Readings you can print and share, short videos, critical thinking questions and more. Teaching and learning from home can be a challenge, especially when there are so many other stressors ocurring around us. These resources take that into consideration - they are short, engaging, and can be used independently. 

Overview Lessons - By Subject

Each of the Overview Lessons includes a brief reading, links to short video clips of survivor testimony (transcripts are provided if accessing video clips is not possible), and critical thinking questions. Each lesson can be downloaded and printed. Designed for students in grades 7 and up. 

Common Core State Standards addressed by these Overview Lessons

1. Pre-War Overview
2. Changing World Overview
3. Flight and Rescue Overview
4. Ghettos and Camps Overview
5. Liberation and Post-War Overview
6. Resistance Overview
7. Enduring Lessons Overview

Writing, Art and Film Contest

Deadline for submissions July 1, 2020. Open to students in grades 5-12 in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. The Writing, Art, and Film Contest chall enges students to explore the history and stories of the Holocaust and to consider how individual actions, big and small, make a difference.  LEARN MORE

With My Own Eyes

A 20-minute educational film that serves as an introduction to the Holocaust. This video weaves the testimonies of local Holocaust survivors with contemporary issues of bullying, bystanders, and world genocides. The goal of the document ary is to introduce the viewer to the Holocaust and to connect this history to our world today. For grades 7 and up.  Nominated for the Association of King County Historical Organizations Legacy Award! View Film

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What was the Holocaust? (online article and questions)

Antisemitism (online article and questions)

The Nazi Terror Begins (online article and questions)

Flight and Rescue (online article and questions)

Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust (online article and questions)

The Jewish Ghettos: Separated from the World (online article and questions)

Nazi Camps (online article and questions)

Post-War: Chaos and Challenges (online article and questions) 

Armed Jewish Resistance: Partisans (online article and questions)

No Time to Think (pdf article and questions)

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