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Lesson plans and curricula relating to Holocaust study are posted here. They are focused at elementary through college students. Some of the materials include posters, slides, and videos. Whenever possible the entire lesson plan is included and may be downloaded and used directly in the classroom. In other instances a sample from the lesson plan is presented. Complete lesson plan information can be obtained directly from the "owner's" listed address.
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TAK
FOR ALTSurvival of a Human Spirit; The Story of Holocaust Survivor and Civil Rights Activist Judith Meisel
Materials from this book are reproduced with permission of Laura Bialis, Creative Consultant
In Tak for Alt, Judy Meisel returns to Denmark, where she visits the grave of Paula Jensen, the woman who was a foster mother to Judy and her sister after they had escaped to Denmark from Nazi-occupied Poland. On her gravestone are words "Tak for alt."
Dr. Edith Rechter Levy is a Holocaust survivor, Chair of the West Virginia Holocaust Education Commission, and author of "The Holocaust inPerspective." A "Teacher Manual" accompanies the source book for students.
The
Holocaust in Perspective Teacher Manual
Materials from this book are reproduced with permission ofEdith Rechter Levy, Chair, West Virginia Holocaust Education Commission
No
Way Out
Letters and Lessons of the Holocaust
by Susan Prinz Shear
Materials
from this book are reproduced with permission of Susan Prinz Shear
Susan
is a child of Holocaust survivors and a former teacher and school counselor
who now works to educate teachers and students about the Holocaust and
intolerance. Susan was educated at Yad Vashem's International School
for Holocaust Studies in Israel and Poland and worked as an interviewer
of Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah
Visual History Foundation. She is the Education Specialist for
the Holocaust Awareness Institute at the University of Denver serves
on the Board of the Mizel Museum of Judaica works with Regis
University and teaches courses and workshops for teachers and students
regionally and nationally.
WORKSHOP
The objective of this interactive, non-graphic workshop is to teach
the universal lessons of the Holocaust. At once ordinary and extraordinary,
this is the story of real people trying to escape Germany. Nazi laws
and historical events, enlarged and projected, are used to provide historical
context and demonstrate the progressive, insidious nature of the "legal"
processes that led to the death of millions and the destruction of Jewish
life. Universal issues addressed include prejudice, indifference, greed,
obedience, decision-making, responsibility and peer pressure. Over 3000
students and teachers have attended No Way Out workshops.
Select lesson plan to access lesson plan for this document.
CURRICULUM
The 5-day unit is organized into 26 short transparency based lessons
using copies of the letters. Lessons are accompanied by background information,
discussion questions, outside resource information and extended learning
activities. No Way Out is sold through Social
Studies School Service Catalogs.
READERS' THEATRE
In a Readers'
Theatre Presentation, Susan works with a group of students and teachers
who take on various roles of family members through the actual letters
they wrote. The Readers' Theatre presentation is then performed
for an audience or assembly in one-or two hour sessions.
No Way Out—Readers' Theater is sold through Social
Studies School Service Catalogs.
Select script to access Readers' Theater script for this document.
I
Never Even LivedA Teaching Unit Women in Holocaust Literature
Materials from this book are reproduced
with permission of Yad Vashem—
The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Rememberance Authority, 2000
This
teaching unit on Holocaust Literature is from Yad Vashem. The program
deals with the manner in which women are presented in Holocaust Literature.
It is centered on a discussion of four works written by well-known authors
who survived the Holocaust. The discussion ascribes central importance
to the fact that the protagonists are women, and attempts to characterize
the uniquely feminine aspects of each work, and the relationship between
the women protagonists and the historical events. This unit is part
of a growing trend which seeks to investigate women in the Holocaust
and to understand the particular ways in which women coped with its
horrors. (click here for more details)
This unit is available from Yad Vashem in Hebrew and English. (click
here to request ordering information)
LiberationHolocaust Literature — a teaching unit
Materials from this book are reproduced
with permission of Yad Vashem—
The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Rememberance Authority, 1999
This teaching
unit on Holocaust Literature is from Yad Vashem. Liberation was in the
first place an historical event. And yet, exploring the event through
literature sheds light upon its human aspects and psychological and
existential meanings. This unit contains eight short stories through
which these themes are examined. The unit includes an anthology, an
analysis of each work, and questions for study and discussion. (click
here for more details)
This unit is available from Yad Vashem in Hebrew and English. (click
here to request ordering information)
Memories
of the Night:A STUDY OF THE HOLOCAUST
by Anita Meyer Meinbach and Miriam Klein Kassenoff
Photographs by Sharon Gurman Socol
Materials from this book are reproduced
with permission of Frank Schaffer Publications, Inc.
