Resource Theme: World War II
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 resource guide supports educators in teaching about the historical construction of race, the rise of pseudoscientific racism, and the impact of dehumanizing ideologies. It includes strategies, activities, and…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 6-12
This mini-unit explores the experiences of Jewish communities in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia before and during World War II and the Holocaust. Through primary sources, personal reflections, and…
120-180 Minutes
Grades 9-12
This lesson invites students to explore how communities remember the Holocaust and other genocides through memorials and monuments. By analyzing existing memorials and designing their own, students reflect on…
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-12
The lessons in this unit increase students’ understanding of Jewish people and awareness that antisemitism did not end after the Holocaust, and provide them with opportunities to learn about…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 9-12
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students use Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny to explore how authoritarian regimes gain power and how individuals can protect democratic institutions. Through historical case studies, media…
120-180 Minutes
Grades 6-8
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
Grades 6-8. 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
Four interactive webquests that teach students why and how to resist antisemitism. Lessons can be taught individually or combined….
30-60 Minutes
Grades 6-12
This lesson explores the connection between ideology and propaganda. Students learn about the history of antisemitism, and contemporary antisemitic tropes, designed to promote empathy and developing critical thinking. The…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 8-12
After defining the term genocide, this lesson provides four examples for comparative analysis: the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Cambodian Genocide, and the Rwandan Genocide. Using artifacts and testimonies…
180-240 Minutes
Grades 9-12