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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Science: DNA Whodunit?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students role play an honorary detective to assist in solving a crime committed. They investigate by a bank robbery and interview eyewitnesses using their Crime Investigation Notebook and clues from an eyewitness account from the...
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Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Hadamar Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the first trial in the US zone in Germany for massed atrocities. In the Hadamar Trial, those responsible for the euthanization center at Hadamar were tried for the killing of foreign prisoners, because laws did not yet...
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Unit Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: How Was It Humanly Possible Teaching About the Perpetrators

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Teaching about the Holocaust perpetrators is tough. How do you explain the murder of six million men, women, and children? This module tries to help teach this aspect of the Holocaust by providing some insight into the backgrounds and...
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Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Persecutors and Murderers

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Perpetrators

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association: Violence and Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking at school shootings, this article posts questions regarding whether some kids are prone to violence and how soon we need to do something about it.
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Primary
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Alfred Rosenberg Diary

For Students 9th - 10th
Alfred Rosenberg was responsible for looting artwork and books from German-occupied Europe. He kept detailed diaries that were recently tracked down and curated by the Holocaust Museum. Read the background on the mystery of these diaries...