Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Dictatorship

For Students 9th - 10th
A short article on the nature of 20th century dictatorship. It provides examples of dictatorships such as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the novel "Carson of Venus" by Edgar Rice Burroughs which is a satire of Nazi Germany. This is the third book in the Venus series.
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Book Thief

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This Australian novel was pulished in the U.S. in 2006. This young adult fiction novel looks at the life of a young German girl growing up in Nazi Germany. Read about the characters, themes and quotations from the novel in this...
Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Number the Stars: Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation features a discussion about Lois Lowry's novel Number The Stars, which was written about the WW2 Occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany. 2:19sec.
Website
The History Place

The History Place: Statistics of the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.
Website
PBS

Pbs/people's Century: Master Race

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the program, "People's Century: Master Race -- Nazism Overtakes German Society," from PBS.
Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: The German Decision to Invade Norway and Denmark

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from a W.W.II book which goes into great detail about the German decision to invade both Norway and Denmark.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: World War Ii's Eastern Front: Operation Barbarossa

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set document Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Includes teaching guide.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this website from the Wikipedia encyclopedia for an exhaustive encyclopedia article on World War II. Content includes information on the causes of the war, the European theater, the Pacific theater, and the historical significance...
Article
BBC

Bbc: History: The Rise of Adolf Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
Archived article explores Adolf Hitler's early years as a drifter and failed artist to his remarkable transformation as a brutal German dictator.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Children of War

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares an interview of a World War II-era native German whose family fled Berlin. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Overview of Major Holocaust Asset Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a good, brief description of the international commission headed by Paul Volker to examine Holocaust-era claims against Swiss banks.
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: Holocaust Denial

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference to those who have denied the Holocaust.
Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Heinrich Himmler

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a biography of Heinrich Himmler. Includes speech delivered in 1943 to SS members. Links to related topics.
Website
The History Place

The History Place: Rise of Adolph Hitler: Mein Kampf

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides the blueprint for Germany's future, "Mein Kampf" which outlines categories of humanity, the superiority of Aryans, Aryan counterparts, the Jew, and military conquests. Contains quotes from "Mein...
Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Evian Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Evian Conference, a meeting of thirty-two countries which gathered in 1938 to address the question of Jewish refugees from Germany. The result of the meeting was very disappointing.
Website
Other

National Wwii Museum: Remembering v E Day [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
See a copy of the front page of a Minneapolis newspaper proclaiming V-E Day and read about celebrations all through Europe on the day World War II ended in Europe, May 8, 1945. [pdf]
Website
Other

Kasprzyk's Website: A Summary of Poland's History

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the history of Poland, starting with the Piast dynasty and moving forward to the current year.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Yalta Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
In February 1945, FDR met with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in Yalta to discuss post WW2 plans. This article provides detailed facts and a summary of this historic event.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Battle of the Bulge

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview presents interesting facts and information about the Allied victory in the WW2 Battle of the Bulge.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of the Bulge Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this Battle of the Bulge timeline to learn about the key dates and important events of one of the fiercest battles fought by Americans during WW2 and the ultimate Allied victory.
Graphic
Curated OER

Nazi March

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Canada Expels Holocaust Denier

For Students 9th - 10th
Do your students think that white supremacy groups still exist? This news story from March 2005 can be used as a tool for discussion and debate.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Dachau

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the Dachau concentration camp which housed almost 200,000 prisoners, both political and ethnic, in the period between 1933, when the Nazis took power in Germany, and mid-1945 when the Allies liberated the camps.

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