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Alex: Teaching Tolerance and Diversity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The aims of this unit are to develop an altruistic attitude which enriches the life of the student through enhanced insight into different social patterns and ways of life. I want my students to be reflective thinkers who are principled,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Breaking New Ground

For Students 9th - 10th
This video from Wide Angle provides a look at some of the women who are leading Rwanda in government, business and promoting peace.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Racism

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the term "racism" and how it impacted the rise of Nazism and World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Euthanasia Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed article covering the establishment of the euthanasia program initiated by Adolf Hitler's regime.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Vilna

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the German occupation of Vilna, and the Nazi extermination of the large Jewish population there.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Lublin/majdanek Concentration Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the role the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland played both in providing labor for the Nazi war effort and in the "final solution" the Nazis planned.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Gassing Operations

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Nazi use of poison gas to eliminate "undesirable" persons, whether because of their physical or mental health, or because of their religious or ethnic dispositions.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sobibor

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Nazi concentration camp at Sobibor in Poland, and of the prisoner uprising there.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Treblinka

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Nazi development and use of the extermination camp at Treblinka in Poland during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Westerbork

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.
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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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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Children During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the plight of children, especially Jewish and Roma children, during the Holocaust
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Jewish Population of Europe, 1933

For Students 9th - 10th
Data by country of the Jewish population in Europe prior to World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Pogroms

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the term "pogrom" and examples of pogroms in both 19th and early 20th century Russia, and in Germany and Eastern Europe during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Mosaic of Victims

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the scope of Nazi persecution during World War II, including the Jews, Poles, Roma, and any groups people who did not support the Nazi cause.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Holocaust Timeline: Shoah

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive timeline showing the events between 1933 and 1945 that occurred during the progression of the Jewish Holocaust. It begins with several paragraphs describing the nature of the Holocaust.
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Other

Shoah Memorial: Mass Shootings of Jews in Ukraine 1941 1944

For Students 9th - 10th
See the moving documents on display at the Shoah Memorial which show the "holocaust by bullets" in Ukraine where more than one million Jews were shot by German mobile firing squads. Read about the exhibit; then click on documents to...
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Other

Canada and the International Criminal Court

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive website from the Canadian Government FAIT Department detailing the nation's involvement in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Lists important topics, news, history and other relevant information,...
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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to the German memorial of the murdered Jewish people from the Holocaust. This site also offers information on other memorials dedicated to other persecuted groups throughout German history.
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Other

Sobibior, the Forgotten Revolt [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A stunning account of the most successful revolt and escape from a Nazi concentration camp. Read about the camp,Sobibor, and how it was set up. Then find out about the plans for escape and how that was carried out. Included are maps,...
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Other

Facing History and Ourselves

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website for Facing History and Ourselves, an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism...
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Other

Physicians for Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Physicians for Human Rights is a group dedicated to investigating human rights violations around the world. Vast website with multiple links to other human rights organizations.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: The Holocaust's Legacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this lesson plan, teachers can foster students' understanding of the devastating impact of the Holocaust. Highlights the racism of Nazi Germany and discusses the fact that many people still hold these types of beliefs today.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Reinhard Heydrich

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of "the Hangman" of World War II Nazi Germany.

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