By focusing on how Spanish-language newspapers in Texas, California, and Puerto Rico reported on the voyage of the St. Louis, students will connect Holocaust history to American history and develop primary and secondary source reading and analysis skills in Spanish.
Grade level: Adaptable for grades 7–12
Subject: Multidisciplinary, English as a Second Language
Time required: Approximately 110 minutes (extensions available)
Languages: English, Spanish
Lesson Plan and Teaching Materials
In English
- Lesson Plan (PDF)
- Newspaper Articles and Translations (PDF)
- Article Analysis Worksheet (PDF)
- Secondary Source Worksheet (PDF)
En español
- Plan de estudios (PDF)
- Artículos de periódicos y traducciones (PDF)
- Hoja de trabajo para el análisis de artículos (PDF)
- Hoja de trabajo de fuentes secundarias (PDF)
For Learning Management Systems
This online lesson plan is compatible with learning management systems or web browsers for students to complete individually or as a class. You can use the PDF of the original lesson plan above as a guide. To use with your LMS, download the files below and follow your system’s instructions for importing files.
In English
En español
