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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.
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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...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Anguish of Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Survivors' Liberation Liberated but Not Free

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Diary of Anne Frank: How Would I Survive?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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. Middle schoolers explore the Anne Frank Center website. In groups of five, students analyze the residents of the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: World History: The 20th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Daily Struggle for Survival

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: The Holocaust Resource Center Educational, Cultural Activities

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...
Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Center Local Populations in Nazi Dominated Europe

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: The Museum Site for Yad Vashem

For Students 9th - 10th
The main site for the World Holocaust Center known as "Yad Vashem." Contains many links to all aspects of the Holocaust.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Liberty: The Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 7: Facing Challenges at Home and Abroad

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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University of Southern California

Usc: I Witness

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Other

Teaching Tolerance: Pre Wwii European Jewish Life Photo Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of lessons - comprised of five 45-minute sessions - will engage students in researching and understanding how individual Jewish communities and lives were affected by the Holocaust. By researching and analyzing family...
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Other

Teaching Tolerance: Hatred and the Holocaust

For Students 3rd - 8th
These resources can help teachers teach about the holocaust and genocide. They include excerpts from primary sources and discussion questions.
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Other

The Butterfly Project

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Anne Frank: Facing Hatred, Daring to Dream

For Teachers 6th - 9th
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...
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Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: The Holocaust

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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.
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Other

Museum of Jewish Heritage: Coming of Age During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Classroom-ready curriculum about the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of children and teens who lived through it. With powerful video testimonies from survivors, first-person narratives, personal photos, and timelines as well as varied...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Refugee Crisis and Establishment of Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of how the plight of postwar Holocaust survivors brought about the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel.