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Voices of Tragedy and Horror: Remembering the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the implications of the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson, students read the graphic novel Maus at the end of a unit on World War II. Students discuss the impact of reading about the Holocaust as well as theme of...
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Writing a V-Mail Letter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the challenges of delivering vast amounts of servicemen mail during World War II. In this historical perspectives lesson, students determine how to solve the problem that the postal service faced during the war...
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Number The Stars

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners read a book about prejudices that occur in our daily lives. They describe characters in the book. Students discuss real life events of World War II and the Holocaust. Learners simulate hiding Jews from the German soldiers. ...
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Ideas for Research and Discussion of Anne Frank's Diary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the life of Anne Frank. In this World War II lesson, students consider Frank's religious identity and national identity. Learners also discuss children's rights as they consider Frank and other Jewish children who...
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Japanese American Internment: Examining Racial Tensions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover how racial tension led to Japanese Internment. In this World War II activity, students analyze political cartoons and posters related to the movement of Japanese-Americans to internment camps in the wake of the...
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Carrying the Torch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider how World War II impacted Holocaust survivors. In this Holocaust lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about the concentration camps, their conditions, and how survivors...
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Daniel's Story Study Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the concept of prejudice. In this World War II activity, students read Daniel's Story by Carol Matas. Students complete the provided study guide as they read the novel and discuss the Holocaust.
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What Would You Do?

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders determine whether or not they would have dopped the atomic bomb. In this Truman presidency lesson, 11th graders research primary and secondary sources about the Manahattan Project and World War II. Students...
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North Platte Canteen and World War II

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students employ primary resources to investigate the rise and decline of a canteen in World War II. The significance of volunteerism and the use of the railroad for troop transportation are examined.
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Arkansas' Reaction to Draft Resistance During World War II

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners identify consequences to the resistance of the draft in Arkansas during World War II. They role-play scripts of local board members who were Southern businessmen, farmers; and conscientious objectors, their friends, families, or...
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World War II: Japanese-American Internment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read "The Bracelet" by Yoshiko Uchida and use it as a catalyst to discuss the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. They debate the morality of the internment, create Venn diagrams and chart important events...
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Japanese Internment Camps in the US During World War II

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze the impact of the Japanese/American conflict during World War II on the Japanese American population and evaluate the consequences of government action regarding international conflict. Students demonstrate their...
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French: The Resistance and Occupation during World War II

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students in advanced French classes examine the French resistance during world War II. They discover what it was like living in an occupied country while increasing their vocabulary skills and applying the conditional verb tense....
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Map Studies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars analyze maps of Europe, and research and discuss current wars in Europe, and compare them to World War I and World War II.
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Causes of WWII

For Teachers 6th - 11th
In this causes of World War II worksheet, young scholars read key reasons that the war escalated this graphic organizer.
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American Reactions to Fascist Aggression

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students consider the causes of World War II. For this origins of World War II lesson, students discuss American reactions to fascist aggression prior to the war.
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WWII News Reporters

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars develop their new reporting skills. In this World War II instructional activity, students design propaganda posters and research human interest stories related to World War II. Young scholars create news report videos...
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Women Come to the Front

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the role of women in World War II. In this women's history instructional activity, students research selected Internet sources to locate information regarding the roles of selected women in the war. Young scholars...
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Learning Experience Module

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners examine the internment of the Japanese during World War II. Students discover how the federal government responds to a crisis. Learners are to create their own political cartoon making a connection between Japanese and Middle...
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Rescuers Who Made a Difference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore the many ways that people helped Jews during the Holocaust. In this World War II instructional activity, students read and discuss The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy. Pupils journal about times when they were bystanders...
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Voices or the Holocaust

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine how victims of the Holocaust fared. In this World War II lesson, 8th graders collaborate to research Holocaust deportation, ghettos, resistance, hiding, escape, and survival. Students discuss their findings...
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Introduction to the Holocaust

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the implications of the Holocaust. In this human justice lesson plan, 8th graders unknowingly participate in a segregation simulation and discuss its outcome. Students compare the simulation to the discrimination...
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Social Studies - Concentration Camps - 1

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students compare and contrast concentration camps. In this World War II lesson, students examine photographs and documents from Jewish concentration camps in an effort to understand their function. Students complete worksheets that...
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Holocaust: A Personal Story

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders listen to an account of the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson plan, 8th graders listen a guest speaker discuss the Holocaust experience. Students then complete an assignment based on what the guest speaker shared.

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