Resource Theme: Children
In this Mindful Exploration, students reflect on the value of individuality within a community by engaging with testimonies from Jack Adler (Holocaust survivor), Mohammed Dajani Daoudi (witness to contemporary…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-8
USC Shoah Foundation’s “Keep the Promise” lessons engage students with survivor testimony, historical sources, and cultural artifacts to deepen understanding of the Armenian Genocide. Designed for secondary classrooms, the…
30-60 Minutes
Can be adapted for 7-8
Each of these 7 lessons invite students to humanize the history of the Armenian Genocide by analyzing artifacts and reading memoirs and historical documents that illuminate personal experiences of…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-12
This lesson introduces students to the little-known history of Jewish resistance fighters during World War II. Through firsthand accounts, short films, and interactive activities, students explore how Jewish partisans…
60-120 Minutes
Can be adapted for 9 - 12
In this lesson, students examine the Holocaust through the experiences and perspectives of Hidden Children, an especially vulnerable population during World War II. Students analyze primary sources, including photographs…
90-120 Minutes
6-12
In this lesson, students explore the Holocaust through the life and artwork of Samuel Bak, a child survivor from Vilna, Lithuania. By analyzing visual art alongside historical context, students…
60-120 Minutes
Can be adapted for 7-8
In this interactive lesson, middle school students engage with Holocaust survivor testimonies and artifacts through a gallery walk format using TikTok videos. Students analyze primary sources, practice inquiry-based learning,…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 6-8
In this creative, project-based lesson, high school students explore Holocaust survivor testimonies and develop critical thinking and empathy by creating TikTok videos that reflect and honor those stories. Through…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12
This unit guide supports middle and high school educators in designing an English Language Arts unit that uses literature to engage students in exploring genocide, identity, and human rights….
180-240 Minutes
Grades 6-12
In this lesson, students explore how food, memory, and cultural preservation intersect in the aftermath of genocide. Using excerpts and recipes from Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love,…
60-120 Minutes
Grade 9-12, can be adapted for 8
Survivor: Aron’s Story is an award-winning hardcover illustrated graphic novel and history book based on the first hand Holocaust testimony of Aron, a young Jewish-Soviet boy from 1940s Odessa,…
30-60 Minutes
Extension activities for 9 - 12
This lesson features excerpts from Rywka’s Diary: The Writings of a Jewish Girl from the Lodz Ghetto. It is a portrait of an individual, Rywka Lipszyc, her strength, spirit,…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12