Seton Hill program to help teachers handle topic of genocide

Teachers tackling the tough topic of genocide in high school classrooms will be able to take advantage of a two-week institute at Seton Hill University next summer.

University officials said the school recently was awarded a $174,426 competitive grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to underwrite the summer 2022 institute for those teaching grades 9-12. Participants will leave with a complete set of lesson plans for tackling the topic.

The program builds on Seton Hill’s longstanding commitment to teach K-12 students about genocidal conflicts through the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and its certificate program in Genocide and Holocaust Education.

“Genocide education has become an important addition to curriculum at the K-12 level, particularly as many states either require or strongly recommend that school districts find ways to teach students about the Holocaust,” said Debra Faszer-McMahon, Dean of the School of Humanities at Seton Hill and the administrative lead on the NEH Summer Institute.