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- 9th - 12th
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Students read testimonies of Holocaust survivors, describe conditions liberators found upon entering camps, investigate liberation, and research background of the Office of Special Investigations and Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Full Review »
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- 10th - Higher Ed
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Students use poems to link them to the Holocaust. They identify different elements in poems to determine the meaning. They write their own poem or graffiti to show the suffering experienced by victims of the Holocaust. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal. They conduct research to examine how the post-Holocaust period has been handled historically and hold a teach-in to promote continued awareness of the Holocaust's impact. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students trace a survivor's story using a timeline, map skills, poetry and/or prose and photography, and make a visual representation of a survivor's journey through his or her life as a culminating activity for the class and the survivor. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate the holocaust in this nine lesson unit. The concepts of prejudice, humane and inhumane behaviors are examined as appropriate behavioral guidelines are developed in their reaction to this historical event. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students research the history of the Holocaust. In groups, they investigate the accuracy and ojectivity of websites related to the topic. They review the arguments of holocaust deniers and identify the movites behind these views. Analyzing claims of holocaust survivors, they determine the validity of their stories. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students comprehension widens on the subject of the Holocaust by focusing on two different, yet related, experiences of Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. Those being death camps and life in major ghettos. They trace both commonalities and differences between these types of experience. Students view the Holocaust from individual viewpoints. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read a short story entitled The Tenth Man, written by Holocaust survivor Ida Fink. They examine the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, Yehoshua B++chler and Shmuel Krakowski, detailing their experience and trauma after liberation. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discuss the events leading up to antisemitic behavior in Europe during World War II. Through various activities, students acquaint themselves with the political ideology of Nazism and assess responsibility for the Holocaust. Materials to complete this unit are included. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students explore the dehumanization of people during the Holocaust. Working as a class, students read the novel, Survival in Auschwitz. They participate in class discussions and activities that aid in their develop of sensitivity to the treatment of people during the Holocaust. Full Review »

