Educational Resources for Teachers
Lessons and Other Digital Resources for Holocaust Education
Welcome to our virtual learning page where you can explore the many elements, themes and stories of our Holocaust exhibition – Absence of Humanity: The Holocaust Years, 1933-1945.
Vocabulary
Resources from Echoes and Reflections
- Pedagogy for Instruction – Guidelines for how to approach teaching the Holocaust
- Timeline of the Holocaust – An Interactive timeline of the Holocaust
Lesson Plans
- Unit 1: Studying the Holocaust – (recommended for 5th – 12th )
- Unit 2: Antisemitism – (recommended for 5th – 12th)
- Unit 3: Nazi Germany – (recommended for 10th – 12th)
Student Activities
Requires an easy registration with USC Shoah Foundation’s IWITNESS
Lessons of Resourcefulness, Rescue, Resistance and Resilience During the Holocaust
The Breman Museum’s educational philosophy is to teach about the Holocaust through the lens of the 4R’s: Jewish Resourcefulness, Rescue, Resistance and Resilience.
Below are digital educational presentations created by The Weinberg Center for Holocaust Education.
Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak was the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, a Polish Jewish doctor and author. In 1911, Korczak took a position leading a new Jewish orphanage in Warsaw. For decades, he and his close colleague, Stefania “Stefa” Wilczyńska, operated the children’s home according to Korczak’s philosophies on raising children.
Janusz Korczak dedicated his life to the children in his Warsaw orphanage. As caregiver, teacher and doctor, he provided his children with nourishment and love. Learn more about his story below.
Irena Sendler
Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, regularly used her position to enter the Warsaw ghetto and help smuggle children out. Hiding them in orphanages, convents, schools, hospitals, and private homes, she provided each child with a new identity, carefully recording in code their original names and placements so that surviving relatives could find them after the war.
Irena and the underground Council Aid for Jews she worked with rescued 2,500 Jewish children from certain death. Her heroic perseverance in the face of danger showed incredible resourcefulness and resilience. Learn more about her story below.
Survivor Testimony
Educators: We invite you to share the following short personal videos of Atlanta Holocaust survivors with your students. To strengthen the experience of hearing these stories, we recommend that students use the provided questions while watching the film.
Eugen Schoenfeld, Ph.D.
Brutalized by Nazis, Eugen survived the Holocaust in notorious camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau. He was able to find ways to survive through resourceful thinking and strength of will. The former chair of the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University, Dr. Schoenfeld eloquently reflects on his experiences and successes.
This 29 minute film is suitable for grades 7 and up. Questions attached below.
Eva Friedlander
Afraid of being identified as Jewish, Eva dyed her light hair brown in hopes of passing as someone else. With a combination of language skills, cunning, and luck, Eva survived the Holocaust, fooling the Nazis by hiding in plain sight.
This 29 minute film is suitable for grades 5 and up. Questions attached below.
Curiosity. Piqued.
Unforgettable Stories from the Holocaust. Bearing Witness features videos of Holocaust survivors telling their remarkable stories. Find more on our Vimeo Page.
