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Lead your students through a detailed and challenging study of the Holocaust that asks what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.

Explore the digital version of our core resource on the Holocaust. Find classroom-ready readings, primary sources, and short documentary films that support a study of the Holocaust through the lens of human behavior.

Use this mini-lesson to reflect with your students on what we can do to stop ongoing atrocities and prevent future genocides.

Students watch video testimony from a Holocaust survivor and engage in purposeful reflection about the survivor’s important story. 

Engage students in personal accounts from survivors with this collection of video testimony, survivor profiles, and a lesson plan. 

This collection features powerful accounts of the Holocaust, told by survivors, rescuers, and witnesses, selected from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.

Explore this collection of lesson plans and student materials that place the Nanjing Atrocities within the larger context of World War II in East Asia.

Students examine how Lemkin’s outrage over the crimes committed by the Ottoman Empire during World War I inspired him to take action.

Students learn about the challenges Lemkin faced from the international legal community, including its lack of sufficient language to talk about crimes against humanity and civilization.

Focusing on the crisis in Darfur, students examine what it means to pursue Lemkin’s mission to stop and prevent genocide in today's world.

This unit explores the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, who coined the word "genocide" and drafted the Genocide Convention. A study of Lemkin's work helps students understand traditional world history themes such as sovereignty, diplomacy, and law; as well as deepen students’ understanding of political responses to mass violence.

Explore resources that meet the California History–Social Science Framework standards.