Programming
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Curriculum and Discussion Materials
To highlight unique stories and forge personal connections between students and past events, we've created a library of flexible resources which allow students to put themselves in others' shoes and foster personal connections between students, unfamiliar topics, and peers.
Presentations
As the centerpiece of Bridges of Understanding, our assemblies offer a variety of different presentations and programming.
Current assemblies options consist of a main and secondary event:
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A screening of Eva Hecht: To Hell and Back
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A live oratory performance of Emil Hecht’s incredible life story
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A Q&A with Judika Hecht Dumontet, daughter of Eva and Emil Hecht, who personally interviewed over 100 Holocaust survivors
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A discussion session and educational workshop
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Following our mission to provide a highly personal Holocaust education, we’re committed to attending all assemblies and connecting directly with students. This is facilitated by a network of students, families, and educational professionals across the country.
Following our mission to provide a highly personal Holocaust education, we’re committed to attending all assemblies and connecting directly with students. However, if this isn’t possible, Judika Hecht Dumontet will facilitate any assembly programming. At the moment, the live oratory performance is currently being adapted into a film. To provide a highly flexible experience, assembly timing can range from 20 minutes to an hour and a half, depending on scheduling availability.
Curriculum and Discussion Materials
We've organized a library of flexible resources which can be employed in the classroom setting.
Some activities focus on the unique stories specific to the experiences of Eva and Emil Hecht. Other activities highlight the stories of others, focusing on those which many don’t know. Formulated questions foster and guide meaningful conversation, providing the perfect opportunity for students to put themselves in others’ shoes and relate their own experiences to unfamiliar topics.
Such topics include:
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The consequence of alienation on one’s identity
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Changing views on religion and God
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The origin of hope
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The effects of racial and religious discrimination and apathy
Key elements of the activities:
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All materials have been developed with support and guidance from CHAI* US History and CHAI* Modern World History teachers
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As a collection, the materials follow the complete story of Eva and Emil Hecht, from before the Holocaust through their immigration to and life in America
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Each activity is a page or less, so they are easily accessible and incorporated into existing curricula
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Materials have been designed to be appropriate for most grades and varying maturity levels
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Materials use different methods of learning such as writings, discussions, drawing/art, and even physical movement
Please inquire with any questions.
*CHAI stands for Campbell Hall Advanced Inquiry, a Campbell Hall-specific, highly rigorous substitute for AP which provides a more holistic, inclusive approach to teaching and learning
Media Library
We have a growing collection of resources, artifacts, and pictures from before, during, and after the Holocaust. The goal of our expanding Media Library is to see the pre-Holocaust, Holocaust, and the post-Holocaust time periods in the lens of those who were persecuted and persevered through it all.