LESSONS
In 2003, middle and high school educators were invited to submit lessons to illustrate or add to student understanding of individual responsibility during the Holocaust as reflected in one or more of the Tenth Anniversary themes: RESISTANCE, RESPONSE, RESCUE, and RENEWAL. A panel of USHMM teaching fellows, experienced teachers from USHMM teacher education programs and educators from Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education selected the first five lessons below. In 2007, a sixth lesson was added. This lesson, now adapted for classroom use, was originally developed by Museum staff to supplement a student visit to the Permanent Exhibition of the USHMM.
Teaching for Understanding and Teaching for Transformation: An introduction to the Belfer Exemplary Lessons,
by Ron Ritchhart and Veronica Boix-Mansilla, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Aimee Young, teaching a high school class.
Times-Gazette photo
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1.
PreWorld War II European Jewish Life Photo Project
Lesson (printable) PDF version
Student Instructions PDF version
Aimee Young,
Loudonville-Perrysville Exempted Village Schools High School, Loudonville, Ohio
2.
Individual Responsibility and Resistance During the Holocaust
Lesson (printable) PDF version
Student Handout and Teacher's Rubric PDF version
Laura Pritchard,
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Suffolk, Virginia
3.
Bringing the Holocaust Unit to closure: Implications for the Future
Lesson (printable) PDF version
Student Handouts PDF version
Dr. Joyce Witt,
Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Illinois
4.
A Poetic Finale
Lesson (printable) PDF version
Student Handouts PDF version
Don Leibold,
Loyola Academy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
5.
Rethinking Perpetrators, Bystanders and Rescuers: The case of Max Schmeling
Lesson (printable) PDF version
Dr. Joy Marks Gray,
Kenston High School, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
6.
Organizing the History
Lesson (printable) PDF version
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Lesson Template:
This lesson template is the designated structure for all five lessons. This lesson template, designed by Ron Ritchhart of Project Zero, is provided for teachers to use as they write and refine lessons.
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PLEASE HELP US EVALUATE OUR MATERIALS AND TAKE THIS BRIEF SURVEY ABOUT THE BELFER EXEMPLARY LESSONS.
CRITERIA
These lessons were chosen as exemplary models of the criteria described below. The lessons also had to conform to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust (or see the Museum publication A Resource Guide for Educators: Teaching, p.3)
Historical Accuracy
Building Understanding
Engagement of Students
Innovative Approach
Demands for Critical Thinking by Students
Broad Applicability and Practicality for Most Classrooms
The teachers who submitted these lessons received a certificate from the Museum and a monetary award. The lessons are presented here and are distributed in print format at USHMM workshops and conferences.
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