Resource Theme: Racism
This lesson engages students in a digital, inquiry-based exploration of the life of Faye Schulman through a Virtual Museum Exhibit featuring primary sources, including photographs and first-person testimony. Students…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
Students explore how places hold layered histories, memories, and meanings through journaling, dialogue, and primary-source image analysis focused on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Using…
90-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12. Adaptable for 8th grade.
This inquiry-based Virtual IWalk uses survivor testimony, memoir excerpts, photographs, and interactive mapping to explore the experiences of Karnig Panian, an Armenian child who survived the Armenian Genocide. As…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
In this digital inquiry activity, students examine how the Khmer Rouge used oral propaganda and political slogans to advance the Cambodian Genocide. Through survivor testimony and primary source analysis,…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 9-12.
This seven-lesson sequence examines the Guatemalan Genocide and civil war through an integrated study of historical context, structural inequality, lived experience, and post-conflict justice. Developed by the Twige Project…
30-60 Minutes
This unit introduces students to the history and legacy of the Holocaust through Holocaust Museum LA’s resources, survivor testimony, and artifact-based learning. Students explore the rise of Nazi ideology,…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 6 - 12
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
Grades 9-12. 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lessons invite students to humanize the history of the Armenian Genocide by analyzing artifacts and reading memoirs and historical documents that illuminate personal experiences of…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 is a 2-hour lesson that explores how fear and anxiety can be manipulated to fuel hate, dehumanization, and exclusion. Using case studies from the Holocaust and the incarceration…
60-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12. Can be adapted for 8
This lesson explores the role of personal testimony in preserving historical truth and shaping collective memory. Through survivor accounts from the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi,…
90-120 Minutes
Grades 9-12
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
Grades 6-8. Can be adapted for 9 - 12