Copyright © 1994 by Frank Schaffer Publications, Inc.
Memories of the Night
by Anita Meinbach, Miriam Klein Kassenoff is a treasure chest of Holocaust
materials for teachers. The book has lesson plans for a series of books
representing several aspects of the Holocaust as appropriate for various
age levels. The book also includes significant background material.
A link is provided to the lesson plan for Elie Wiesel Night.
Lesson plans are
available for elementary through high school.
The authors are available for teacher workshops, lectures, and other
presentations.
Contact Dr. Miriam Kassenoff
for further information.
To access
the lesson plan select LESSON PLAN or the
title above.
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for purchase online.
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Forging
FreedomA True Story of Heroism During the Holocaust
by Hudson Talbott
(Grades 5-8)
Materials from this book are reproduced with permission of Hudson Talbott
Copyright © 2000 by Hudson Talbott, All rights reserved.
Jaap Penratt was a teenager in Amsterdam who could not sit by while the Germans were persecuting the Jewish people. He started by forging papers and later led groups of people to safety. His heroic efforts saved more than four hundred Jewish people while he put his own life in danger. Jaap Penratt was recognized by Yad Vashem in Israel as one of the Righteous among the Nations. This illustrated book and the accompanying lesson plan are suitable for students in grades 5-8.
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book is available for purchase online. Click order
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this video icon to play the video of Jaap Penratt responding to the question
why he felt that he wanted to help Jewish people when obviously he was
risking his own life in doing it.
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Lesson
Plan: Eleanor's StoryAmerican Girl in Hitler's Germany
by Eleanor Ramrath Garner
(Grades 5-12)
The material on this page is reproduced with permission
from Peachtree Publishers, Ltd, Atlanta Georgia.
Imagine that you are a nine year old Catholic girl in America during the Great Depression. Your father accepts an excellent job in Germany, and the war breaks out while you and your family are on a boat to Germany. You cannot return to America but must endure many hardships for the duration of the war. This award winning memoir and the accompanying lesson plan are suitable for students in grades 5-12.
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"The
Yellow Star, The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark" Written by Carmen Agra Deedy and Illustrated by Henri Sorensen
For Teachers and Librarians
(Grades 3-5)
The
Yellow Star is a beautifully written and illustrated book for children
in grades 3-5. The story of one of the Holocaust's most famous legends
is told with a focus on moral behavior and accepting everybody as equals.
An accompanying lesson plan also is provided.
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to order online.
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Books.
A lesson plan and three (3) pages from the book are posted.
To access the lesson plan select LESSON PLAN
or the title above.
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MOTHER'S SHOAH
The Holocaust Story of Susan Kaszas
Steven Kingsley, Publisher
NewMedia Publishing
(Posted
to this site on May 15, 2000)
SYNOPSIS
by the author's son
I found
my mother's diary letter among her belongings, upon her death in 1990.
Reading about her survival in Auschwitz and as a slave laborer in a
Nazi weapons plant made me cringe. One of the most foreboding images,
stuck in my mind forever, comes from her very first paragraph:
"Something tells me that I'm about to write the longest letter
of my life. To make matters a bit harder, I am not used to writing anymore.
The last time I had a pencil in my hand was about nine months ago. Even
then, the only thing I could use it for was to write my name down."
Can any one of us imagine not having even the smallest of a pencil for
nine months, or not being allowed to write? Humiliated, tortured, kept
in a herd and used as a slave, or worse? Survive it all and tell about
it so simply yet eloquently?
I certainly couldn't, so I translated it and had our children, Judy
and Mark edit, proofread and narrate it. Titled "A Mother's Shoah",
it is the faithful translation of the original diary. Images of paintings
from David Olere and of pages from the diary itself add visual impact.
David Olere was a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau, who was made
to cremate the dead bodies coming out of the gas chambers...
Our aim in publishing "A Motherís Shoah" is simple.
We want to make sure that every one of us will stand up and say, when
confronted with any kind of organized cruelty and inhumanity: Never
again!
by Sally M. Rogow, ED.D.
(Updated September 9, 2002)
Sally Rogow, Ed.D. wrote a series of short essays about teenagers who offered resistance against the Nazis. The essays are all based on historical facts. A lesson plan also is included. Dr. Rogow is a docent of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and is a special education teacher (e.g., education of students who are blind, visually impaired and/or multiply disabled).
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Academy Award winning Ralph McQuarrie, the legendary main concept artist on all three Star Wars© films, and a friend of Peter L. Fischl for 35 years, was the art director on the "Little Polish Boy" poem and the designer of the "And the World Who Said Nothing" poster!!!
