Curated OER
Hitler and the Nuremberg Laws
Before you can really understand how WWII started, you need to understand the time prior to the rise of the Nazi Movement. Learn about Hitler as he grew up, rose through the military rank, and ultimately took charge of a nation. An...
Speak Truth to Power
Elie Wiesel: Speaking Truth to Genocide to Power
Invite your learners to discover the efforts of Night author Elie Wiesel to promote awareness of genocide in the world. After watching and reading an interview of Elie Wiesel, high schoolers work to create a living Holocaust museum by...
Curated OER
A Look at Exclusion Through Improvisation
Building a realistic understanding of the trials Jews suffered during WWII isn't always easy. This plan employs student constructed dramatic freeze frame scenes to help build a deeper understanding of Jewish Ghettos, concentration camps,...
Curated OER
Fascism Rises in Europe: Ch 31
Help your class understand how Hitler achieved power prior to World War II. A strong presentation outlines the post-World War I social and economic context that primed Eastern Europe for a totalitarian dictator. It presents the...
Curated OER
Anne Frank: Nuremberg Laws
Students research and discuss the Nuremberg Laws and their effect on the Jews during the Third Reich. They participate in role-play activity to see what it feels like to be discriminated against.
Curated OER
Anne Frank: Nuremberg Laws
Eighth graders research and discuss the Nuremberg Laws and their effect on the Jews during the Third Reich.
The History Place
The History Place: The Nazi Holocaust 1938 1945
Article depicting the Nazi Holocaust from the beginning in 1938 with a simple boycott to the end in 1945 with the liberation of the death camps.
Digital History
Digital History: The Coming of World War Ii
The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I set the stage for increased world conflict because of the crushing reparations required of Germany. See how Adolf Hitler, over a series of years, used opposition to the terms of the treaty...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Rise of the Nazis and Beginning of Persecution
The Nazi's goal was to expunge the Jewish people from society and strip them of all their rights. As Hitler rose to power, procedures were put in place to reach these goals. Read background information on the Nazi's rise to power and...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: German Jewish Response to the Nuremberg Laws
The response to the Nuremberg Laws by the National Representation of the Jews in Germany, September 24, 1935.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Nuremberg Laws: Background and Overview
Find a good overview of the Nuremberg Laws, passed in Germany in 1935, that imposed many restrictions on the Jews in Germany before the beginning of World War II.
The History Place
The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazi Germany 1933 to 1939
An 18-chapter e-book that covers the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany up to the outbreak of World War II.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Social Exclusion
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
The History Place
The History Place: The Nuremberg Race Laws
This site from The History Place provides a short explanation of the Nuremberg Laws during Hitler's reign. Site shows a chart issued by the Nazis to help distinguish Jews from Germans of mixed race.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Holocaust and Resistance
"In this lesson, students reflect on the Holocaust from the point of view of those who actively resisted Nazi persecution." "includes images which should be reviewed in advance for their potential impact on students."
Other
Ben Austin's Sociology Corner: Chronology of the Holocaust: 1930 1945
Factual chronology of the Holocaust from 1930-1945. Detailed accounts beginning with the National Socialist Party to the liberation of concentration camps.