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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Free World and Holocaust Survivors

For Students 9th - 10th
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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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Stories of Holocaust Survivors

For Students 9th - 10th
Stories of six Holocaust survivors who immigrated to the US after World War II.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Virtues of Memory Six Decades of Holocaust Survivors' Creativity

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual tour of artwork created by survivors' of the Holocaust. It is so imporant to preserve the memories of this time either through written word, music, or art. Select an artist to read a short biography and view examples of...
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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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Museum of Jewish Heritage: Coming of Age During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Classroom-ready curriculum about the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of children and teens who lived through it. With powerful video testimonies from survivors, first-person narratives, personal photos, and timelines as well as varied...
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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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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: 70 Stories of Auschwitz

For Students 9th - 10th
On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, 70 Holocaust survivors provide oral accounts of their experiences in the Nazi extermination camp.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 26 Grade-Leveled texts (6-11) on the topic The Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the worst genocides in history, in which Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany killed over six million Jews and five million others deemed...
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University of South Florida

Fcit: Stories of Holocaust Rescue

For Students 9th - 10th
True stories from the rescued and the rescuers during the Holocaust. People from Holland, Poland, and Czechoslovakia tell fascinating tales of heroics during this incredible time in history. Please note that a few hyperlinks require a...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Voice of the Survivors

For Students 9th - 10th
The stories of survivors of the Holocaust told in their own words is the best way to preserve the memories of this horrific event. Yad Vashem has collected these eye-witness testimonials over many years and continues to do so. This site...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Story of Lola Rein and Her Dress

For Students 9th - 10th
From The United States Holocaust Museum, the heart-wrenching tale of Lola Rein, a Polish girl who hid in a hole from the Nazis for seven months. Examine the dress she wore, her only remembrance from her mother, and access the Lola and...
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Aish Foundation: Understanding the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Aish.com is a great resource for information on the Holocaust. The site contains an in-depth overview of the Holocaust, photos, interviews with survivors and relatives of survivors, personal accounts of survival, plus more.
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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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Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: The Holocaust

For Teachers 10th - 12th
This lesson plan places a human face on the Holocaust, by focusing on survivors' testimony, letters and journals from survivors and those who were killed, and poetry.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Operation Barbarossa: Survivors Testimonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on a survivor's name to read eye-witness testimony of Operation Barbarossa. Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi's military invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
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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...
Unit Plan
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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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise but good biography about Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor.
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PBS

Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular . Teaching Guide | Pbs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this unit, students 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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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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Other

Cambodia Today, Killing Fields, Survivors Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show type of presentation about Cambodia which includes information about modern Cambodia, the Killing Fields of Cambodia, survivors' stories, and the Cambodian Genocide Justice Act.
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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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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 activity...

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