USHMM Professional Development Collections
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has organized short PD videos into themed collections, available on demand at no cost. Covering guidelines, appropriate pedagogy, tools, and classroom strategies, collections include short videos packaged with instructional resources. Access here.
Echoes & Reflections Educational Programs and Resources
Echoes & Reflections empowers middle and high school educators with dynamic classroom materials and professional development. Through their Holocaust Education programs and resources, educators gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to teach this topic effectively. Access here.
IHRA Holocaust Distortion Training Program for Educators
Holocaust distortion is an attack on truth and knowledge. It spreads antisemitism and prejudice and jeopardizes the understanding of this genocide. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to develop this practical training program to help policymakers, educators and civil society to understand what it is, why it is harmful, and how to counter it. Access here.
Holocaust Center Seattle Resources for Teachers
The Holocaust Center for Humanity, whose Director of Education is TOLI Teacher Leader Paul Regelbrugge, builds courageous communities by teaching and honoring the history, stories, and lessons of the Holocaust. Their lesson plans give students of all ages an empathetic lens to view today’s complex issues and see the role they can each play in fighting hate. Access here.
Museum of Jewish Heritage Lesson Plans
This collection of free Holocaust education lesson plans are for students of all ages. Engage students with immersive resources, interactive workshops, and thought-provoking activities designed to promote understanding and remembrance of this essential chapter in history. Equip your students with the knowledge and empathy necessary to combat prejudice and intolerance, ensuring a brighter future for generations to come. Access here.
Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida Resources
The Holocaust Center has a variety of materials available for educators who wish to teach their students about the Holocaust. Materials include downloadable lesson plans for middle and high school classrooms as well as teaching trunks that can be customized for specific grade levels and subject areas. The Center also offers Professional Development options for educators. Access here.
Michigan Holocaust & Genocide Education (MHGE) Lesson Plan
These lesson plans, developed by TOLI Teacher Leaders Corey Harbaugh and John Farris, introduce students to genocide studies and content on specific historical examples, such as the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and others. The lessons are designed to stress the arc of inquiry and opportunities for critical thinking and dialogue about and personal responses to historical content in multiple media, so teachers are encouraged to familiarize themselves/employ best instructional processes with these model lesson plans. Access here.
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation (JPEF) Resources
Approximately 30,000 Jews throughout Europe and Western Europe – many of them teens – fought back during the Holocaust as Jewish partisans. JPEF develops and distributes effective educational materials about the Jewish partisans and their life lessons, bringing the celebration of heroic resistance against tyranny into educational and cultural organizations. Access here.
Yahad-In Unum Study Guide
Yahad-In Unum teaches the Holocaust to new generations through a powerful combination of eyewitness testimony and archival research. By engaging with survivors and witnesses who lived through these atrocities, the organization brings their personal stories to life, ensuring that the human dimension of the Holocaust is never forgotten. Their approach aims to foster empathy, critical thinking, and a commitment to preserving the memory of the victims, empowering the next generation to stand against hatred, intolerance, and genocide. Access here.
PBS Learning Media: Analyzing the Symbolism of the Statue of Liberty
This lesson plan, developed by TOLI Teacher Leader Nicole Korsen, is appropriate for Grades 6-12. For those fleeing persecution during the years before, during, and after the Holocaust, the Statue of Liberty represented the promise of safety and a better life. Using documentary clips and poems, this lesson focuses on the symbolic meaning of the Statue of Liberty as seen through various viewpoints and interpretations. Students will consider these meanings in their historical context and have the opportunity to draw connections to contemporary American immigration crises. Access here.