Holocaust
Instructions
Survivor Testimonies: Watch a video or read excerpts from Holocaust survivors who emigrated to America. Discuss the emotional and social challenges they faced in rebuilding their lives.
Creative Project: Have students create a memorial for Holocaust survivors and their descendants, either through art, writing, or multimedia. Students will present their projects, explaining how Jewish American communities have kept the memory of the Holocaust alive.
Materials
Computer/Tablet
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Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Echoes & Reflections – echoesandreflections.orgHolocaust and antisemitism education materials for teachers.
Facing History & Ourselves – facinghistory.orgLesson plans on prejudice, antisemitism, and the Holocaust.
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation – jewishpartisans.orgTeaches resistance to oppression, including historical and modern antisemitism.
The State of Antisemitism in America 2023 (American Jewish Committee)
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