Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's Nobel Acceptance Speech

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Bearing Witness

For Students 9th - 10th
Artifacts are essential to preserve the memories of the Holocaust. As survivors age, these pictures, testimonies, and documents are the only remaining items to tell the story of the Holocaust. Peruse the artifacts of the Holocaust with...
Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center New Beginnings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust primary sources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the...
Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Displaced Persons Camps

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust primary sources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the...
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Other

Anne Frank House

For Students 9th - 10th
Museum, devoted to all aspects of Anne Frank's life and her famous diary, makes available a walk-through recreation of the annex where Anne hid from the Nazis. Also includes an interactive timeline filled with wrenching details of the...
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Other

Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers extensive research resources regarding the Holocaust of World War II. This site has won awards from the History Channel and Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Daily Life in the Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Article
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Holocaust Denial Laws

For Students 11th - 12th
The denial of the Holocaust, anti-Semitic rhetoric and the growth of hate groups has led many European nations to pass laws criminalizing hate speech to stop the resurrection of Nazism in Europe. This article discusses individual...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th
View videos that include discussions with survivors and specialists in Holocaust education. Click the drop-down menu to choose videos from survivors, artists, or scholars.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Are the Palestinians Really Paying for the Holocaust?

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Artifacts From the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Jewish History 1750 to Ww Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Jewish history from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust. Includes a discussion of the Reform and Orthodox movements, Hasidic Judaism, Zionism, and pogroms. With links to additional resources.
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Other

Anne Frank: Lessons in Human Rights and Dignity

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Anne Frank is told in this long essay organized into chapters. Features include photos, and as well as extracts from Anne Frank's diary.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of life in the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe during World War II.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Antisemitism

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the term "antisemitism" and its particular reference to the Holocaust.
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Estimated Number of Jews Killed During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Table broken down by country showing estimated numbers of Jewish people killed in each area during World War II.
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Reinhard Heydrich

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of "the Hangman" of World War II Nazi Germany.
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Jews Disbelieving Reports of Extermination

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay describing how many Jewish people in Germany did not initially believe reports of Jewish extermination due to Nazi control of the press.
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Auschwitz Birkenau

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jewish Virtual Library offers a detailed page explaining all aspects of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration/death camp. Contains pictures, personal accounts, and the history of what happened there.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A fantastic reference or introduction to Jewish history for teachers and students. You'll find information and photos of Jewish women, politics, maps, and much more.
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Other

Encyclopedia of Ww Ii: Concentration Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief overview that examines the purpose and operation of German concentration camps during World War II. Suggestions for further reading are also made available. Uses popups.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: North Africa and the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
With the establishment of the Vichy regime in France and pro-Hitler leaders in Iraq, the persecution of Jews fanned out to North Africa and the Middle East. Peruse background information and examine primary sources such as photos,...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Theresienstadt

For Students 9th - 10th
Theresienstadt was a Jewish ghetto used by the Nazi's in their propaganda campaigns as a model Jewish settlement. When in reality it was overcrowded, unsanitary, and infested with disease. Study the background of his ghetto and view...