Building a realistic understanding of the trials Jews suffered during WWII isn't always easy. This plan employs student constructed dramatic freeze frame scenes to help build a deeper understanding of Jewish Ghettos, concentration camps,...

Fifth graders examine threat to all people (particularly the Jews) resulting from the imposition of Nazi authority, and appreciate the courage exhibited by ordinary people acting out of conscience.

Students recognize courage and heroism of Danish and Swedish people and all others who resisted the Nazis, realize that everyone has the capacity to do good as well as evil, and analyze reasons and motivations that caused certain people...

Students explore Nazi Germany by completing several worksheets. In this Adolf Hitler instructional activity, students identify Hitler's role in the holocaust, his role in the German community and his mindset. Students read the poem "The...

Ninth graders explore how the Nazis used propaganda in the 1930's. They draw a poster to show propaganda.

Students read and discuss The Diary of Anne Frank, a diary of a Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi's in Holland. The research the Holocaust and express their feelings in artwork.

Students create classroom Holocaust Gallery and Museum.

Learners examine various ways that slaves in the Natchez area resisted bondage, consider the price of resistance, and write television news documentary.

Young scholars explore Jewish traditions through Jewish art. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students research art by Moshe Rynecki, Chaim Goldberg and Emmanuel Levy. Young scholars replicate the artistic styles in their own pieces.

Students explore how human rights are different in each part of the world.  In this freedome lesson plan, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share their...