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Challenges of Escape, 1938–1941

This lesson plan and video enable students to explore the factors that led German Jews to seek to leave their country and the difficulties of immigration to the United States in the 1930s and 1940s.

Grade level: Adaptable for grades 7–12 Subject: Multidisciplinary Time required: Approximately 90 minutes (can be broken up over multiple class periods) Languages: English, Spanish

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This video can be used in a classroom with students.

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