Students research recent episodes when diseases like colds or flus spread through their school. It also asks them to think of public health measures that might stop a disease from spreading again.

Students define and discuss resistance and distinguish types of resistance, watch video Courage to Care, research partisans and identify their main objective, and research facts behind proposed Auschwitz bombing and White Rose Resistance.

Young scholars analyze how newspapers report the news and compare the events that they now know about World War II as compared to what was publicized back then.

Students view a television program exploring social and economic changes at the close of the twentieth century. They discuss changes from differing perspectives including poor and rich citizens from various countries. Students write an...

In this literacy worksheet, students are asked to find the words that have silent letters and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.

In this social studies worksheet, students read the description of life under the occupation of Sweden by the Germans during the World War.

In this urban geography worksheet, young scholars respond to 20 short answer questions about urban geography after they have read a related article. The article is not included.

Available in Spanish only: From the United States Holocaust Museum this is the "Resistencia espiritual en los ghettos" or "Spiritual Resistance in the Ghettos" entry into the Spanish version of the museum's online Holocaust encyclopedia.

A description of life in the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe during World War II.

This resource presents photos taken in the Warsaw Ghetto that depict different perspectives of the lives of Jews living in this ghetto.

The Warsaw ghetto was the largest ghetto in Europe. The Jewish people who inhabited the ghetto were cut off from outside world and lived in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. 80,000 Jewish people died in the Warsaw ghetto. Study a...

This site offers a timeline of the Jewish condemnation to Ghettos. While learning about the Ghetto experience, click on one of the many links to definitions, sound clips, pictures, or related websites. There is an abundance of detailed...

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

In order to make it through the dark days in the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews leaned on each other for support and guidance. Using the Warsaw Ghetto as an example, this lesson plan will highlight those who put their lives on the line to help...

Despite being cut off from the rest of the world and living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, the Jewish people found a way to continue to practice their faith and culture while living in the ghettos. View the following primary...

In 1940, Jews were forced into the Lodz ghetto and effectively cut off from the rest of the world with no food, water, or electricity. Disease and starvation killed many of the Jews living in Lodz. Read a synopsis and view primary...

The Warsaw Uprising illustrates the Jewish resistance in the ghettos, especially by the Jewish youth. Read a summary of the uprising and how it was thwarted by the Nazis. Examine primary sources such as photos, testimonies, video...

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...

The dire conditions children lived in during the German invasion of Poland are hard to imagine. These primary sources try to bring to life what they went through living in a Polish ghetto so we can understand the unimaginable. Sources...

As the Soviet army approached Germany, the Nazis began to liquidate the Jewish ghettos and camps. Read a summary of this process, along with viewing photos, artifacts, documents, and art from this time period.

Ghettos of the Holocaust are described on the linked pages. Photographs of many of the ghettos are included.

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...

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...

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...