The following videos, produced by US Holocaust Memorial Museum educators and historians, provide guidance on how to teach about the Holocaust. The videos explain Museum-created resources for educators and how to use them with students. Those resources include classroom-ready lessons and digital learning tools. The videos also cover guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, appropriate pedagogy, and classroom strategies.
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The Path to Nazi Genocide: A Foundational Resource
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.
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Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust
Video length: 18 minutes
This video presents the foundations of effective Holocaust education. It covers guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, essential Museum resources for educators, appropriate pedagogy, and classroom strategies.
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Historical Connections in the Classroom
Video length: 12 minutes
Society and culture, including social media, impact student perceptions of the Holocaust and current events. This video covers how teachers can help students make appropriate connections to the past.
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Classroom-Ready Lessons
Video length: 9 minutes
The Museum website features classroom-ready lessons designed especially for educators. This video highlights key resources, including a bibliography, lessons created for distance learning, foundational lessons, a one-day lesson introduction to the Holocaust, and a multi-day overview lesson.
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Youth Engagement: Bringing the Lessons Home
Video length: 21 minutes
The Museum’s Bringing the Lessons Home Program introduces Washington-area public high school students to Holocaust history and encourages them to share its lessons with their family, friends, and community. Watch this video to learn more.
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Americans’ Responses to the Holocaust: Classroom Resources
Video length: 9 minutes
How did the United States government and American people respond to Nazism? This video summarizes how to bring the Americans and the Holocaust exhibition into the classroom.
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Timeline Lesson: Contextualizing Holocaust History
Video length: 19 minutes
Structured around a multi-layered wall timeline, the timeline activity encourages critical thinking about the relationship between Nazi policy, World War II, historical events, and individual experiences during the Holocaust.
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Digital Tools for Today’s Classroom
Video length: 15 minutes
This video presents the Museum’s digital learning tools, including the online Holocaust Encyclopedia and Curator’s Corner.
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Teaching About Racial Science in the US and Nazi Germany
Video length: 15 minutes
This timeline extension lesson is a case study examining Nazi Germany and the United States during the 1930s, a time when racism and eugenics were enshrined in law and practice.
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Diaries and Memoirs in Historical Context: Night and Anne Frank Timeline Extension Lessons
Video length: 11 minutes
This video presents two timeline extension lessons that place classic Holocaust literature in historical context: Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, and Anne Frank’s diary. The lessons promote understanding of how the Holocaust and World War II affected the lives of the Wiesel and Frank families.
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Holocaust Education and Curriculum Requirements
Video length: 19 minutes
Teaching about the Holocaust can be integrated into a variety of courses, rather than being viewed as an “add on” to the regular curriculum or as a unit in isolation. This video explores the opportunities that teaching about the Holocaust provides for teachers to meet standards requirements and curricular needs.
