The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is adding Dallas ISD to it's "Upstander Partnership" program - offering TEKS-aligned civics and citizenship skills curricula for grades K-12.
Dallas ISD joins Coppell ISD in the program which will now reach more than 73,000 students and teachers across North Texas.
"This is a program we started piloting with Coppell two years ago," said Mary Pat Higgins, Museum president and CEO. "It's exciting because it's based on age-appropriate, history-informed curriculum that really enforces this concept of 'upstander behavior.'"
The partnership includes:
Access to the Upstander Education Database, an online learning portal that includes interactive lessons, classroom resources, and teaching strategies.
Field trips to the Museum
Virtual or at-school Museum Educator presentations
Professional development for teachers
Strategic planning and coordination with Museum Educators
There's a good possibility the partnership could expand to other districts soon.
"We're talking to a number of districts throughout North Texas about this partnership," Higgins says. "Thanks to incredible funding from foundations like Amazon and Toyota, we're able to offer this to districts at no cost. And a number of districts are excited about it."
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