A Grayson County High School teacher has been selected to participate in a new University of Kentucky program promoting Holocaust education.
Social Studies teacher Adam Spinks was one of 20 teachers selected in a highly competitive, statewide selection process.
Spinks will work with UK faculty in Jewish Studies at the university’s College of Education during the summer as well as the 2022-23 academic year to deepen understanding of the Holocaust and related genocide studies.
The teachers will also work together to design school and district-specific lessons and plan and create Holocaust education workshops for up to 250 teachers across Kentucky. Participating teachers will become content leaders in schools and create district instructional materials through the UK Holocaust Initiative.
Their work will be professionally peer-reviewed and then shared freely on the Initiative’s website.
The Initiative will additionally provide professional learning and teaching tools necessary to meet the requirements of the 2018 Ann Klein and Fred Gross Holocaust Education Act.
“Funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE), the UK Holocaust Education Initiative will create a network of teachers across the commonwealth who feel confident and capable of including Holocaust curricula in their classrooms,” officials said. “The initiative will create opportunities for interdisciplinary content sharing, pedagogical training, and collaborative planning.”
(Photo: GCHS Social Studies teacher Adam Spinks)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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