TO
THE LITTLE POLISH BOY STANDING WITH HIS ARMS UP
By Peter L. Fischl
The material on this page is reproduced with permission of Peter L. Fischl.
Beneath an unforgettable
photograph taken in 1943 Warsaw is a poem, "To the Little Polish Boy
Standing With His Arms Up," which the image inspired. Written by Holocaust
survivor Peter L. Fischl, the heartfelt verse is an outcry against the
persecution of innocents and the indifference of "the world who said
nothing." Includes a French translation. 18" x 28". ©1994.
Select
this video icon to start the video excerpt of Peter L. Fischl reading
his poem "To The Little Polish Boy Standing With His Arms Up".
Use your browser's back arrow to return to this page.
If
the video above does not play then download the free player from Apple
Computer by selecting the QuickTime icon or web
site.
This
signed poster, printed in French and English is available for
purchase from the author.
Please see
below for information how to order copies
of the poster / poem. Discounts are available for class sets.
The lesson plan
and poem are available for purchase from Peter L. Fischl. Click order
for order information.
Peter L. Fischl Testimonials
"To
the Little Polish Boy Standing with His Arms Up"
by Judy Luehm
Junecko
Leesburg High School
Leesburg, Florida
©Peter L. Fischl, 1999
Judy
Junecko is a 1995 graduate of the Yad Vashem Summer Institute.
She is an 11th grade English teacher for honors and gifted students.
Lesson
Plan for Poster / Poem (German): SEIN ODER NICHT SEIN
Ein Unterrichtsplan
Für Peter L. Fischl
Poster/Gedicht:
"Für
den kleinen polnischen Jungen der mit erhobenen Händen dasteht"
©1994
Von Judy Luehm Junecko
Leesbury High School
Leesbury, Florida
Teaching
Empathy through Ecphrastic Poetry:
Entering a Curriculum of Peace
by Nancy Gorrell
A lesson plan suitable for
high school students was written by Nancy Gorrell and published in the
English Journal.
Copyright by the National Council of Teachers of English.
Access
NCTE's web site: www.ncte.com
Reprinted with permission.
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Teaching
about the HolocaustA Resource Guide for Educators
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, D.C.
This document includes a section of "Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust" and includes the following sections:
Why Teach Holocaust History? | Questions of Rationale | Methodological Considerations
Incorporating a Study of the Holocaust into Existing Courses
These guidelines can help educators present Holocaust material that is
appropriate for their students and is historically accurate.
The material
on this page is reproduced with permission from the US Holocaust Memorial
Museum.
Holocaust survivor
and physician, Dr. Robert O. Fisch, wrote "Light from the Yellow
Star: A Lesson of Love from the Holocaust." He has a simple message:
Remain human - even in inhuman circumstances. His book with text and reproductions
of original paintings is presented in its entirety.
Please see below for information how to order copies of the book. Discounts
are available for class sets.
Teaching
the Holocaust:
Light from the Yellow
Star Leads the Way
by Nancy Gorrell
A lesson plan suitable for high school students was written by Nancy Gorrell and published in the English Journal.
Copyright
by the National Council of Teachers of English.
Access
NCTE's web site: www.ncte.com
Reprinted with permission.
Four
of the original paintings created by Dr. Fisch are available as 15"
x 22" Fine Art Prints that are hand signed and numbered in an edition
limited to 1,000. Enlarged images can be found within the book's text.
The entire set of original paintings is available for exhibition with
no rental fee. Please see below for information how to order the prints
or arrange for an exhibition of the paintings.
To schedule an exhibition or to order copies of the book and/or Fine Art Prints, please contact:
Mr. Peter L. Fischl
229 ½ East Cedar Avenue
Burbank, CA 91502-1406 Phone: (818) 841-6633 FAX: (818) 841-6639
RESISTANCE IN THE WARSAW GHETTO
by Sol A. Factor
Cleveland Heights High School
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
"Sol A. Factor wrote two sets of detailed lesson plans (below) to study the Warsaw Ghetto. The lesson plans focus on how the Holocaust changed the lives of the people and how they responded to the Holocaust. Each set has six lesson plans with the following sections: Purpose, Objectives, Materials, Method and Order of Presentation, and Closure. The high school lesson plans were part of the application that led to his selection in 1998 to become a Mandel Fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum."
A Six Day Lesson Plan for High School
by Sol A. Factor
Cleveland Heights High School
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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A Six Day Lesson Plan for Middle School
by Sol A. Factor
Cleveland Heights High School
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
(This document requires Acrobat Reader)
This study guide accompanies Surviving Hatred: Witness To The Holocaust, a 30-minute video designed to teach middle and high school students the lessons of the Holocaust. The video includes a brief history of the Holocaust, followed by the personal testimonies of four survivors who live in Southern Virginia. The study guide includes classroom activities, survivors' biographies, a Holocaust time line, and annotated bibliographies.
