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Jewish Persecution Lesson Plans
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Young scholars explore the history of prejudice. In this civil rights lesson, students experience a first hand account of prejudice and discrimination based on the Jewish persecution of WWII.
Young scholars examine the Holocaust. For this World War II lesson, students identify the major events of the Holocaust as they investigate a visual timeline and discuss the persecution of Jews at the hands of the Nazis.
Students visit classroom stations to explore Jewish persecution. In this Holocaust lesson, students use ICT and Internet technologies to view historical documents and images relative to the Holocaust. Students write essays that compare the different resources.
Students examine American involvement in World War II. In this World War II instructional activity, students discuss the Holocaust and its implications. Students read New York Times articles regarding the treatment of Jews during the war. Students infer what might have taken place had Americans known earlier about the persecution of Jews in Germany.
Students examine waves of Jewish immigration during three time periods and analyze a variety of primary sources, including letters, memoirs, and laws, to gain insight into both the American immigrant experience and American society throughout history.
Students complete activities to study the traveling Jewish theatre and the ideas of tolerance. In this theatre study lesson, students read information about the Traveling Jewish Theatre and learn about the project to unit artists from the US and the Middle East, Jews and Muslims, and Israelis and Palestinians. Students complete several activities to learn how theatre can help students explore important social issues.
Students read and analyze The Apprentice's Masterpiece. Various proven pre-, during, and post-teaching strategies are utilized to connect medieval history to modern-day understanding of the persecution of minorities. Character analysis is also a key component of this extended lesson.
Pupils read poem The Song of the Murdered Jewish People, listen to Requiem based on poem, work on reading poem as music plays, discuss reasons for composer's musical choices, and investigate possibilities of performing a reading for an audience.
Students use a graphic organizer to find similarities and differences in three religions. In this prejudice lesson, students understand the events leading up to the holocaust. Students understand that people who respected diversity helped those who were persecuted. Students define "crimes against humanity." Students create a service activity to enhance human tolerance and appreciation of diversity.
In this lesson plan, students "role play" various real-life persons in the case of the SS St. Louis, a German ship containing Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. Several western nations, including the United States, de
