Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: The Holocaust
This lesson plan places a human face on the Holocaust, by focusing on survivors' testimony, letters and journals from survivors and those who were killed, and poetry.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke
In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of degradation that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Set in 1943 when the Nazis occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is asked to carry out a heroic deed and aid her uncle in his efforts to smuggle Danish Jews across the sea to Sweden, where they will be safe. She has already...
Other
Literary Studies: A Second Daniel in Merchant
From Early Modern Literary Studies, "A Second Daniel: The Jew and the 'True Jew' in The Merchant of Venice." In depth analytical essay; extensive bibliography.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Nazi Concentration Camps
This page has links to detailed pages on all of the concentration, labor, and extermination camps used by Hitler and the Nazis in WWII. These camps were used to round up and exterminate the millions of Jews and other minorities in Europe...
On Being
American Public Media: On Being: Days of Awe Playlist
Users of this resource can listen to music coincidental to the celebration by Jews of the High Holidays-Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. Click on the "Show Playlist" link on the left to access the playlist of music.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Story of Raphael Lemkin
An article about Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew who emigrated to the U.S. at the beginning of World War II. As a lawyer and scholar, he documented Nazi atrocities and coined the word "genocide."
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Anti Semitism
Essay considers the long history of antipathy to Jews and Judaism.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Do You Remember When?
This online exhibit about is about the experience of being a young Jew in Berlin in the early 1940's. Includes real life stories and images of the personal belongings of real people.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: World Response
Could actions of the Allies have prevented the Holocaust or limited the destruction of six million Jews and five million other innocent civilians?
The History Place
The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: The Nuremberg Laws
Discusses the rampant anti-Semitism in Nuremberg in the 1930s that led to the adoption of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 which severely restricted the rights of full-blood and mixed-race Jews.
The History Place
The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: The Final Solution
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.
PBS
Pbs: The Roman Empire of the 1st Century: Religion and Politics in Daily Life
In this activity, learners will examine various aspects of religion in ancient Rome including the role of mythology, polytheism versus. monotheism, the treatment of Jews and Christians, and the spread of Christianity. To guide their...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Auschwitz: Orders and Initiatives (Episode Guide)
Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the second episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State) broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying the spread of Nazi...
PBS
Pbs: Views and Ideas of Muhammad
A series of six articles dealing with Muhammad and Islam. The topics include: women, violence and jihad, other religions, America, the Qur'an and the Jews of Medina. Requires the Real Player plug-in.
Other
Jewish Path: Notes on Counting the Omer
Many questions and answers about the Omer. Describes such things as when Jews should begin counting the Omer and what to do if the counting is skipped one night.
Other
Jewish Liturgical Music
Liturgical music that is used by Jews in their religious services are discussed and defined. Also historical backgrounds are given.
Other
Utrecht Univ.: Fa Qs Observance, Marriage, Women in Judaism
A Usenet collection of questions and answers related to Jewish culture, religious practices and beliefs, and family life. For example, it explores the meaning of kosher and explains how Jews around the world keep kosher.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Racial Violence and Terror
Learn how the Ku Klux Klan perpetuated hate and violence against African Americans, communists, Catholics, Jews, and others that threatened their notion of white supremacy between 1880 and 1951.
Other
Mother Jones: The Dissident: An Interview With Natan Sharansky
Known for his advancement of democracy and human rights, Natan Sharansky, a Ukranian-born Jew and later Prime Minister of Israel, speaks here regarding Arab dissidents, Israel's human rights record, and the prospects for a democratic...
Hofstra University
Hofstra Univ: Why Was Bubonic Plague So Devastating to European Society? [Pdf]
The Bubonic Plague or "Black Death" came out of the eastern Mediterranean along shipping routes, reaching Italy in the spring of 1348. By the time the epidemic was abating in 1351, between 25% and 50% of Europe's population had died. The...
Judaism 101
Judaism 101: The Counting of the Omer
Provides historical background. Also explains why it is that Jews count the Omer. Provides the dates of Lag B'Omer.
Other
The Purim Section
This page provides links to a variety of topics involving Purim. Includes the "mitzvot of Purim" and a description of why Jews wear masks on the holiday.
Read Works
Read Works: The Holocaust Denmark: Resistance From Nazi Germany
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Denmark and their resistance to deporting Jews to Nazi, Germany. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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