The video and a paper copy of the study guide can be obtained for $15.00
plus $3.00 shipping and handling ($18.00 total). Checks should be made
out to "Holocaust Commission/UJFT" and mail the request to:
Ms.
Betsy Karotkin
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater
5029 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 225
Virginia Beach, VA 23462-4370
Lesson Plans for "Assignment: Rescue""The Story of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee"
See related Teacher's Guide for High School listed below.
See related play and lesson plan for Junior High School below.
Varian
Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee:
A Resource Guide for Teachers
(Grades 7-12)
Anita
Kassof, M.A.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC
A
play - "Rescued from the Holocaust"
Lesson
Plan for "Rescued from the Holocaust"
(Junior High School)
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Hannaleh's
Rescue
(Grades K-4)
A curricular unit structured in the form of a "story session," in which the teacher tells the class a story about the Holocaust.
This unit includes:
A 30-minute videocassette that retells a story of how a Jewish family devises a plan to smuggle their young daughter out of the ghetto. Eight laminated pictures (which appear in the video) of drawings that were done by Jews who lived during the Holocaust are also included. A teacher’s guide contains suggestions for class activities, a glossary and an overview of the unit.
This unit
is available in Hebrew and English.
Recommended
for kindergarten and elementary grades.
STOLEN CHILDHOOD (Grades 5-8)
A unit on the world of children who grew up prematurely under the Nazi occupation - children who assumed the roles of adults and helped support their families and neighbors in the ghetto.
This unit includes:
A videocassette (30 minutes) that presents three testimonies of survivors who were children during the war. The testimonies are accompanied by documentary film footage and photographs taken from that period.
Teacher's manual - historical background, additional survivor testimonies, and suggestions for class activities.
This unit
is available in Hebrew and English.
Recommended for
junior high school students.
RETURN TO LIFE(Junior High School)
The story of how Holocaust survivors--the very few who emerged alive, rebuilt their lives against all odds. Survivor testimonies are featured along with an extensive data base of information about liberation day, issues of revenge, life in the displaced persons camps and organized routes of immigration to Palestine (later the State of Israel) and to the USA.
This multimedia program includes:
Testimonies, historical documents, photographs, and archival footage.
Teacher's manual - an overview of its structure and contents and suggestions for classroom activities.
This unit
is available in Hebrew and English.
Recommended for
senior high school and college students.
EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE WARSAW GHETTO - 1941
(Junior High School
and High School)
Teacher's Guide Student Workbook
Photographs taken by a German soldier in the Warsaw Ghetto in September 1941.
This unit includes:
27 slides that document the conditions and severe hardships of the ghetto inhabitants.
Teacher's manual - brief historical introduction, excerpts of testimonies and articles, and suggestions for classroom activities.
Student's workbook - acquainting students with the feelings of the ghetto inhabitants and the methods they invoked to cope with the hardships.
This unit
is available in Hebrew, English, Spanish, and German.
Recommended for
junior high and senior high school students.
TO BEAR WITNESS
(Junior High School and High School)
39 photographs that chronicle the Holocaust through historical events, images,
and concepts.
The themes of the unit include the rise of Nazism, formation of the ghettos, deportation to death camps, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and liberation.
This unit includes:
20 black-and-white posters (50 x 70 cm.) that combine to display a 39-photograph collage.
Teacher's manual - brief historical introduction, diary excerpts, suggestions for the teacher, and student worksheets.
This unit
is available in Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, and Russian.
Recommended for junior
high and senior high school students.
HOLOCAUST RESPONSA IN THE KOVNO GHETTO (1941-1944)
Teaching Unit (Teacher's Guide)
Pilot Edition
Written by Ephraim Kaye
A unit that
explores questions of Jewish religious law during the Holocaust in the
Kovno ghetto.
This unit includes: Manual
with sources and instructions.
This unit
is available in Hebrew and English.
Recommended for
junior high and senior high school students.
THE IMAGE OF POLISH
JEWRY BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS1919-1939
Jewish Political Parties and Movements
Zionists-- Haredim -- The Bund
Pilot Edition (Teacher's Guide)
by Ephraim Kaye
This unit describes the spectrum of Jewish political life--Zionist parties, Agudath Israel, and the Bund - in interwar Poland, shedding light on the main problems that faced Polish Jewry and the solutions that each movement proposed.
This unit includes: Manual with sources and instructions.
This unit
is available in Hebrew and English.
Recommended for
senior high school students