Texas Senate Bill 1828 assigns the THGAAC the task of approving lesson plans that can be used in the classroom and allows Texas school districts to decide which materials are age-appropriate for their students.
Lesson Plans for Holocaust Education in 6-8
All lesson plans on the Holocaust and/or antisemitism from the following organizations are approved. Educators can pick from this list and use what works best for their students.
Texas teachers can download The Holocaust Remembrance Toolkit that can be used during Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week or any time during the school year. The toolkit contains:
A booklet with five full TEKS-aligned lessons and five micro lessons (designed to be presented in 10 minutes or less) on different aspects of the Holocaust
Introduction Lesson Slides Teachers can utilize these slides to introduce the topics and ideas of the Holocaust.
Speaker and Group Tour Lesson Plan Guidance for teaching the Holocaust in your classroom and preparing for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week with a guest speaker or museum tour.
Virtual Tour Lesson Plan Introduce students to the topic of the Holocaust using a KWL chart and through independent exploration of HMMSA’s permanent virtual exhibit.
Yahad-In Unum believes in teaching the Holocaust by Bullets to new generations through a powerful combination of eyewitness testimonies and archival research.
In the Holocaust by Bullets Course, watch short clips of testimonies of the Holocaust by bullets, learn about Jewish life in Eastern Europe, answer reflective questions, explore historical context, and engage with interactive quizzes.
This activity focuses on hiding during the Holocaust. Students will be introduced to Holocaust survivor Aaron Elster. After reading Aaron’s biography and Aaron’s clip of testimony, students will create a one-page response focused on what it was like for Aaron to hide.
In this activity, students will learn about the particularly acute struggle Jewish people in the Lodz ghetto faced with hunger. World War II began on September 1, 1939, with Germany’s invasion and quick defeat of Poland. Germany immediately implemented a new policy to isolate, consolidate, and contain Jewish people in restricted areas, which were called ghettos.
This activity features testimony from Jewish survivors Minia Jay and Hela Shapow in the Holocaust collection of the Visual History Archive.
Antisemitism is most frequently associated with the Holocaust. However, this hatred did not originate with the Nazis. This lesson will help teachers and students understand where antisemitism came from and how it has evolved over time.
This online course provides middle and high school teachers and their students with a basic Holocaust unit of study. The program, which is based on the book How Was it Possible? A Holocaust Reader edited and introduced by Professor Emeritus Peter Hayes of Northwestern University, includes 16 lessons, an introductory video, and a closing CODA.
