He also spoke of forgiveness. Shear said the Colorado program follows the lead of similar, successful programs in Houston and Kansas City. She said Colorado does not mandate Holocaust education as do California, Florida, Illinois, New York and New Jersey. The state also does not have legislation recommending Holocaust teaching as do at least 10 other states. There were tears, and I'm not sure I'd show it again.
Teachers can sign up to have one of the trunks for three weeks when it fits their lesson plan.
Institute officials said the trunk materials were carefully selected for their effectiveness, age-appropriateness, emotional impact, accuracy and application for different teaching and learning styles. Shear said each of the five trunks will reach about 1,000 teen-agers a year. She said it took a year of fund-raising to gather the materials, and the institute hopes eventually to have at least one trunk available for every public and private school in Colorado.