questions of the Holocaust
Sheryl Ochayon
Sheryl Silver Ochayon holds a law degree from Harvard Law School, a BA in History from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and a Certificate in Genocide Studies from Stockton University.
After a long legal career, she followed her passion for Holocaust education. She began working for the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in 2005. Currently, Sheryl is Yad Vashem’s Program Director for Echoes & Reflections, a program that empowers American middle and high school educators to confidently teach the Holocaust, with dynamic classroom materials and professional development.
Session 1: What did Resistance Look Like in Different Ghettos?
Session 2: Liberation: Tragedy or Triumph?