Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race - Educator Information

THE MIDWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PRESENTS

March 16 - June 10, 2010

National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, Missouri

Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, features original artifacts, photographs, documents and historic film footage illustrating how Hitler’s Nazi regime attempted to implement its vision of an ethnically homogeneous community through a program of racial eugenics that culminated in the Holocaust.

SCHOOL TOUR INFORMATION :
Free tours are available for groups in grades 9 and up. Groups of up to 60 students are recommended, but larger groups can be arranged. One adult per 15 students is required. Please allow 1 hour to tour the exhibit. Contact Lori Cox-Paul, Education Specialist at NARA, at 816-268-8017 or lori.cox-paul@nara.gov to schedule at tour. Resources and lesson plans appropriate for use in high school classrooms are available by clicking here.

BUS SUBSIDIES :
Bus subsidies of up to $200 per school are available for high school field trips to Deadly Medicine. Applications received by February 16, 2010 will receive priority consideration. Please complete the following application and submit to MCHE by faxing to 913-327-8193 or mailing to 5801 West 115th Street, Suite 106 ~ Overland Park, KS 66211. Contact Jessica Rockhold at schools@mchekc.org or 913-327-8195 with questions or to discuss your level of need. CLICK HERE FOR BUS SUBSIDY APPLICATION.

SPECIAL EVENTS FOR EDUCATORS:
Educator Training and Preview of the Exhibition
March 10, 2010 ~ 4:30-8:00 ~ National Archives at Kansas City
NEW EXPANDED TRAINING!!!
The evening will include brief remarks by Jessica Rockhold of MCHE and Lori Cox-Paul of National Archives, a presentation by USHMM Regional Educator Renee Kaplan on Eugenics and the Nazi Racial State, lesson plans for classroom use, and a tour of the exhibit before it opens to the public. Light meal will be provided. Please RSVP to Jessica Rockhold at schools@mchekc.org or 913-327-8195 with your name and school contact information by March 5, 2010.

The Complicity of Educators in Nazi Germany
May 12, 2010 ~ 4:30-5:30 ~ National Archives at Kansas City
This presentation by Dr. William Meinecke, historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will explore the complicity of professional educators in Nazi Germany, specifically the indoctrination of children. Participants are welcome to stay for Dr. Meinecke's 7:00 presentation on Medical Ethics and Nazi Ideology. Please RSVP to Jessica Rockhold at schools@mchekc.org or 913-327-8195 with your name and school contact information by May 7, 2010.
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Presented by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education in partnership with the National Archives at Kansas City and in cooperation with the Center for Practical Bioethics.