Inside the Warsaw Ghetto

Student evaluate the human costs of the holocaust. In this WWII lesson students research, design and create a presentation of their own to share with the class. Students can choose to create a Power Point presentation, booklet, collage,...

Resist, assist, rescue. As part of their study of the World War II Holocaust, class members research citizens who chose to actively oppose Hitler and the Nazi party.

Students explore facets of the Cold War. In this Cold War history lesson, students research a Cold War event in order to write a news story about the events that features direct quotations and images.

Eighth graders examine the conditions of the ghettos during the Holocaust.  In this World History instructional activity, 8th graders analyze the impact of the Jewish fighters during he Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.  Students participate in a...

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....

Students examine newspapers to research public opinion about the Holocaust. In this critical thinking lesson, students research the information Americans received in U.S. newspapers about events like Kristallnacht, the Berlin Olympics,...

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...

Students analyze how newspapers report the news and compare the events that they now know about World War II as compared to what was publicized back then.