Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Escape to Freedom
Students will read Number the Stars by Lois Lowrey. This novel about World War II, the Holocaust, and heroism, provides the topic for an inquiry-based, interdisciplinary instructional activity. Students will utilize their skills in...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Voice for the Silent
This lesson is designed to help learners make a connection between the events of World War II and the events happening in the world today. Students will compare examples of genocide from World War II and today. This lesson is taught in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank
Students examine what Anne Frank's writing and a video dramatization of her diary reveal about her character and how it changed while she was in hiding.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Coming to Terms With the Past
Students will examine the work of German artist Anselm Kiefer and discuss how art might be a means of understanding and coming to terms with history. Students will follow in Kiefer's practice by creating their own works of art that...
A&E Television
History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About the Nuremberg Trials
The post-World War II trials marked the first-ever prosecutions for genocide and crimes against humanity. Held directly after World War II, the Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 military tribunals in which nearly 200 German...
A&E Television
History.com: After Wwii, Survivors of Nazi Horrors Found Community in Displaced Persons Camps
Though the legacy of World War II Nazi death camps looms over Europe, a lesser-known camp network arose after the war with a diametrically opposed vision: to give traumatized populations a new lease on life. Established by the victorious...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Anne Frank's Family Home
Discover the house where Anne Frank lived in Merwedeplein, Amsterdam, just before going into hiding.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
This is the declaration issued by the members of the People's Committee severing the mandate of the British and establishing the state of Israel.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: u.s. Proposes u.n. Trusteeship of Palestine
President Truman explains the United States' position and recommendations on the issue of Palestine once the British mandate was to end.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Un Partition Plan, September 1947
This authentic UN map depicts the political lines to be drawn to partition Palestine as established in 1947.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Partition Plan
The background for creating a plan to partition Palestine, as well as the details of the plan itself and its effects are discussed.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Anne Frank
Students will explore Anne Frank in historical context in World War II. Lesson 2 explores Anne Frank as a writer, and students will have the opportunity to practice Anne's writing strategies.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Holocaust and Resistance
"In this instructional activity, students reflect on the Holocaust from the point of view of those who actively resisted Nazi persecution." "includes images which should be reviewed in advance for their potential impact on students."
SparkNotes
Sparknotes: Night
A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for Night by Elie Wiesel.
University of South Florida
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Literature
Decent site that focuses on Jewish Holocaust literature. Discusses main themes and major works of movement.
University of South Florida
Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Book Burning
Brief discussion of German book burning with a picture of an SA officer throwing a book on a fire.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Music of the Holocaust
Numerous sound bites from concentration camp songs, protest music, partisan songs, ghetto songs and more. Each one has images and a short description of what was going on when the song was written.
The History Place
The History Place: Hitler Named Leader of Nazi Party
This site from The History Place provides information about Hitler's leadership when he is named leader of the Nazi party in 1921. This is a good site to check out on the subject.
BBC
Bbc: Canada Expels Holocaust Denier
Do your students think that white supremacy groups still exist? This news story from March 2005 can be used as a tool for discussion and debate.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Using Testimony in Holocaust Education
When teaching a unit on the Holocaust, the use of eye-witness testimony is crucial. These documents allow students to personalize the stories of those that suffered and enhances the learning process. This article walks you through...
Other
The Holocaust: Timeline
Visit this site for a factual and statistical timeline of the Holocaust. The timeline is searchable by year.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz Through the Lens of the Ss
There are very few wartime photos of Auschwitz, however, an album was found in 2007. This album belonged to an SS officer and shows Auschwitz at a pivotal time when the gas chambers were running at maximum capacity while the officers...
Other
Anne Frank House: The Story of Anne Frank: Others Went Into Hiding Too
Describes the many people who, like Anne Frank, went into hiding in the Netherlands to escape capture by the Nazis. Talks about how they weighed their decision to hide or not to hide, and the consequences of discovery.
Other
Ben Austin's Sociology Corner: Chronology of the Holocaust: 1930 1945
Factual chronology of the Holocaust from 1930-1945. Detailed accounts beginning with the National Socialist Party to the liberation of concentration camps.