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Explore the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism and the humanitarian refugee crisis it provoked during the 1930s and 1940s.

Lead your students through a detailed and challenging study of the Holocaust that asks what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.

Lead students through a study of the Nanjing atrocities, beginning with an examination of imperialism in East Asia and ending with reflection on justice in the aftermath of mass violence.

Designed for California 10th grade world history courses, this unit guides students through a study of the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide that focuses on choices and human behavior.

Engage students in personal accounts from survivors with this collection of video testimony, survivor profiles, and a lesson plan. 

This unit explores the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, who coined the word "genocide" and drafted the Genocide Convention. A study of Lemkin's work helps students understand traditional world history themes such as sovereignty, diplomacy, and law; as well as deepen students’ understanding of political responses to mass violence.

Explore this collection of lesson plans and student materials that place the Nanjing Atrocities within the larger context of World War II in East Asia.

This collection features powerful accounts of the Holocaust, told by survivors, rescuers, and witnesses, selected from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.

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

Find interview transcripts, historical overviews, and primary source documents about a particular Jewish partisan or country.

Explore the stories of Jewish partisans that stood against Nazi oppression, genocide, and antisemitism during World War II.

Explore resources that meet the California History–Social Science Framework standards.