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Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
We are grateful to The Hammer Family Foundation for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.
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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
Letter to Parents and Guardians (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective) (en español)
Share this letter with parents and guardians as a way to inform them about the Facing History & Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective course. This resource is in Spanish.
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Where Do You Start with Text Selection?
Dr. Kimberly Parker shares steps educators can take to ensure that their curriculum choices make room for student voice and reflect a broad range of stories and experiences.
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Humanizing Text Selection
Dr. Kimberly Parker discusses the importance of teachers making intentional choices about text selection that support students’ intellectual and social-emotional development.
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Finding Safety in Italy
Holocaust survivor Esther Bem describes the people in Northern Italy who protected her and her family during World War II.
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Interview Testimony by Barbara Turkeltaub
Holocaust survivor Barbara Turkeltaub was a very young girl in Vilna when her parents put her in a convent with Catholic nuns.
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Interview Testimony by Jack Arnel
Holocaust survivor Jack Arnel describes the German invasion of his hometown of Vilna, Lithuania.
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Interview Testimony by Nechama Shneorson
Holocaust survivor Nechama Shneorson describes when Nazis came to take children from a ghetto.
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Interview Testimony by Zvi Michaeli
Zvi Michaeli describes how he survived when the Germans rounded up and massacred all the Jews in Eishyshok, Lithuania.
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Partisan Life
Former Jewish partisan Sonia Orbuch explains how she perceived life among the partisans as a "good life."
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Passing the Torch of Memory: The Importance of Survivor Testimony
Holocaust survivors and their families talk about the importance of survivor testimony.
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Pigeon
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Set during World War II and based on a true story, Pigeon recounts a rare act of kindness.
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