Teaching a topic as emotional as the Holocaust requires different pedagogical techniques. One way to humanize the Holocaust is through poetry. This lesson centers around the poem "Refugee Blues" that was written a year before the war....

What lessons have we learned from the Holocaust in order to stop genocide before it happens? Students need to be aware of the atrocities of the Holocaust in order to stop the spread of anti-Semitism in today's world. This activity offers...

"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...

"The Gambler" and "The Journey" by Joe Lumer are part of a larger anthology of stories about life in Poland between the world wars. Using these contrasting short stories, students will learn about Jewish lifestyles, communities, customs,...

This comprehensive timeline tracks the Holocaust from it's roots to the Nuremberg Trials. This interactive timeline is broken down into 5 groups based on dates. Each grouping contains a short summary and multiple primary sources such as...

3.3 million Jews lived in Poland before the German occupation. At the end of the war, only 380,000 were still alive. Read background information on the deportation of Polish Jews. Examine primary resources such as photos, testimonies,...

Photographic exhibit recounts the story of the Jewish community of Trzebinia, Poland: before the war, during the Holocaust, and their legacies.

This set of lessons - comprised of five 45-minute sessions - will engage young scholars in researching and understanding how individual Jewish communities and lives were affected by the Holocaust. By researching and analyzing family...

The author of this article discusses remarks by a Hamas representative where he compared the situation in Gaza to what happened during the Holocaust. His words were repeated before the UN Security Council. The author labels this type of...