Education Programs

These multi-lesson units offer a complete program of study on a theme related to the Holocaust, typically using the stories of several survivors.

Hearing History: A Holocaust Survivor Memoir Read Aloud

  • 11+
  • Flexible length

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At Great Risk: An Education Program on Holocaust Rescue and the Righteous Among the Nations

  • 14+
  • 4 Lessons + Optional Final Assignment

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Hidden Children, Identity and the Holocaust: Surviving in the Margin of the Catastrophe

  • 11+
  • 6 Lessons

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Activities

These short activities are designed to supplement a broader unit of study on the Holocaust. Each activity centres around a theme or a survivor’s story and takes approximately one to two class periods to complete.

The Warsaw Ghetto: From Persecution to Resistance

  • 14+
  • 1–2 class periods
  • The Warsaw ghetto
  • Resistance
  • Re:Collection and digital exhibit

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Education Disrupted

  • 11+
  • 2 class periods
  • Education and the Holocaust
  • Digital Exhibit

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Eva Kuper: A Beacon of Light

  • 14+
  • 3 class periods
  • Survivor testimony
  • Poland
  • Ghetto/Hiding

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Liberation through the Eyes of a Hidden Child

  • 11+
  • 1 class period
  • Liberation of the Netherlands
  • Survivor testimony
  • iWitness activity

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The Human Experience of Auschwitz

  • 16+
  • 1 class period
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Survivor testimony
  • Re:Collection

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Judy Abrams

  • 11+
  • 2 class periods
  • Hungary
  • Hiding/False Identity
  • Memoir & Re:Collection

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