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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center New Beginnings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust primary sources 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...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center After Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Ed Web: From Sideshow to Genocide Cambodian Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about genocide in Cambodia. Direct links to various topics including a definition of genocide, survivor stories, Khmer Rouge years, etc.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Here Their Stories Will Be Told

For Students 9th - 10th
Each Jewish community during WWII had its own individual story to tell. This online exhibit highlights 12 of these communities. Select a community and read about life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Testimony from survivors is...
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: An "Unusual" Survivor's Story [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson...
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: An Unusual Survivor Story [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Using Testimony in Holocaust Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When teaching a unit on the Holocaust, the use of eye-witness testimony is crucial. These documents allow students to personalize the stories of those that suffered and enhances the learning process. This article walks you through...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Testimonial Film Series

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The stories told by Jewish survivors of the Holocaust are vital to the preservation of memories of this time period. These testimonies can be heartbreaking, but vital to understanding the individual stories of Jewish victims. This module...
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
A Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, shares his story through his books. This article, which briefly overviews his experiences, provides an excerpt from Wiesel's speech, "The Perils of Indifference."
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Journey of Discovery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson teaches the importance of recording the names and stories of the victims of the Holocaust in order the preserve their memory. Students will view pages of testimony on victims and discuss the information contained in the...
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EL Education

El Education: Blanca Rosenberg

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This memoir-style book was created by a 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, and tells the life story of a Holocaust survivor. Blanca Rosenberg is the biography of Blanca written in first person narrative, as told to the...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Bearing Witness

For Students 9th - 10th
Artifacts are essential to preserve the memories of the Holocaust. As survivors age, these pictures, testimonies, and documents are the only remaining items to tell the story of the Holocaust. Peruse the artifacts of the Holocaust with...
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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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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Individual and Togetherness in the "Witness Education"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Witnesses and Education" is a project in which survivors of the Holocaust tell their story in the actual location where the events transpired. This lesson is broken down into themes: Jewish community before the Holocaust, Jewish...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Woman Who Helped Anne Frank Dies at 100 by Teri Schultz, Npr

For Students 5th - 6th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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The Butterfly Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Butterfly Project uses the lessons of the Holocaust to teach tolerance and to remember the past, act responsibly in the present, and create a better future. Resources include lesson plans, stories from survivors, bullying resources,...