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Two-Column Note-Taking
In this classroom video, the teacher uses the Two-Column Note-Taking strategy with his students to help them organize their thoughts and emotional responses as they listen to recorded survivor testimony.
Understanding We and They
In this classroom video, students discuss the idea of “we and they.” They reflect on the snap judgements they make about others and consider how others might make quick calculations about them.
Using Journals at the Beginning and End of a Lesson
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher uses journals with his students both at the beginning and end of a lesson on Reconstruction.
Using Survivor Testimony: Preparation
In this classroom video, students view, react to, and discuss first-person accounts of the Holocaust.
Socratic Seminar: Weimar Republic
In this classroom video, students participate in a Socratic seminar after reading Voices in the Dark, a first-person account of antisemitism experienced by a WWI veteran.
Voices from the Warsaw Ghetto
Learn about the Oyneg Shabes, a group in the Warsaw ghetto that documented Nazi crimes and the daily lives of the ghetto's residents.
Waging a Racial War
Consider how Nazi Germany's ideas about race determined how they treated soldiers, prisoners, and civilians during World War II.
The War against Poland: Speed and Brutality
Examine how Nazi Germany's army targeted both the Polish army and the people of Poland as it waged war.
The War on Jews in Poland
Build your understanding of the Nazis’ devastating treatment of the Jews in Poland during the German occupation.
Choiceless Choices
Consider the experiences of Jewish prisoners who were forced to help German guards murder other prisoners.
Deciding to Act
Marion Prichard reflects on rescue, heroism, and the choices she and others in German-occupied Amsterdam made during the Holocaust.