Training Video for Educators: Teaching with Primary Sources

Items that belonged to 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 video offers resources for incorporating primary sources into classroom instruction.

Teaching materials featured in this video:

• Animated Video Series: Behind Every Name and Lesson Plan

• History Unfolded Project and Lesson Plans

• Lesson: Exploring Holocaust-era Diaries

• About the Museum’s Collections

Key Question:

• Primary sources are a core curriculum component. Based on the video above, how do Museum resources help bring this perspective into your classroom?

View all videos in the Engaging Students with Survivor Testimony and Primary Sources video collection.

View all videos in the Teaching in the History Classroom video collection.