Use these short evocative videos and films to engage young people in conversations about identity, diversity, bias and social justice.
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Until recently, the story of the children during the Holocaust was rarely told. This guide recounts the war-time experiences of three child survivors.
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.
The multi-grade lessons included in this curriculum unit seek to challenge myths and stereotypes about people with disabilities and to promote awareness of various forms of disability.
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.
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 explore Jewish resistance efforts during the Holocaust—focusing on the period from the establishment of the ghettos through the implementation of the “Final Solution.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This elementary lesson provides an opportunity for students to watch and reflect upon the film, The Present, learn more about people with disabilities and create their own comic strip based on the film or another story about a person with a disability.
In this lesson, students will discuss this inspiring football player, learn more about Derrick Coleman’s life and reflect on a story written by a deaf teenager.
Teach students about what disability means, and the tools and accommodations that people with disabilities need.