Teaching Holocaust and Human Behaviour: Unit Overview
This unit overview gives you a brief summary of all of the lessons in the unit and lists the materials needed alongside the main activities.
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The Holocaust: The Range of Responses
Use this handout in a Jigsaw activity that asks students to explore the range of responses to the Holocaust.
Elsbeth Lewin Remembers Kristallnacht
Holocaust survivor Elsbeth Lewin describes her and her family's experience of Kristallnacht in Mainz, Germany.
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Empire of Dreams (1880-1942)
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Part two of Latino Americans documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans from 1880 into the 1940s.
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Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
Watch the 3-part series that explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act
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Deconstructing Antisemitic Memes
This short video is intended to be used as an aid in lessons that help students closely analyze memes that appear in their social media feeds for racist or antisemitic messaging.
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Student Activities: Deconstructing Antisemitic Memes
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These are the student-facing slides for the lesson Deconstructing Antisemitic Memes. Students consider the intentions, dangers, and impacts of online hate by engaging in a step-by-step close analysis and deconstruction of antisemitic memes.
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How to Deconstruct a Meme
This handout provides a procedure and prompts students can use to analyze and deconstruct a meme.
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Eli Saslow on Antisemitism and White Nationalism
"Rising Out of Hatred" author, Eli Saslow, talks about the rise of antisemitism and white nationalism in the United States.
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Friendship and Betrayal
Ellen Kerry Davis, a Jewish woman originally from Hoof, Germany, describes how her family’s friendships were impacted by Nazi rule.
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