Holocaust Remembrance Lesson Plan
Remembering the Holocaust is vital to educate future generations about the dangers of hatred and intolerance.
Teachers: Use the following curated multimedia content to enhance your students' learning about heroes during the atrocities of the Holocaust.
The sections are divided into stories and film about heroes who survived the Holocaust, those who risked their lives to help others, and stories told by family members. Discussion questions are included.
There is also a section of stories with an audio link so students can listen and read along.
Link to Suggested Class Activities to use with Discussion Questions
Watch and read about this film from the 19th MY HERO Film Festival
The Following Two Films are Recommended for Upper Elementary, Middle and High School Students
MY HERO International Film Festival Winning Film: When a young girl preparing for her Bat Mitzvah befriends a Holocaust survivor elder, both lives are changed forever as they journey from darkness to healing through the power of art.
A MY HERO International Film Festival Relationships First Award Winning Film: Dutch sisters, born on the same day but years apart, are separated by the Holocaust and raised in hiding by two very different families.
Additional Films for Holocaust Remembrance
Survivors of the Holocaust: Stories and Films Appropriate for Middle and High School Students
LInternational Holocaust Day is observed to inscribe the atrocities of the Holocaust into our hearts and our history. To that end it is important to hear the testimony of the survivors of the Holocaust.
Discussion Questions
1. Why is it important that these stories of the survivors of the Holocaust are remembered?
2. What character traits do these heroic survivors exemplify?
In Class Activity
Divide students into partners and assign a film to watch or story to read. Students discuss how that hero survived the atrocities of Holocaust.
Then students create two circles, an inside circle facing an outside circle, with each student standing in front of their partner.
The inside circle shifts to the right and students share how their hero survived the Holocaust.
Every 2 minutes, students shift to the right until they reach their partner.
Heroes who fought, resisted and helped others during the Holocaust: Stories Appropriate for Middle and High School Students
Honoring those who fought, resisted and helped others during the Holocaust.
Discussion Questions
1. Why did these heroes put their own lives at risk to help those being persecuted during the Holocaust?
2. How did each of these individuals put themselves at risk to help others?
3. What character traits do these heroes exemplify?
4. What did you learn from these heroes that you can apply in your own life to stand up for your rights and the rights of others?
In Class Activity: Think, Pair, Share
Group students in pairs or groups of three. Have each group read the same story about a hero who fought, resisted or helped others during the Holocaust.
Give students time to consider one of the above discussion questions.
Then students share their thoughts with their partner or group.
Repeat with the remaining discussion questions.
Stories about the Heroes of the Holocaust with Text and Audio so Students can Listen as They Read AlongGreat for ESL and ELL Students
Students learn about the survivors and those who risked their lives to help others during the Holocaust.
Teachers: Use the discussion questions and activities included in this lesson plan in the Survivor and Helper section with your students.
Let us never forget the Holocaust. These stories all have text with an audio link allowing students to listen as they read along. Great for ESL/ELL students and emerging readers.
Holocaust Remembrance through Art Submitted to the Gallery
Holocaust Remembrance through Art submitted to the Gallery
Additional Related MY HERO Resource Pages
Heroes Working to Stop Future Genocide
Anne Frank & Miep Gies are heroes to Freedom Writers founder and teacher, Erin Gruwell.
The Righteous Conversations Project brings together teens and survivors of the Holocaust creating powerful messages of peace and tolerance in the community.
MY HERO Calendars for use in the Classroom
Students can share their Hero Essays, Films and Art through our Create Program
How to use MY HERO's Create Program to Publish Stories, Art, Film and Audio for Students
Tutorial for students: Publish written stories, film, original artwork and audio in MY HERO's multimedia library.
The Holocaust Remembrance lesson plan was curated by MY HERO Education Outreach Director Laura Nietzer. |
Organizer created on 7/3/2024 12:58:26 PM by Laura Nietzer
Last edited 7/3/2024 1:21:31 PM by Laura Nietzer