Texas Senate Bill 1828 calls for age-appropriate instruction during Holocaust Remembrance Week, as determined by each school district. The THGAAC, like the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, does not recommend explicit Holocaust instruction before sixth grade.
Schools may select their own age-appropriate materials to teach the following themes:
Community
Tolerance and fighting prejudice
Responsible Citizenship and being an upstander
Anti-bullying
Schools should consult THGAAC-approved resources when teaching about the following topics:
Introducing Jewish Identity/Judaism: Introduce students to Jewish life and traditions before they study the Holocaust, helping them understand Jewish identity beyond the history of persecution.
Recognizing and fighting antisemitism
An introduction to the Holocaust
Lesson Plan Resources for Holocaust Education & Supporting Themes in K-5
Lesson plans, including: "I Am Human" (lower elementary), "I Am Anne Frank" (upper elementary), and "Hidden Children-Secret Sanctuaries" (upper elementary)
The Young Upstanders toolkit allows elementary school teachers to bring the lessons of the Holocaust to their students in an age-appropriate way. Through the lessons in this toolkit, students discover what it means to be an Upstander, explore examples of Upstanders in history, and learn concrete steps they can take to become an Upstander in their school and community.
This is a three-part lesson designed to be used with Lala, a six-minute-long virtual reality film that uses both live action and animation to tell the true story of Holocaust survivor Roman Kent’s dog, Lala. An important message in the story is Roman’s belief that love is stronger than hate.
Through guided viewing of audiovisual testimony of survivors of the Holocaust, students reflect on the impact of prejudice on individuals, and on how to be responsible citizens.
This lesson plan pairs with an 11-minute film, "Thanks to Good People - The Story of Holocaust Survivor Yona Amit." Yona Amit was born in 1938 in Fiume, Italy. Following the German occupation of the area, Yona's family fled Fiume and were hidden in various hideouts by Righteous Among the Nations. The family members were eventually smuggled into Switzerland where they stayed until the end of the war.
