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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay describing lives of Jewish people who were sent to live in the Warsaw Ghetto while the Nazis occupied Poland.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Curated OER

Children in Concentration Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-organized website that contains survivor testimonies as well as information on the background of the Holocaust. Activities and information for teachers are also included.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Poland: Auschwitz Birkenau

For Students 9th - 10th
The fortified walls, barbed wire, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and cremation ovens show the conditions within which the Nazi genocide took place in the former concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Holocaust, the writings, poetry, songs, and artistic expressions of Jews who experienced it firsthand were collected. These expressions were in some cases ordered by the Nazis, or done secretly in concentration camps,...
Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Night

For Students 9th - 10th
Night is the story of Elie Wiesel surviving a Nazi concentration camp as a teenager. This site provides comprehensive information about the characters and their incredible situations.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Elie Wiesel Lesson Plans: Night

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this site to access numerous materials to support the study of Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel, Night. Resources range from study guides to background information on the Holocaust.
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Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum: Understanding the Holocaust Through Art and Artifacts [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This curriculum guide gives lesson plans and information on art, artists, and artifacts of the Holocaust. There is an extensive bibliography and glossary.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Holocaust

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares basic facts about the Holocaust. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Adolf Eichmann

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of the Nazi Gestapo leader Adolf Eichmann.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Auschwitz" by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Auschwitz" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: D Day and the German Surrender

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief description of the end of World War II with the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the Allied race to Berlin, and finally, V-E Day.
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Other

Auschwitz Alphabet: Zyklon B (Poison Gas)

For Students 9th - 10th
This page describes how the Nazis used Zyklon B as a gassing agent.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Featured Image: Monastery of St. Nil at Monastery

For Students 9th - 10th
iew of the Nilova Monastery. The Monastery of St. Nil' on Stolobnyi Island in Lake Seliger in Tver' Province, northwest of Moscow, illustrates the fate of church institutions during the course of Russian history. St. Nil (d. 1554)...
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Curated OER

Teachers Guide to the Holocaust: Rescue and Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a detailed account of the liberation of the concentration camps by Allied forces and is accompanied by numerous photos, related web site links, and video clips.
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Curated OER

Teachers Guide to the Holocaust: Rescue and Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a detailed account of the liberation of the concentration camps by Allied forces and is accompanied by numerous photos, related web site links, and video clips.
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Curated OER

The Italian Occupation and the Libyan Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes informative look at the events that led up to the Libyan Concentration camps in Italy.
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Curated OER

The Italian Occupation and the Libyan Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes informative look at the events that led up to the Libyan Concentration camps in Italy.
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Curated OER

The Italian Occupation and the Libyan Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes informative look at the events that led up to the Libyan Concentration camps in Italy.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: The Holocaust for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Holocaust during World War II. Jewish people were killed by the German Nazi Party.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Aharon Appelfeld

For Students 9th - 10th
Applefeld's novels, short stories, and essays are recognized worldwide as among the most "Profound literary explorations of the Holocaust". See a brief biography of his life here, and a list of his works.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Vilna

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the German occupation of Vilna, and the Nazi extermination of the large Jewish population there.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Kovno

For Students 9th - 10th
This article chronicles both the plight and the resistance of the Jews in the Lithuanian city of Kovno during World War II.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
Go in-depth studying the Ghettos of World War II. What was their origin and what did they become?

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