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Holocaust and Human Behaviour

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Last Modified April 25, 2023
Description Teaching material
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Chapter

The Holocaust

Confront the history of the Holocaust, and reflect on the human behavior revealed in the choices of perpetrators, bystanders, resisters, and rescuers.

A memorial at Auschwitz of shoes taken from prisoners of the camp.
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Unit

For Educators in Jewish Settings: Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior

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.

Students sit in a classroom.
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Unit

For Educators in Jewish Settings: Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior

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.

Students sit in a classroom.
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Unit

Americans and the Holocaust: The Refugee Crisis

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

A crowd of American men and women hold signs protesting Nazi Germany's actions.
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Unit

Teaching the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide: For California Educators

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.

Teacher and Students