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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: America and Nazi Book Burning

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive history of the purification of Nazi Germany by burning objectionable books.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Richard Wright, a black boy living in the Jim Crow South, travels north in hopes of escaping the violence and prejudice that rules his childhood. Selected (8) reading passages (grades7-12) to pair with "Black Boy" by Richard Wright....
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen burn any they find, fireman Guy Montag questions his role in society and joins an organization committed to starting a revolution. Selected (7) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair...
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Handout
University of South Florida

Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Book Burning

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussion of German book burning with a picture of an SA officer throwing a book on a fire.
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Website
Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: Burning of Books

For Students 9th - 10th
In 213B.C., all Confucian books were burned except for one copy of each. Why? What did the emperor hope to accomplish? Why was "intellectual conformity" sought after?
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Curated OER

Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Book Burning

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussion of German book burning with a picture of an SA officer throwing a book on a fire.