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Holocaust Museum Houston: The Butterfly

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem entitled "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" written by Pavel Friedman while living in the ghetto in Nazi Germany. Friedman was lather deported to Terezin Concentration Camp and died in Auschwitz. Links to teaching activities...
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Anne Frank's Arrest Might Not Have Stemmed From Betrayal

For Students 9th - 10th
Who betrayed Anne Frank? This mystery has persisted for more than 70 years after police arrested Anne Frank and seven others in the secret annex.
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Curated OER

Auschwitz.dk: A Man of Evil

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on the life of Hitler is given here at Auschwitz.dk. A focus of the content is on the Holocaust.
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Curated OER

Auschwitz.dk: A Man of Evil

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on the life of Hitler is given here at Auschwitz.dk. A focus of the content is on the Holocaust.
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Curated OER

Auschwitz.dk: A Man of Evil

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on the life of Hitler is given here at Auschwitz.dk. A focus of the content is on the Holocaust.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Murder of Hungarian Jewry

For Students 9th - 10th
In May 1944, Jews in Hungary were deported to Auschwitz. In all, 565,000 Jews were murdered. View artifacts, photos, testimony videos, and documents from this horrendous time in history.
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Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Killing Centers: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
A disturbing accounting of the Nazis' Final Solution, the extermination camps where millions of Jews and others were gassed during the Holocaust. Included are hyperlinks to photographs, personal stories, and film footage.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Final Solution": Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Site created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to explain the Final Solution, the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jewish people. Site provides extensive information about the plan and the method by using pictures and written descriptions....
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Museum Site for Yad Vashem

For Students 9th - 10th
The main site for the World Holocaust Center known as "Yad Vashem." Contains many links to all aspects of the Holocaust.
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Curated OER

New York Times Learning Network: Holocaust Survivor Leon Greenman

For Students 9th - 10th
A survivor of the Holocaust, Leon Greenman, displaying the number that was tattooed on his arm at Auschwitz.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Discussion Guide: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by James Boyne

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Bruno is only nine years old when his father, a commandant in Hitler's army, is transferred from Berlin to Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The house at "Out-With," as Bruno calls it, is small, dark, and strange. He spends long days...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Hello, America by Livia Bitton Jackson

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Eighteen-year-old Elli has a number tattooed onto her arm. It is an indelible remnant of a terrifying past a life lived, for many years, in the death camp of Auschwitz. When Elli arrives in New York City, she can not speak English, and...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Felix Nussbaum the Fate of a Jewish Artist

For Students 9th - 10th
Felix Nussbaum was an artist who perished in Auschwitz after being in hiding for four years. View his artwork and learn more about his life on this site.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "It's for You to Know That You Forgive", Says Holocaust Survivor

For Students 7th - 9th
This is the story of Eva Mozes Kor, a Jewish American survivor of the Holocaust. Eva and her family were forcibly transported to Auschwitz, where she and her twin sister Miriam were subjected to the conditions of the concentration camps...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Night" by Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (10) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with the autobiography "Night" by Elie Wiesel. In this autobiographical account, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel recounts his horrifying experiences at the Auschwitz and Buchenwald...
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The History Place

The History Place: Holocaust Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a chronology of the events between January 30, 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor and, and the year 1961 when Eichmann was on trial in Jerusalem. There are many useful links that connect you with pictures and photos.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: 1939 1945: Quest for a Nazi Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
A 20-chapter book on the history of Nazi Germany over the course of the Second World War.
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PBS

Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular . Teaching Guide | Pbs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this unit, learners will learn about the Holocaust through the point of view of the Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel. The accompanying teaching guide includes activities related to self-reflection, listening, and...
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University of South Florida

Fcit: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources and student activities are included, as well as photographs, documents, art, music, movies, literature, and more.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust History Animated Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
To fully understand the breadth and scope of the Holocaust, view the following maps of key locations. These maps are in video form with explanations provided. There are also links provided for further research.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Elie Wiesel: "The Perils of Indifference"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the audio and text of Elie Wiesel's speech "The Perils of Indifference" delivered on April 12, 1999, Washington, D.C. He discusses his experience in German concentration camps during the Holocaust and the dangers on indifference.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Elie Wiesel's Night and the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Elie Wiesel's Night and the Holocaust.
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Cengage Learning

Houghton Mifflin: Anne Sexton Classroom Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An outline for teachers about how to approach Anne Sexton and her work in the classroom. Includes questions for discussion, a bibliography, information about themes and form, and links to other poets who are connected to Sexton's work.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Concentration Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the history behind the idea of concentration camps, one part of Hitler's solution to rid Germany of its "weak and inferior" citizens.

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