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Holocaust Education in the K-4 Classroom
Students discuss Holocaust and complete KWL chart.
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Holocaust Map Studies
Students analyze maps and answer discussion questions related to WWI. In this geography lesson, students analyze historic maps to determine causes and effects of WWI in Europe. Students read testimonies of Holocaust survivors and label...
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South Carolina Voices: Lessons From the Holocaust
Students explore World History by researching the Holocaust. In this Nazi Germany lesson, students identify the ghettos and death camps that many Jewish civilians were sent to in order to be controlled and later killed. Students...
US Holocaust Museum
Genocide in Darfur: Darfur Eyewitness Teacher Guide
The events of the Holocaust in World War II would never happen again, right? Scholars research the current genocide taking place in Darfur. Using video and Holocaust Reading Passages, they analyze the horror of this forgotten part of the...
Museum of Tolerance
Creating an Ideal World
To conclude a study of social justice and tolerance designed to prepare classes for a visit to the Museum of Tolerance, class members brainstorm a safe and peaceful world. They then write about their own vision of this world.
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Holocaust Memorial Service
Students research victims of the Holocaust, then create pieces of art to depict the suffering of the Holocaust victims.
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Holocaust Unit
Pupils read a book about World War II and the Holocaust while in small literature circles. They write journal entries and news articles based on the reading.
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Holocaust Education and World Languages
Students use poetry to share their feelings about the Holocaust. Using the internet, they research a major event of the twentieth century from a different viewpoint using the language of the foreign country. They use different...
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Introducing the Victims of the Holocaust
Students consider the plight of Holocaust victims. In this World War II lesson, students discuss the number of Jews who were persecuted during the war and read biographies by Holocaust survivors. Students compose essays on personal...
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World War Ii - Holocaust Oral History Project
Seventh graders conduct an interview with someone who lived through World War II. They watch a video of an interview, develop a list of interview questions, record their interview, and write and publish a summary and transcript of their...
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The Children of The Holocaust
In this language arts worksheet, students research a child and then write a summary of his life under the torture of the Nazi regime.
Teach With Movies
Learning Guide to: Schindler's List
Take your history class through Schindler's List with a learning guide, which offers an introduction to the film and a variety of discussion questions and related assignments. There are several useful resources in the sidebar, such as a...
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Coming to Terms with the Past
Learners explore Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal. They conduct research to examine how the post-Holocaust period has been handled historically and hold a teach-in to promote continued awareness of the Holocaust's impact.
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Multi-cultural, The Butterfly
Sixth graders discuss The Butterfly. In this literacy instructional activity, 6th graders write two postcards about the issues of the Holocaust from the two different perspectives of the two girls from the text.
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In the Shadow of Death
Learners research the initial labeling and classification of Jews through the use of images on the Web. They gather additional information about the history and effects of the Holocaust on survivors.
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History Repeats Itself
Twelfth graders research historical turning points, gather-data, and extrapolate possible alternate outcomes. They work individually to choose one historical event from Attachment D, Historical Turning Points. Students complete either...
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Putting a Face to the Numbers
Students define the term genocide in there own terms and discuss reasons why genocide occurs. In groups, students research genocides throughout history. They compile historical accounts of genocide to be include in a class compilation...
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Israel and Palestine: The Roots of Conflict
Students examine the causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this world conflict lesson, students research print and Internet sources about the roots of the conflict and the status of the conflict today. Students use their...
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Ideas for Research and Discussion of Anne Frank's Diary
Middle schoolers research Holocaust.
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Lessons from the Holocaust
Learners discover what a dictatorship is by examining the holocaust. In this government lesson plan, students discuss the laws that were enacted for Nazis to take control of Germany, and the types of laws we have put place to prevent...
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Commemorative Plates
Young scholars research life of a child who was a victim in the Holocaust and create a commemorative plate for that child to display in the school.
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Liberation and Return to Life
Young scholars read testimonies of Holocaust survivors, describe conditions liberators found upon entering camps, investigate liberation, and research background of the Office of Special Investigations and Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.
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Survivor Interview
Students practice listening and speaking skills in a foreign language, and participate in a dialog with a Holocaust survivor.
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News Watch
Eighth graders explore the concept of human rights. In this US History instructional activity, 8th graders research newspaper articles that deal with human rights and prejudice. Students write a summary of their article and share it...