Creator: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
Learn about the Holocaust through the digital resources offered by the Holocaust Museum. Start with an introduction to the Holocaust containing key facts, articles, and a media gallery featuring a variety of Holocaust-related topics. Explore the many free resources for educators to teach about the Holocaust. These resources contain lesson plans, guidelines for teaching the Holocaust, poster sets, podcasts, and more. Explore the Museum’s collections to view documents, artifacts, and discover the first-hand stories of those that survived the Holocaust.
In the Classroom
Use these free materials as the starting point for any lessons on the Holocaust. Go on a virtual field trip of the museum to engage students’ interest in the causes and outcomes of the Holocaust. Be sure to help students understand the personal toll of the Holocaust by visiting the "Who Were the Victims?" portion of the site. Organize your lessons using ActivelyLearn, <a href="/single.cfm?id=14705">reviewed here</a>. Add articles, videos, and documents into an ActivelyLearn lesson to guide students through the learning process. Easily differentiate materials based on student interests and abilities within your ActivelyLearn unit. As a culminating project, and to enhance student learning, ask students to share what they learned using Story Maps, <a href="/single.cfm?id=14729">reviewed here</a>. Ask students to create story maps for individuals involved with the Holocaust, or to tell the story of events leading up to the Holocaust.
At Home
Understanding the events that took place during the Holocaust is difficult. Help your student understand the history and the individual stories of the Holocaust by sharing this site with him.
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europe, holocaust, world war 2, germany,