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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Youth Movements in the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Yad Vashem: The Individual and Togetherness in the "Witness Education"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Witnesses and Education" is a project in which survivors of the Holocaust tell their story in the actual location where the events transpired. This lesson is broken down into themes: Jewish community before the Holocaust, Jewish...
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Menorah Ministries: The Star of David

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description and history of the famous Hebrew symbol. The article states that the symbol can not be traced to King David himself but that the use of hexagrams was found in Jewish magic dating back to the 6th century C.E.
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Yourpage.org

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
"Yourpage.org is a Jewish educational website created to bring fun to Jewish learning." Includes stories, games, and activities suitable for elementary and middle school children. Also provides a guide for teachers and a section for...
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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to the German memorial of the murdered Jewish people from the Holocaust. This site also offers information on other memorials dedicated to other persecuted groups throughout German history.
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Judaism 101

Judaism 101: Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah and Confirmation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site does a nice job in explaining how the Bar & Bat Mitzvah have evolved. It also contains information on Jewish Confirmation, and includes many links to related topics.
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Judaism 101: The Name of God

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the significance of names in Jewish thought, the various names of God, why Jewish people don't fully write the name of God, and pronunciation of the name of God.
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The Kosher Primer

For Students 9th - 10th
The Orthodox Union sponsors this informative site for learning how to observe Jewish dietary laws, that is, to keep kosher.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Valley of the Communities

For Students 9th - 10th
The Valley of the Communities is a massive 2.5-acre monument cut into the earth that honors the Jewish communities that disappeared during the Holocaust. The Jewish people formed these tight-knit communities as a way of preserving their...
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Yad Vashem: Here Their Stories Will Be Told

For Students 9th - 10th
Each Jewish community during WWII had its own individual story to tell. This online exhibit highlights 12 of these communities. Select a community and read about life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Testimony from survivors is...
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Yad Vashem: We Shall Meet Again

For Students 9th - 10th
These last letters from the Holocaust can only be described as heart-wrenching. Letters written to parents and loved ones show the depth of suffering and anxiety the Jewish people faced in 1941. Each letter has a short biography of the...
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Yad Vashem: Daily Life in the Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Yad Vashem: The Human Spirit in the Shadow of Death

For Students 9th - 10th
In terrible times, the human spirit has a way of enduring and even strengthening. The Jewish people risked their lives in order to continue to practice their faith, educate their children, and document their experiences for future...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: They Were Children

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition tells the story of the deportation and rescue of Jewish children in Paris during World War II.
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Yad Vashem: Testimonial Film Series

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The stories told by Jewish survivors of the Holocaust are vital to the preservation of memories of this time period. These testimonies can be heartbreaking, but vital to understanding the individual stories of Jewish victims. This module...
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Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Free World and Holocaust Survivors

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Hanu Kat Celebrate Hanukkah and Passover

For Students 3rd - 5th
HanuKat offers a variety of playful, interactive ways for Jewish and non-Jewish students to celebrate Hanukkah and Passover. Content ranges from holiday stories, creative holiday activities, eCards, holiday recipes, and more.
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Yad Vashem: Theresienstadt

For Students 9th - 10th
Theresienstadt was a Jewish ghetto used by the Nazi's in their propaganda campaigns as a model Jewish settlement. When in reality it was overcrowded, unsanitary, and infested with disease. Study the background of his ghetto and view...
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Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Educational, Cultural Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Resistance in the Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Ghetto Facing Extermination

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Warsaw

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Nazi treatment of the Polish capital, Warsaw, after the invasion of Poland. Information about the creation and destruction of the Jewish ghetto, and the later destruction of most of the city and its inhabitants.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Westerbork

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Final Solution": Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Site created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to explain the Final Solution, the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jewish people. Site provides extensive information about the plan and the method by using pictures and written descriptions....

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