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Student learning activities about the Holocaust
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Engage students with our 10 online, self-directed activities to increase their knowledge about core topics of Holocaust history, antisemitism, and related issues.

These dynamic activities combine the power of Holocaust survivor and witness testimony with inquiry-based learning pathways to encourage critical thinking, reflection, and understanding of this vital history and its ongoing meaning.

Most activities can be readily completed within one class period, as stand-alone learning or as a part of comprehensive instruction with our Echoes & Reflections Units. They can also be assigned outside of the school setting as homework or learning extensions.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING ON HOLOCAUST HISTORY AND HOW IT IMPACTS TODAY’S WORLD.
What was the Holocaust? 
Students explore and analyze definitions of the Holocaust and create their own working definition to share with classmates.
Aligned with Unit 1
What was Jewish life like before the Holocaust? 
Through an immersive IWalk focusing on Holocaust survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz, students learn about pre-war Jewish life and Itka’s personal experiences with antisemitism as a child in 1930s Poland.
Aligned with Unit 1
What is Antisemitism? 
Students develop an understanding of antisemitism as a historical concept, and - using a variety of interactive tools - understand the impact of antisemitism in Nazi Germany.
Aligned with Unit 2
Why didn’t antisemitism end after the Holocaust? 
Students explore manifestations of antisemitism in today’s society, and how to communicate about its presence and the harm it causes in society.
Aligned with Unit 11
Using Media Literacy Skills to Examine the Holocaust 
Using the historic lens of Nazi propaganda, students will develop an understanding of media literacy and consider its power to impact individuals and societies.
Aligned with Unit 12
Democracy Crumbled? Why was German society vulnerable to the rise of Nazism? 
Students will explore the fragility of democracy in Weimar Germany (1918-1933) and discover how these vulnerabilities led to the rise of antisemitism and Nazism.
Aligned with Unit 3
How Does Hate Escalate? An Examination of the Past & Present 
Students will examine the escalation of hate during the Holocaust and consider how this process can be disrupted by the choices, actions, and decisions of individuals and groups.
Aligned with Unit 3
What was life like in the Łódź Ghetto? 
During this Virtual IWalk, students follow the footsteps of Ellis Lewin, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, to examine his experiences in the Łódź ghetto as a young boy.
Aligned with Unit 4
How did Jews resist Nazi persecution? 
Students will be introduced to the concept of resistance and learn how it was exhibited in different forms during the Holocaust — such as spiritual, cultural and armed.
Aligned with Unit 9
What did Americans know about the Holocaust? 
Students will explore what knowledge American citizens had about the Holocaust, including the information shared with both the government and the general public.
Aligned with Unit 9
What was the Holocaust? 
Students explore and analyze definitions of the Holocaust and create their own working definition to share with classmates.
Aligned with Unit 1
What was Jewish life like before the Holocaust? 
Through an immersive IWalk focusing on Holocaust survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz, students learn about pre-war Jewish life and Itka’s personal experiences with antisemitism as a child in 1930s Poland.
Aligned with Unit 1
Why were the Jews targeted by the Nazis? 
Students develop an understanding antisemitism as a historical concept, and - using a variety of interactive tools - explore why and how the Nazi Party used antisemitism to galvanize German citizens.
Aligned with Unit 2
Why didn’t antisemitism end after the Holocaust? 
Students explore manifestations of antisemitism in today’s society, and how to communicate about its presence and the harm it causes in society.
Aligned with Unit 11
Using Media Literacy Skills to Examine the Holocaust 
Aligned with Unit 12
Democracy Crumbled? Why was German society vulnerable to the rise of Nazism? 
Students will explore the fragility of democracy in Weimar Germany (1918-1933) and discover how these vulnerabilities led to the rise of antisemitism and Nazism.
Aligned with Unit 3
How Does Hate Escalate? An Examination of the Past & Present 
Students will examine the escalation of hate during the Holocaust and consider how this process can be disrupted by the choices, actions, and decisions of individuals and groups.
Aligned with Unit 3
What was life like in the Łódź Ghetto? 
During this Virtual IWalk, students follow the footsteps of Ellis Lewin, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, to examine his experiences in the Łódź ghetto as a young boy.
Aligned with Unit 4
How did Jews resist Nazi persecution? 
Students will be introduced to the concept of resistance and learn how it was exhibited in different forms during the Holocaust — such as spiritual, cultural and armed.
Aligned with Unit 9
What did Americans know about the Holocaust? 
Students will explore what knowledge American citizens had about the Holocaust, including the information shared with both the government and the general public.
Aligned with Unit 9
The above activities are accessed through USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness platform, allowing educators to assign activities to students, track progress, and assess learning via provided rubrics. Students are able to interact and share their learning with teacher and classmates.
Simple, free IWitness registration can be done here.
Learn more about creating an IWitness group for your students here.
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