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Teaching Trunk Program from Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Teaching Trunk Program from Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

The Illinois Holocaust Museum’s literature-based teaching trunk program provides K – 12 educators with a wide array of resources for classroom units on character education, human rights, the Holocaust and/or genocide. […]

Teaching Trunks from the Florida Holocaust Museum

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Teaching Trunks from the Florida Holocaust Museum

The Florida Holocaust Museum invites you to use our dynamic trunk curriculum to teach the lessons of the Holocaust. These large teaching trunks, available free of charge, are designed to […]

Beba Epstein: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Beba Epstein: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl

Centered on the autobiography of Beba Epstein written in the 1930’s and discovered in 2017. This exhibit draws on hundreds of YIVO’s archival materials. The exhibition explores East European Jewish […]

POLIN Museum in Your Home

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on POLIN Museum in Your Home

A special selection of exhibition tours, podcasts and AV recordings which will allow you to meet with museum staff and experts online on a regular basis. New recordings are being […]

The Story of Ben Lesser

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on The Story of Ben Lesser

2 DAYS, 30 CAMERAS & 1,000’s OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. With the help of StoryFile’s interactive storytelling app we were able to preserve Ben’s historical legacy via life-like conversation. Viewers will […]

Holocaust Escape Tunnel | Testament to Courage

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, January 30, 2022 / Comments Off on Holocaust Escape Tunnel | Testament to Courage

Join archaeologists, geologists, and engineers as they uncover the truth about an astonishing story—told by a handful of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust—of a secret escape tunnel, dug by hand, […]

The RESIST Curriculum

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, January 30, 2022 / Comments Off on The RESIST Curriculum

Engage and inspire your youth with these free, ready-to use materials for teaching History, Leadership, Ethics and Jewish Values through the life lessons of Jews who fought back during the […]

Holocaust Teaching Materials

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, January 30, 2022 / Comments Off on Holocaust Teaching Materials

Explore the categories, including but not limited to Americans and the Holocaust, Antisemitism and Racism, Nazism and Jim Crow, to find lesson plans and training materials that match your curricular […]

Teaching About the Holocaust Without Survivors

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, January 30, 2022 / Comments Off on Teaching About the Holocaust Without Survivors

First-person survivor testimony in many countries has been an integral part of Holocaust education since its inception. The necessity of teaching the Holocaust without survivors and other first-person eyewitnesses, who […]

Liberation at 75: Teaching Strategies and Resources

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, January 30, 2022 / Comments Off on Liberation at 75: Teaching Strategies and Resources

Here are some resources and strategies to guide you in teaching about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 75 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the role of liberators in […]

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