Students enter the conversation about the concept of “theodicy" through activities that allow them to explore the themes of faith and doubt after the Holocaust.
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Justice and Judgment after the Holocaust
Students grapple with the meaning of justice and the purpose of trials as they learn how the Allies responded to the atrocities of Nazi Germany.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Justice and Judgment after the Nanjing Atrocities
Students explore the complexities of achieving justice in the aftermath of mass violence and atrocities as they learn about the Tokyo Trials.
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Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Students learn about the violent pogroms of Kristallnacht by watching a short documentary and then reflecting on eyewitness testimonies.
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Justice & Human Rights
LGBTQ History and Why It Matters
Students learn about two millennia of LGBTQ history and reflect on how that history is represented in their textbooks and curricula.
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Holocaust
Laws and the National Community
Students are introduced to the Nazis’ idea of a “national community” and examine how the Nazis used the Nuremberg Laws to define who belonged.
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Holocaust
Learn the History Across Diaries: Jewish Councils and Jewish Police
Students draw on diary entries and historical documents to build an understanding of the complicated role Jewish councils and Jewish police played within Nazi-run ghettos.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Life in Theresienstadt in Eva Ginzová’s Diary
Through diary entries and historical documents, students deepen their understanding of daily life in the Theresienstadt ghetto during the final months of the Holocaust.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Anti-Jewish Measures in Moshe Flinker’s Diary
Students learn how Nazi policy differed within countries by exploring the diary entries of a young Jew who fled from Belgium to the Netherlands during the Holocaust.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Deportations from the Łódź Ghetto in an Anonymous Girl’s Diary
Students learn about the Nazi's deportation of Jews from the Łódź ghetto through diary entries and historical documents.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Deportations in an Anonymous Boy’s Diary
Students learn about the deportation of the Łódź ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkena through diary entries and historical documents.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Final Days in Alice Ehrmann’s Diary
By reading diary entries from a survivor of the Theresienstadt ghetto, students consider the complex emotional state of survivors in the final days of the war.
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