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Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto
What was life in the Jewish ghetto like? What happened to Polish Jews forced to live behind the wall? View a series of images taken during WWII of the Warsaw Ghetto and discuss the implications of what you see. Everyday life, economy,...
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Inside the Warsaw Ghetto
Eighth graders examine the conditions of the ghettos during the Holocaust. In this World History lesson, 8th graders analyze the impact of the Jewish fighters during he Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Students participate in a round...
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Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things in Books
Students read assigned text about the World War II. In this Holocaust survival lesson, students identify the mass murders associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi party and read stories of young men who narrowly avoided the death camps....
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Teaching the Holocaust through Literature
Centered on the short story "The Tenth Man" by Polish Holocaust survivor Ida Fink, here is a solid one-day resource to support study of World War II or Nazi history, short stories, or to complement any ELA unit on The Diary of Anne Frank...
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Inside the Warsaw Ghetto
Learners describe the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and identify Jewish fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. They describe other forms of resistance during the Holocaust. They evaluate the significance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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Europe Maps
A series of maps depicts pre-WWI to post-WWII Europe for your geographers. They use reference materials to help them correctly fill in the countries and the borders as they changed through time. A great resource for a history lesson, or...
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To Honor All Children from Prejudice to Discrimination to Hatred....to Holocaust, Part 1
Students analyze different perspectives of the history of the Holocaust. They experience primary and secondary sources along with pieces from literature, documentaries, songs and letters. A commitment of honor and dedication is expressed...
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"The Pianist" As A Tool For Classroom Instruction About the Holocaust
Students watch "The Pianist" to gain insight on the Holocaust and World War II. They write an essay based on ideas from the film and read a variety of poems and writings from the time period. In groups, they discuss the diffuculties of...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Voices From the Lodz Ghetto
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...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Story of Lola Rein and Her Dress
From The United States Holocaust Museum, the heart-wrenching tale of Lola Rein, a Polish girl who hid in a hole from the Nazis for seven months. Examine the dress she wore, her only remembrance from her mother, and access the Lola and...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Krakow (Cracow)
An account of the German occupation of the Polish city of Krakow, and the subsequent Nazi persecution of the Jewish population, especially the destruction of the Krakow Ghetto.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Warsaw
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.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Lodz
Article about the German takeover of the Polish city of Lodz early in World War II.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1980
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004 CE), the Polish author and 1980 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This website includes full-texts of Milosz's Nobel Lecture as well as some of...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The German Invasion of Poland
September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland beginning WWII. View primary sources curated by the Holocaust Museum to better understand the agony of this time period in Poland. Sources include videos, photographs, interviews, diary entries,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Conquest of Poland and the Beginnings of Jewish Persecution
With Hitler's conquest of Poland, the Jewish people were subjected to degrading and humiliating laws. Read a summary of the invasion of Poland and view primary sources such as photos, testimonies, video lectures, artifacts, and documents...
Other
Kasprzyk's Website: A Summary of Poland's History
A description of the history of Poland, starting with the Piast dynasty and moving forward to the current year.