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Building a Holocaust Unit

Professional Development Training Videos for Educator

Use the resources described in these videos to help develop your approach and to find lesson plans to use in your middle or high school classroom. Collection of 6 videos.

  • Video length: 10 minutes

    The Museum has a vast offering of resources to help you customize a curriculum sequence for your students. Start with your students: think about their needs and interests. Then add your curriculum requirements to create a rationale that guides your selection of Museum lessons and resources, creating a unit that’s as unique as your classroom.

  • Video length: 7 minutes

    Educators want all of their students to succeed. The Museum works with teachers, students, and special education experts to ensure lessons and resources have accommodations and modifications, removing barriers to learning and providing inclusion for all students.

  • Video length: 11 minutes

    Teachers often pair art assignments with Holocaust lessons because they can be unsure how to assess student learning. Learn frameworks for art assignments that ensure respect for the victims and survivors while avoiding unintentionally glorifying Nazi imagery.

  • Video length: 8 minutes

    This video demonstrates how to choose films for the classroom and lessons that provide historical context for films and support students’ critical thinking.

  • Video length: 8 minutes

    Using the Museum’s Holocaust literature guide to frame the books your class reads ensures your students have access to accurate historical content that contextualizes the story, empowering them to see the strengths and potential weaknesses of the books they read.

  • Video length: 19 minutes

    Teaching about the Holocaust can be integrated into a variety of courses, rather than being viewed as an “add on” to the regular curriculum or as a unit in isolation. This video explores the opportunities that teaching about the Holocaust provides for teachers to meet standards requirements and curricular needs.