An interactive timeline uses images, videos, primary source documents, and links to informational text to chronicle the history of the Holocaust from 1933-1945.

Concepts

the holocaust, world war ii, timelines, adolf hitler, the treaty of versailles, the nuremberg trials, concentration camps, antisemitism

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the timeline to provide an overview of a study of the Holocaust or at the end of a unit to unify understanding and show the progression of events

Classroom Considerations

• Set aside considerable prep time to explore each link in the timeline to determine how to incorporate the materials into your instruction
• Use materials from the timeline to supplement information found in the course textbook

Pros

• Although the timeline takes considerable time to download, it is easy to navigate
• Begins with the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the Treaty of Versailles and ends with the Nuremberg Trials

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.11-12.7 RI.9-10.7