Teaching in the History Classroom

Video length: 9 minutes

Placing acts of resistance in a historical context helps students reexamine the common question: Why didn’t people fight back?

Video length: 11 minutes

This video provides strategies to help students and teachers move beyond describing people as bystanders, perpetrators, and rescuers and toward understanding the complexity of human choices and the importance of historical context.

Video length: 13 minutes

Items that belonged to those victims and survivors—as well as other materials that relate to their stories, experiences, and histories form the heart of the Museum’s collections. This comprehensive collection contains millions of artifacts including documents, photos and films, art and music, personal effects, and testimonies. Primary sources anchor Museum classroom resources.

Video length: 12 minutes

During the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees tried to escape Europe and immigrate to the United States, but not everyone was successful. As the German government started to restrict the ability of Jews to earn a living, to own property, and to go to school it became difficult to leave, and challenging to find a country willing to accept them. This video can be used in a classroom with students.

Video length: 12 minutes

This video includes a discussion of the 38-minute film The Path to Nazi Genocide. The film provides a concise overview of the Holocaust and those involved. It is intended to provoke reflection and discussion about the role of ordinary people, institutions, and nations between 1918 and 1945.

Video length: 11 minutes

Studying Nazi propaganda helps students understand the role of antisemitism in the Holocaust, and incorporating media literacy skills into this study encourages students to think critically about information encountered every day.