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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Photographs From the Warsaw Ghetto

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents photos taken in the Warsaw Ghetto that depict different perspectives of the lives of Jews living in this ghetto.
Lesson Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Synagogue on Praska Street

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about prewar life for the Jewish people by studying Jewish symbols, researching synagogues, and reading testimonies. Young scholars will use the Zagreb Synagogue, which was destroyed during WWII, as a case study. Materials include...
Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Stories of Six Righteous Among the Nations in Auschwitz

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit honors those that helped the prisoners in Auschwitz. It is comprised of men and women who were either prisoners or workers. Each one is a hero and honored as a Righteous Among the Nations. Read their biography and...
Unit Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Berdichev: One of the Untold Stories

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learn the story of Berdichev, a Jewish community in Soviet controlled Ukraine to better understand the key stages of the Final Solution. The lesson is broken down into different topics each with background and reflective questions.
Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature: The Chosen Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Refer to this twenty-two page study guide for information on author Chaim Potok and his novel, "The Chosen." Includes detailed background information on Judaism and the novel's setting, as well as activities, discussion questions, and...
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
During the war, the Gestapo tried many means to locate Jews in hiding, even recruiting other Jews as informers. Sometimes hidden Jews were discovered accidentally during a raid.
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PBS

Pbs: Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion website to the documentary about Auschwitz, the infamous World War II concentration camp. Includes biographies, glossary, timelines and historically significant photos.
PPT
The History Place

The History Place: Auschwitz Today

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Place provides a virtual slide show of photos taken from a walking tour of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.
Handout
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Literature of the Holocaust: Battle of Stalingrad

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief discussion of the Battle of Stalingrad. Focuses primarily on the siege that took place and the destruction of the German Sixth Army.
Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of vocabulary puzzles and activities using a list of 16 vocabulary words pertaining to the Holocaust. It also provides an extensive wordlist on the topic (368).
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: German Holocaust Reparations

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief but detailed analysis of the German decision to give Israel reparations for the Holocaust. Describes the amount and time period in which it was paid.
Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

U. Of South Florida: Holocaust Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
It is recommended that the term Holocaust not be introduced to the elementary student. These activities and lesson plans, however, prepare the student to learn about the Holocaust in later grades.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "It's for You to Know That You Forgive", Says Holocaust Survivor

For Students 7th - 9th
This is the story of Eva Mozes Kor, a Jewish American survivor of the Holocaust. Eva and her family were forcibly transported to Auschwitz, where she and her twin sister Miriam were subjected to the conditions of the concentration camps...
Handout
Internet FAQ Archive

Faq Archives: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society: Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the devastating impact of the Holocaust and concentration camps on Jewish families and children. Some material is quite graphic and difficult to read, as it describes the cruelty the Nazis inflicted on Jewish people.
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Other

The Holocaust: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site for a factual and statistical timeline of the Holocaust. The timeline is searchable by year.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the beginning of the Holocaust when the Nuremberg Laws were passed and the Night of Broken Glass, or Kristallnacht, took place.

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