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71 Social Studies OTHER SESSION IDE A S: • Amulets with Penn Museum • Battle of York with Fort York • Can You Match that X-Ray? with Penn Museum • Children of the Holocaust with The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center • Choose Your Own Adventure - A Trip Through Egypt with Mali Bickley • Culinary Arts 7-10 with Kanina Terry • Design a Greek or Roman Coin with Penn Museum • Edible Art Masterpiece K-2 with Kanina Terry • Egyptian Carrtouches with Penn Museum • Fort York and the Battle of 1812 with Fort York • Heros of the Holocaust with ISRAED • Inuit Storytelling with Michael Kusugak JUSTICE A F TER THE HOLOC AUST with ISRAED Aer World War II, the global community was charged with the task of bringing the murderers to justice. Was this goal ever achieved? In this session, the students will learn the attempts made by various parties through the years to locate Nazis and bring them to justice, and how those attempts are still being made today. Students will learn about the Nuremberg trials, the capture of Eichmann, the mystery of Mengele, and Simon Wiesenthal Center. MEET A MEDIE VA L PE A SA NT with Sheffield Museum Visit with an in-character peasant in his home in medieval England. The peasant will show the students artifacts, answer their questions, and teach them a dance from the middle ages with live music. CONFLIC T A ND COOPER ATION with Fort York Indigenous allies were a potent military force in the early 19 th century. Without the assistance of the Anishinabek, Haudenosaunee and the coalition of western nations under the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, Canada may have fallen into the hands of the United States. Through the examination of contemporary illustrations, weapons, Indigenous battle tactics, and other related objects, participants will gain a greater understanding of Indigenous communities role in the War of 1812. CIV IL RIGHTS BEFORE YOU C A N SAY "JACK IE ROBINSON" with Baseball Hall of Fame In baseball—as in America—freedom is an ongoing quest. For almost 65 years, African-American players were prevented from playing Major League Baseball simply because of their skin color. In this unit, students will explore American history from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement. They will work both independently and collaboratively to learn how race relations in baseball reflected significant social and cultural developments in the United States.

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