The Museum is committed to reaching all students by providing teachers with tools for various classroom needs. This page shares resources that support differentiation, modification, and accessibility. These include pre-modified lesson plans, materials available in other languages, and teaching tools to support reading and language skills.
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Professional Development Training Video
Watch this 7-minute video to learn more about differentiated instruction, modifications, and accessibility in Museum classroom materials.
Lesson Plans with Accommodations and Modifications
The Museum has three versions of a one-day lesson plan that provides an introduction to the Holocaust by defining the term “Holocaust” and highlighting one personal story of a victim of the Holocaust.
The Introduction to the Holocaust One Day Lesson features scaffolding for student activities, multiple options to differentiate instruction, and a short film clip to convey information to support reading comprehension.
The Pre-Modified Introduction to the Holocaust One Day Lesson provides additional scaffolding for students who need more instructional support and modifications. The modifications are incorporated into the lesson plan sequence and the student interactive.
The Introduction to the Holocaust Lesson for Students with Low-Incidence and Intellectual Disabilities introduces key concepts and information and highlights Anne Frank's story through an accessible video. It also uses a short video clip to convey information.
The three versions of the Introduction to the Holocaust lesson provide three tiers of intervention strategies. The first lesson is tier one, providing 80% of students with universal instruction. The second lesson is tier two, which provides targeted intervention. The third lesson is tier three and includes intensive interventions.
Most Museum lesson plans also have an online, asynchronous student version that provides additional accommodations. They work with screen readers and include alt text. View the list of lessons here.
Reading Accessibility
The Museum’s Classroom Book List has a section titled Books for All Grades for students at varied reading levels.
The Holocaust Encyclopedia includes a Glossary that can help students understand terms related to Holocaust history. Many articles in the Encyclopedia also have an audio feature that provides a human-read audio version of the article.
Materials Available in Multiple Languages
The Museum offers many lesson plans in Spanish, including free, printed Timeline Cards. To view the lesson plans, click here.
The Path to Nazi Genocide, the Museum’s foundational 38-minute film, is available in ten languages.
The Holocaust Encyclopedia has articles, maps, testimony clips, identification cards, and other multimodal materials in various languages. Look for the word Language or Globe Icon to discover the languages available for each component.
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Explore lesson plans and training materials organized by theme to use in your classroom.