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Lesson: Holocaust Literature Guide - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This guide to Holocaust literature frames texts in historical context, encouraging students to understand how and why the Holocaust happened.
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/holocaust-timeline-activity
Lesson: Holocaust Timeline Activity - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This lesson is structured around a multi-layered wall timeline that encourages critical thinking about the relationship between Nazi policy, World War II,...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/holocaust-narrative-through-historical-photos
Lesson: Holocaust Narrative through Historical Photos - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This lesson provides a method of assessing what students know and how they think about the Holocaust. Through interacting with a range of historical...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/lesson-the-path-to-nazi-genocide
Lesson: The Path to Nazi Genocide - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Organized around a Museum-produced 38-minute Documentary, The Path to Nazi Genocide, these discussion questions provide students with an introduction to the...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/exploring-anne-franks-diary
Lesson: Exploring Anne Frank’s Diary - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Students will examine Anne Frank’s diary as both a historical and a deliberately-created literary text, and will understand how the Holocaust affected the...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/modern-day-genocide-a-study-of-the-rohingya-minority-in-burma
Lesson: Modern-Day Genocide, A Study of the Rohingya Minority in Burma - United States Holocaust...
By exploring the online exhibition Burma’s Path to Genocide, students learn how government policies and the proliferation of hate speech led to genocide of the...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/challenges-of-escape-1938-1941
Lesson: Challenges of Escape, 1938–1941 - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Students will understand the complex factors that led German Jews to seek to emigrate from Nazi Germany and the complex factors that impeded their immigration...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/racial-science-and-law-in-nazi-germany-and-the-united-states
Lesson: Racial “Science” and Law in Nazi Germany and the United States - United States Holocaust...
This lesson is a case study examining Nazi Germany and the United States during the 1930s, at a time when racism and eugenics were enshrined in law and...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/connecting-timeline-activity-to-path-video
Lesson: Connecting the Timeline Activity to The Path to Nazi Genocide - United States Holocaust...
This guide works with all types of Holocaust literature and pairs with any book. A universal guide designed to support the reading of any genre of Holocaust...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/exploring-the-americans-and-the-holocaust-online-exhibition
Lesson: Exploring the Americans and the Holocaust Online Exhibition - United States Holocaust...
This lesson promotes reflection and critical thinking about various factors that shaped attitudes and actions during that time and the factors that influence...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/lesson-three-minutes-in-poland
Lesson: Three Minutes in Poland - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
After viewing archival film footage documenting Jewish life in Nasielsk, a small town in Poland, before the German invasion in September 1939, students explore...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/spanish-language-newspaper-coverage-of-the-holocaust-history-unfolded
Lesson: Spanish-Language Newspaper Coverage of the Holocaust (History Unfolded) - United States...
By focusing on how Spanish-language newspapers in Texas, California, and Puerto Rico reported on the voyage of the St. Louis, students will connect Holocaust...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/teaching-with-holocaust-survivor-testimony
Lesson: Teaching with Holocaust Survivor Testimony - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Students will examine Holocaust survivor testimonies as both personal memories and as deliberately-created historical records, and will evaluate how the...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/resistance-during-the-holocaust
Lesson: Resistance During the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Students learn the various forms of resistance during the Holocaust and explore examples from 1933–45.
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/overview-of-the-holocaust
Lesson: Overview of the Holocaust (Two- and Four-Day Lessons) - United States Holocaust Memorial...
Students analyze how and why the Nazis and their collaborators persecuted and murdered Jews as well as other people targeted in the era of the Holocaust...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/exploring-nazi-propaganda
Lesson: Exploring Nazi Propaganda - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This lesson explores the online exhibition State of Deception. Students will dialogue and reflect on the ways in which propaganda affected society during the...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/immigration-and-refugees-a-case-study-on-the-wagner-rogers-bill
Lesson: Immigration and Refugees, A Case Study on the Wagner-Rogers Bill - United States Holocaust...
By examining the Wagner-Rogers Bill of 1939, students learn how Americans debated the country’s role as a haven for refugees, identifying economic, social, and...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/americans-and-the-holocaust-tour-viewing-guide
Lesson: Americans and the Holocaust Exhibition Tour and Viewing Guide - United States Holocaust...
The viewing guide includes reflection questions to consider while watching the tour and concluding writing prompts.
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/the-refugee-crisis
Lesson: The Refugee Crisis - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Produced in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves, this unit shifts students’ study of World War II and Nazism to the other side of the Atlantic.
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/youth-responses-to-news-of-the-holocaust-history-unfolded
Lesson: Youth Responses to News of the Holocaust (History Unfolded) - United States Holocaust...
Through a case study of American news coverage of the Nazi persecution of Jews in the 1930s and 1940s, students will learn what information some college and...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/history-of-antisemitism-and-the-holocaust
Lesson: History of Antisemitism and the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This lesson focuses on the history of antisemitism and its role in the Holocaust to better understand how prejudice and hate speech can contribute to violence,...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/interpreting-news-of-world-events-1933-1938
Lesson: Interpreting News of World Events 1933–1938 - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
By examining news coverage around three key events related to the early warning signs of the Holocaust, students will learn that information about the Nazi...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/understanding-nazi-symbols
Lesson: Understanding Nazi Symbols - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
By focusing on the history and meaning of the swastika, the lesson provides a model for teachers to use when examining the origins of symbols, terms, and...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/black-press-newspaper-coverage-of-the-holocaust-history-unfolded
Lesson: Black Press Newspaper Coverage of the Holocaust (History Unfolded) - United States...
By completing this lesson, students will gain a better understanding of the Black Press and the conditions in the United States that shaped opinion and...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/first-person-conversations-with-a-holocaust-survivor
Lesson: First Person, Conversations with a Holocaust Survivor - United States Holocaust Memorial...
Join Holocaust survivors for live First Person conversations as they share their experiences in their own words. This guide provides scaffolding to integrate...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/lesson-history-unfolded-teacher-guide
Lesson: History Unfolded Teacher Guide - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This teacher guide helps students navigate the History Unfolded database and provides educators with activities to use in the classroom.
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/critically-analyzing-propaganda
Lesson: Critically Analyzing Propaganda - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to dialogue and reflect on the ways in which propaganda affected society during the Holocaust and how it...
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https://www.ushmm.org/teach/holocaust-lesson-plans/guide-to-the-world-must-know
Lesson: Guide to The World Must Know - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The book The World Must Know provides a narrative of the Holocaust “as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.” Its structure mirrors that of the...
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