Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Antisemitism

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore antisemitism and propaganda and stereotypes. They make connections to current-day antisemitism, racism, prejudice and bigotry.
Handout
The History Place

The History Place:memories of the White Rose Wwii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the story of an anti-Nazi resistance movement in Germany during World War 2 written by one of the participants. Includes primary documents on the trials held after their capture.
Primary
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: German Jewish Response to the Nuremberg Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
The response to the Nuremberg Laws by the National Representation of the Jews in Germany, September 24, 1935.
Website
PBS

Pbs: America and the Holocaust: Kristallnacht

For Students 9th - 10th
From the larger PBS site, America and the Holocaust. This essay describes the atrocities of Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, across Germany. Find out what precipitated the violence against Jews all across Germany, and discover how the...
Website
PBS

Pbs/people's Century: Master Race

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the program, "People's Century: Master Race -- Nazism Overtakes German Society," from PBS.
Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The November 1938 Pogroms

For Students 9th - 10th
From the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum, this resource describes the anti-semitic pogroms, or race riots, in Germany on Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) in November of 1938.
Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: The Final Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the German flood of anti-Jewish propaganda and the brutal methods used by the Nazis against the Jews in order to achieve their Final Solution.
Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: The Berlin Olympics

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the Olympics that took place in Berlin in 1936, the angry debates and protests over Hitler's anti-Semitic policies, and how Hitler used the Olympics as a way to display the power of the Nazi regime on the world stage.
Website
AllRefer

All refer.com: East Germany: Foundation of the People's Police

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the origin and transformation of former Nazi soldiers into East German police. Attempts to explain why it was created and Joseph Stalin's intent to control Eastern Europe.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "First They Came" by Martin Niemoller

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "First They Came" by Martin Niemoller, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Curated OER

World War Two Website Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents two very different war photo albums, one of a Nazi Panzer Jaeger (tank hunter) who served on the Eastern Front and the other of German who served in a Luftwaffe anti-aircraft unit in the Alsace-Lorraine area of Europe.