Until recently, the story of the children during the Holocaust was rarely told. This guide recounts the war-time experiences of three child survivors.
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Increase students’ awareness about antisemitism post-Holocaust. Students will learn about the persistence of antisemitism in its contemporary forms andconsider the interconnectedness of all forms of oppression.
Help students understand the effects of the Holocaust on its most innocent victims—children—and analyze the violation of children’s rights during the Holocaust and during genocides that have taken place since.
Help students learn about the war crimes trials following World War II and examine the complex issues of responsibility and guilt within the context of the Nazi occupation of Europe.
Help studentsunderstand the political, legal, social, and emotional status of the Jewish survivors, and examinethe role of the liberators following the defeat of the Nazis at the end of World War II.
Students learn about the types of rescue that occurred in Nazi-occupied Europe and consider the moral and ethical choices that non-Jews made in order to help Jews survive.
Students explore Jewish resistance efforts during the Holocaust—focusing on the period from the establishment of the ghettos through the implementation of the “Final Solution.”
Teach students about one of humanity’s darkest chapters—the systematic mass murder of the Jews that came to be known as the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” Students will learn about killing squads, Nazi extermination camps, and the perpetrators and collaborators who took part in the murder.
Using primary sources, students will learn about ghettos and the part they served in solvingthe so-called “Jewish problem.” Students will analyze the feelings of humiliation and loss of dignity in the ghettos and their responsesto unjust actions.
Students will learn about the Weimar Republic's democracyand examinehistorical events that allowed its breakdown between 1933 and 1939, leadingto the unfolding of anti-Jewish policies.
Studentslearn about the origins of antisemitism, explore how pre-Nazi antisemitism and Nazi racial ideology are similar and different and examine propaganda methods used to incite hate.
Teach students the value and importance of studying mass atrocity and genocide, in general, and the Holocaustin particular, with a special emphasis on visual history testimony.
In the wake of the Tree of Life Synagogue deadly shooting, students explore the rise of antisemitic incidents nationwide, how the escalation of hate operates and how allyship can make a difference.
Based on the life of a hidden child of the Holocaust, middle and high school students learn aboutindividual stories of loss, survival and rescue to raise awareness about the Holocaust and taking action tocombatbias and hate.
The surge of antisemitic incidents in the United States is alarming to many. Middle and high school students examine incidents andexplore ways to be an ally and how these actions, whether on a large or small scale, can make a difference.
Thismulti-grade curriculum unitprovides students with a basic understanding of Judaism and the cultural, historical and religious aspects of the U.S. Jewish community and ways to effectively respond to antisemitic incidents.