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Nuremberg Remembered: Guilt and Responsibility

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Nuremberg trials. For this Holocaust instructional activity, students research the Nuremberg trials. They gather primary sources or documents to support their arguments for the charges against people examined in the...
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The World Of Anne Frank

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study Anne Frank's life in hiding. In this Holocaust lesson, students read The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and then research the Internet as well as print sources to discover facts about her Holocaust experience.
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Creating Hope: Making Butterfly Stamps

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create foam ink stamps.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discover the history of the Holocaust and why butterflies represented a symbol of hope during those times.  Students use BalsaFoam to carve out a butterfly stamp.
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Forging Freedom

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read the story Forging Freedom by Hudson Talbott about the holocaust. In this holocaust lesson plan, students also answer discussion questions.
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A Skinhead Comes Clean

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students draw parallels between the Nazi movement that inspired the Holocaust and the Neo-Nazi movement of today. They can also write and submit email questions to TJ via a Web site.
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Daniel's Story Study Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the plight of Jews during the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson, students read Daniel's Story by Carol Matas and complete the provided comprehension, characterization, and vocabulary activities.
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Stand Firm: Choice and Consequences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Holocaust. In this world history lesson plan, students research Nazi oppression under Hitler's rule as they read Holocaust and Human Behavior and Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe.
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Interative History Notebook Mini-lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students respond to Holocaust literature. In this interactive history lesson, students select quotes from chapter 1 of Elie Wiesel's Night and reflect on their meaning as they record their thoughts on poetic, prose, comic. or picture form.
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Literature Connections Further Reading Related Reading The Diary of Anne Frank

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read and discuss The Diary of Anne Frank, a diary of a Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi's in Holland. The research the Holocaust and express their feelings in artwork.
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Chiune Sugihara, Living by Gandhian Principles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read about Chiune Sugihara and analyze the moral situations he faced. For this morality lesson, 7th graders read chapters from A Special Fate, Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust and analyze his moral decisions in the...
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Treasure Chest for Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students fill treasure chests. In this Holocaust lesson, students participate in an activity that requires them to find the value in everyday items.
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Holocaust Word Search 2

For Students 7th - 10th
In this history worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and/or names related to the events of the Holocaust. There are 54 words located in the word search.
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World War II: A Visual History

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Explore the enormity of World War II, including its causes, prominent battles, and historical figures, with an interactive map and timeline. Divided into each year from 1939 to 1945, as well as sections pre- and post-war, the resource...
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Night: Guided Imagery Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Prior to reading Night, class members engage in a guided imagery activity that helps them make text-to-self connections to Elie Wiesel’s account of his experiences with his father in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Complete directions, as well...
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An Experiment in Unfair Treatment/Prejudice

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
A rigged spelling bee gives class members a chance to experience some of the feelings associated with unfair treatment. Team one is given easy words while team two is given difficult words. As teams realize the unfairness the instructor...
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Survivor Interview One Survivor’s Story – Edith Birkin Survivor InterviewTopic 6: One Survivor’s Story

For Students 8th - 11th
For this Holocaust worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in details about the questions they would ask of a Holocaust survivor.
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Number The Stars

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read a book about prejudices that occur in our daily lives. They describe characters in the book. Students discuss real life events of World War II and the Holocaust. Students simulate hiding Jews from the German soldiers. ...
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Rescuers: Those Who Risked Their Lives to Save Others

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine stories of Holocaust heroes. In this Holocaust lesson, students study the contributions of those who saved Jewish prisoners. Learners compose reflective essays pertaining to the topic.
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Background Knowledge and Making Connections

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate what they know about the Holocaust. In this historical perspectives lesson, students complete KWL charts about Hitler and the Holocaust and create found poems on the topic prior to reading Wiesel's "Night."
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Steam train reunited British Schindler with Jewish children he rescued from Nazis

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the reunion of a man with survivors from the Holocaust. In this Holocaust lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions.  Students write a story using the vocabulary from the story. 
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Daniel's Story Study Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the concept of prejudice. In this World War II lesson, students read Daniel's Story by Carol Matas. Students complete the provided study guide as they read the novel and discuss the Holocaust.
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World War II Holocaust Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of identity by categorizing themselves based on physical characteristics.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discuss the differences between their classmates and separate each other based on petty physical...
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Resistance during the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and discuss resistance and distinguish types of resistance, watch video Courage to Care, research partisans and identify their main objective, and research facts behind proposed Auschwitz bombing and White Rose Resistance.
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Rescued from the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover how Varian Fry rescued people in Vichy France during World War II; and realize the difficulties and dangers Fry faced. This lesson has websites and a play imbedded in it for student use.

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