Teacher Resources & Training
At the Holocaust Center for Humanity, we support educators in bringing meaningful Holocaust education into their classrooms through resources and professional development grounded in history and local stories.
Studying the Holocaust helps students understand the consequences of prejudice and indifference, the fragility of democracy, and the importance of individual responsibility today.
Lesson Plans
Classroom-ready lesson plans
Whether you have one class period, or a semester, we have a lesson plan ready for you. Not sure where to start? We have a step-by-step guide.
Or email us and talk to our expert educators for suggestions.
Teacher Professional Development
Plan a workshop or attend a training
The Holocaust Center for Humanity offers a variety of interactive professional development opportunities for teachers of grades 5-12. Programs are both in-person and virtual. Washington State teachers can earn clock hours at eligible programs.
Highlighted Resource
More Than Any Child Should Know: A Kindertransport Story of the Holocaust
By Paul Regelbrugge and Julia Thompson. Artwork by Sean Dougherty.
What is it like for a child of eight to leave the only home he’s ever known, traveling alone by land and sea to an uncertain future? On the eve of World War II, this was the journey of young Steve Adler. Born in 1930 to a German-Jewish family, Steve was one of the lucky ones: finding refuge from persecution and danger during the Holocaust in England and later the United States.
