In this 39-minute tour, Dr. Daniel Greene, US Holocaust Memorial Museum historian and exhibition curator, walks through the Americans and the Holocaust exhibition and provides an overview of the history, themes, and artifacts presented throughout. The viewing guide includes reflection questions to consider while watching the tour and concluding writing prompts.
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Lesson: Americans and the Holocaust Exhibition Tour and Viewing Guide
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- Fundamentals of Teaching the Holocaust
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- Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust
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- Lesson: Introduction to the Holocaust (One-Day Lesson)
- Lesson: Overview of the Holocaust (Two- and Four-Day Lessons)
- Lesson: Holocaust Timeline Activity
- Lesson: Teaching with Holocaust Survivor Testimony
- Lesson: The Path to Nazi Genocide
- Lesson: History of Antisemitism and the Holocaust
- Lesson: Exploring Pre-World War II Jewish Life
- Lesson: Exploring Holocaust-era Diaries
- Lesson: Nazi Racism
- Lesson: Understanding Nazi Symbols
- Lesson: Americans and the Holocaust Exhibition Tour and Viewing Guide
- Lesson: Analyzing Memes
- Lesson: Behind Every Name, Stories from the Holocaust
- Lesson: Black Americans and the Nazi Olympics
- Lesson: Black Press Newspaper Coverage of the Holocaust (History Unfolded)
- Lesson: Connecting the Timeline Activity to The Path to Nazi Genocide
- Lesson: Challenges of Escape, 1938–1941
- Lesson: Critically Analyzing Propaganda
- Lesson: Diaries as Historical Sources
- Lesson: Exploring Anne Frank’s Diary
- Lesson: Exploring Night as Literature, Bearing Witness to History
- Lesson: Exploring the Americans and the Holocaust Online Exhibition
- Lesson: Exploring Nazi Propaganda
- Lesson: First Person, Conversations with a Holocaust Survivor
- Lesson: Guide to The World Must Know
- Lesson: Hoecker/Auschwitz Albums Photo Analysis
- Lesson: Holocaust Narrative through Historical Photos
- Lesson: Immigration and Refugees, A Case Study on the Wagner-Rogers Bill
- Lesson: Interpreting News of World Events 1933–1938
- Lesson: Isolation or Intervention? A Case Study on the Lend-Lease Act
- Lesson: Modern-Day Genocide, A Study of the Rohingya Minority in Burma
- Lesson: Racial “Science” and Law in Nazi Germany and the United States
- Lesson: The Refugee Crisis
- Lesson: Rescue and Survival in Hiding
- Lesson: Resistance During the Holocaust
- Lesson: Spanish-Language Newspaper Coverage of the Holocaust (History Unfolded)
- Lesson: US Newspapers and the Holocaust (History Unfolded)
- Lesson: Youth Responses to News of the Holocaust (History Unfolded)
- Lesson: Holocaust Literature Guide
- Lesson: Three Minutes in Poland
- Lesson: Exploring the Role of Ordinary People in the Holocaust
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