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Holocaust and Human Behavior

Holocaust and Human Behavior is a program for middle and high school that engages students and teachers in a study of the Holocaust through the lens of human behavior. Students make the essential connection between history, themselves and the world they are living in today.

Holocaust and Human Behavior is Facing History’s seminal work used by millions of students worldwide. Originally published over 40 years ago, it was updated in 2016 to reflect the latest scholarship on the Holocaust.

Holocaust and Human Behavior helps students and teachers make the essential connection between history and themselves. By using the readings, primary sources, short documentaries, and supported by professional learning, teachers take students on a journey through profound questions about history and human behavior.

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Explore the digital version of our core resource on the Holocaust to find classroom-ready readings, primary sources, and short documentary films that support a study of the Holocaust through the lens of human behavior.

Book

This 23-lesson unit on the Holocaust and World War II asks students to reflect on the essential question, What does learning about the choices people made during the Weimar Republic, the rise of the Nazi Party, and the Holocaust teach us about the power and impact of our choices today?

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Developed specifically for educators in Jewish settings, these lessons lead middle and high school students through an examination of the Holocaust from a historical perspective and consider what this particular history has to do with what it means to be Jewish.

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Holocaust and Human Behavior

Holocaust and Human Behavior

This self-paced workshop is for educators who want a brief introduction to Holocaust and Human Behavior and don’t want to wait for a live workshop or seminar

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