American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto
Essay describing lives of Jewish people who were sent to live in the Warsaw Ghetto while the Nazis occupied Poland.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank
Students examine what Anne Frank's writing and a video dramatization of her diary reveal about her character and how it changed while she was in hiding.
Curated OER
Children in Concentration Camp
A well-organized website that contains survivor testimonies as well as information on the background of the Holocaust. Activities and information for teachers are also included.
Curated OER
Unesco: Poland: Auschwitz Birkenau
The fortified walls, barbed wire, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and cremation ovens show the conditions within which the Nazi genocide took place in the former concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Expressions
After the Holocaust, the writings, poetry, songs, and artistic expressions of Jews who experienced it firsthand were collected. These expressions were in some cases ordered by the Nazis, or done secretly in concentration camps,...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Night
Night is the story of Elie Wiesel surviving a Nazi concentration camp as a teenager. This site provides comprehensive information about the characters and their incredible situations.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Elie Wiesel Lesson Plans: Night
Use this site to access numerous materials to support the study of Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel, Night. Resources range from study guides to background information on the Holocaust.
![Jewish Museum: Understanding the Holocaust Through Art and Artifacts [Pdf] Lesson Plan](http://content.lessonplanet.com/resources/thumbnails/410030/large/bwluav9tywdpy2symdiwmduymc0zmdcyos1xb3nxztuuanbn.jpg?1589984936 "Jewish Museum: Understanding the Holocaust Through Art and Artifacts [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: Understanding the Holocaust Through Art and Artifacts [Pdf]
This curriculum guide gives lesson plans and information on art, artists, and artifacts of the Holocaust. There is an extensive bibliography and glossary.
Read Works
Read Works: The Holocaust
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares basic facts about the Holocaust. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Adolf Eichmann
A detailed biography of the Nazi Gestapo leader Adolf Eichmann.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Auschwitz" by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
A learning module that begins with "Auschwitz" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: D Day and the German Surrender
A brief description of the end of World War II with the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the Allied race to Berlin, and finally, V-E Day.
Other
Auschwitz Alphabet: Zyklon B (Poison Gas)
This page describes how the Nazis used Zyklon B as a gassing agent.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Featured Image: Monastery of St. Nil at Monastery
iew of the Nilova Monastery. The Monastery of St. Nil' on Stolobnyi Island in Lake Seliger in Tver' Province, northwest of Moscow, illustrates the fate of church institutions during the course of Russian history. St. Nil (d. 1554)...
Curated OER
Teachers Guide to the Holocaust: Rescue and Liberation
This site offers a detailed account of the liberation of the concentration camps by Allied forces and is accompanied by numerous photos, related web site links, and video clips.
Curated OER
Teachers Guide to the Holocaust: Rescue and Liberation
This site offers a detailed account of the liberation of the concentration camps by Allied forces and is accompanied by numerous photos, related web site links, and video clips.
Curated OER
The Italian Occupation and the Libyan Resistance
This site takes informative look at the events that led up to the Libyan Concentration camps in Italy.
Curated OER
The Italian Occupation and the Libyan Resistance
This site takes informative look at the events that led up to the Libyan Concentration camps in Italy.
Curated OER
The Italian Occupation and the Libyan Resistance
This site takes informative look at the events that led up to the Libyan Concentration camps in Italy.
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War Ii History: The Holocaust for Kids
Kids learn about the history of the Holocaust during World War II. Jewish people were killed by the German Nazi Party.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Aharon Appelfeld
Applefeld's novels, short stories, and essays are recognized worldwide as among the most "Profound literary explorations of the Holocaust". See a brief biography of his life here, and a list of his works.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Vilna
A history of the German occupation of Vilna, and the Nazi extermination of the large Jewish population there.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Kovno
This article chronicles both the plight and the resistance of the Jews in the Lithuanian city of Kovno during World War II.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Ghettos
Go in-depth studying the Ghettos of World War II. What was their origin and what did they become?