Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jeopardy Review for WWII

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a Jeopardy-style review game for a quiz on WWII. They divide into teams, choose team captains and answer a variety of questions pertaining to the study of WWII.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Big Lie

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create poems and other forms of writing.Then working in groups they share writing with each other. The opinions would be gathered and students would revise writing according to the comments.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Personal Focus: S/SGT. GEORGE OIYE - 522nd Field Artillery Battallion

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research S/Sgt. George Oiye, who fought in the 522nd Field Artillery Battallion. They examine the roles and sacrifices of this soldier, then answer questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journey to America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how life changed drastically for many families. They recognize the hardships involved in emigrating and immigrating and explain the concept of being a victim
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra, Movements 1 & 2 By Arnold Schoenberg

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study composer, Arnold Schoenberg. They compare landscapes to soundscapes and study abstract art and abstract music. They answer questions and write about both in their journals. They identify abstract artist and composers...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Anne Frank: Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students brainstorm all they know about World War II and Anne Frank. They create a timeline of the events that occured. They research the events on the timeline in their own family history.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Holocaust Story With A Happy Ending

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this social studies worksheet, middle schoolers read the biography story of a Holocaust survivor. Then they could write a summary of the story.
Organizer
Curated OER

German Prisoners of War in Britain

For Students 5th - 6th
In this German prisoners of war in Britain worksheet, student read 9 brief paragraphs about the history of POW camps in Britain after the war.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Antisemitism

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore antisemitism and propaganda and stereotypes. They make connections to current-day antisemitism, racism, prejudice and bigotry.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Holocaust Denmark: Resistance From Nazi Germany

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Denmark and their resistance to deporting Jews to Nazi, Germany. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Nazi Germany's "Euthanasia" Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Nazi Germany's "Euthanasia" Program" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
eBook
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazi Germany 1933 to 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
An 18-chapter e-book that covers the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany up to the outbreak of World War II.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Enhance lessons focused on Nazism in Germany, the rise and fall, by utilizing the resources suggested.
Handout
Geographic

Workmall: Germany: Postwar Occupation and Division

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the formation of the Allied Occupation Zones that administered a defeated Nazi Germany in the aftermath of World War 2.
Graphic
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936: Jim Crow America

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Holocaust Museum presents historical information and photographs about the Jim Crow laws of the American South, which restricted the freedoms of black Americans. Focuses on the African American struggle for social equality in...
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to explain the people involved with the Nazi concentration/death camps. Learn about who was targeted, and how those who led the camps were ultimately punished. Site provides...
eBook
The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: 1939 1945: Quest for a Nazi Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
A 20-chapter book on the history of Nazi Germany over the course of the Second World War.
Website
PBS

Pbs: Bombing Nazi Dams

For Students 9th - 10th
It was 1943, and the British were retaliating. Here is the story of the famous Lancaster bomber and the brave British pilots that tried to stop Nazi Germany.
Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Pre Nazi Racism

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Handout
BBC

Bbc: World Wars: Genocide Under the Nazis: A View of the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice survey of the major events of the Holocaust from its origins in Nazi Germany during the 1930s to the death camps and what happened afterward.
Primary
University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma University Law: Germany's Surrender Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the text of the papers that Germany signed to accept defeat, ending World War II in Europe. It also includes the text of President Harry S. Truman's proclamation of the end of the war in Europe.
Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Documents Relating to the Nazi Soviet Nonagression Pact

For Students 9th - 10th
Public and secret articles of the 1939 Nonaggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union are included on this resource. Copies of letters between Germany and USSR concerning the division of Poland, too.
Primary
Other

Nazi Propaganda by Joseph Goebbels

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of English translations of Nazi propaganda material by Joseph Goebbels reveals the cultural goals of National Socialism. The speech on "German Women" is particularly interesting.
Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nazi government had many "racial enemies" foremost being the Jews. In this exhibit, The United States Holocaust Museum takes a look at one of the other groups targeted for persecution, homosexuals. Read the fascinating and tragic...

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