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Nazi Deportation of Hungarian Jews
High schoolers view a presentation introducing them to the deportation of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. Using the text from "Night" by Elie Wiesel, they examine how the Hungarians were treated during the war. They read and...
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Deliberate Acts of Kindness
Students recognize and honor kind acts of Holocaust liberators and rescuers, and realize importance of kind acts towards others.
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Teaching About Genocide
Students can find that genocide is a prevalent theme in world history.
Prestwick House
Night
Elie Wiesel's harrowing nonfiction tale of the Holocaust, Night, is the topic of a literary crossword puzzle. Class members review key names, places, and details from the book as they complete the puzzle.
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"The Big Lie" Response Journal
Eighth graders utilize a variety of reading and writing skills in completing social studies activities on "The Big Lie." students express their understanding of right and wrong actions based on the characters through a personal response...
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Interative History Notebook Mini-lesson
Pupils respond to Holocaust literature. In this interactive history lesson, students select quotes from chapter 1 of Elie Wiesel's Night and reflect on their meaning as they record their thoughts on poetic, prose, comic. or picture form.
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The Big Lie
Fifth graders create poems and other forms of writing.Then working in groups they share writing with each other. The opinions would be gathered and students would revise writing according to the comments.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Raoul Wallenberg and Rescue of Jews in Budapest
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who worked to save Hungarian Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps late in World War II.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Murder of Hungarian Jewry
In May 1944, Jews in Hungary were deported to Auschwitz. In all, 565,000 Jews were murdered. View artifacts, photos, testimony videos, and documents from this horrendous time in history.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Fate of the Jews in South Eastern Europe
Extreme anti-Semitism spread throughout South-Eastern Europe in the early years of WWII. Read background information and view primary sources such as photos, testimonies, video lectures, and artifacts from countries in this region during...