Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Anguish of Liberation
The excitement of liberation was accompanied by anguish for the newly free Jewish people. Many had no home or families in which to return. Examine the following source which provides a summary, photos, videos, testimonies, and art...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Survivors' Liberation Liberated but Not Free
Liberation was an exciting time, but also a time fraught with sadness and anxiety. Many Jewish survivors had no home or family to return to. In order to impress on students the range of emotions felt by the survivors, teachers can use...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Diary of Anne Frank: How Would I Survive?
Lesson to be used following the reading of play The Diary of Anne Frank or the book Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. Students explore the Anne Frank Center website. In groups of five, students analyze the residents of the Secret...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: The 20th Century
A collection of learning resources (videos, practice exercises, and quizzes) covering World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, with smaller additional sections on Chinese history, the Holocaust, human rights, and independence movements.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Daily Struggle for Survival
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...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Educational, Cultural Activities
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...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Center Local Populations in Nazi Dominated Europe
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...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Non German Anti Semitism
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...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Museum Site for Yad Vashem
The main site for the World Holocaust Center known as "Yad Vashem." Contains many links to all aspects of the Holocaust.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: The Holocaust
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around the Holocaust. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 7: Facing Challenges at Home and Abroad
This extensive learning module examines the role of economic fluctuations in creating new demands on the government to design reforms and how the United States became a dominant military, political, cultural, and economic force in the...
University of Southern California
Usc: I Witness
IWitness is an educational website that brings full life histories, testimonies of survivors, and other witnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides for guided exploration.
Other
Teaching Tolerance: Pre Wwii European Jewish Life Photo Project
This set of lessons - comprised of five 45-minute sessions - will engage learners in researching and understanding how individual Jewish communities and lives were affected by the Holocaust. By researching and analyzing family...
Other
Teaching Tolerance: Hatred and the Holocaust
These resources can help teachers teach about the holocaust and genocide. They include excerpts from primary sources and discussion questions.
Other
The Butterfly Project
The Butterfly Project uses the lessons of the Holocaust to teach tolerance and to remember the past, act responsibly in the present, and create a better future. Resources include lesson plans, stories from survivors, bullying resources,...
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Anne Frank: Facing Hatred, Daring to Dream
The inspiring words of a young girl in Nazi Germany continue to impact us today. Students will learn about Anne Frank's intense struggles, but also the hope she shared through her diary. Then they'll consider how they can impact their...
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: The Holocaust
This lesson plan places a human face on the Holocaust, by focusing on survivors' testimony, letters and journals from survivors and those who were killed, and poetry.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Enhance lessons focused on Nazism in Germany, the rise and fall, by utilizing the resources suggested.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Holocaust in Italy
The history of the Holocaust in Italy is generally well known, but to date there has been little systematic analysis of its spatial dimensions. The objective of this case study is to examine the Holocaust in Italy from a geographical...
University of South Florida
U. Of South Florida: Holocaust Lesson Plans
It is recommended that the term Holocaust not be introduced to the elementary student. These activities and lesson plans, however, prepare the student to learn about the Holocaust in later grades.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Why Teach the Holocaust?
Teachers often find the Holocaust to be an overwhelming subject to approach with their students. While the Holocaust offers important lessons to today's students, it can be a difficult to find the appropriate amount of information to...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Curricular Connections: Holocaust Remembrance
The Holocaust is often a difficult topic to discuss with students. This guide offers tips for approaching the subject, as well as cross-curricular connections for a more meaningful reading experience.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Eastern European Study Seminar: Chelmno
A large colletion of photos of the current state of the Chelmno death camp in Poland and the memorials built there to remember the people who were exterminated there during World War II.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Eichmann Trial
Describes the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann that took place in Israel in the early 1960s. He was indicted on 15 counts of 'crimes against humanity' and in 1962 was executed by hanging.