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EDUCATOR
RESOURCES & TRAINING
Explore all the educational tools and resources to prepare your students to visit the Museum or teach the Holocaust in your classroom.
Teacher's Guides
The comprehensive, downloaded, common core curricula-aligned Teacher’s Guides give teachers the tools to teach the Holocaust to students through Holocaust survivor testimony and primary sources, using as examples student-created short films about the lives of Holocaust survivors.
The Story of Three Rings: A Memoir of Dana Schwartz
TEACHER'S GUIDE
Tipping Scales: The Story of Lisa Jura
The Boy With Six Names: The Story of Jerry Weiser
TEACHER'S GUIDE
VIDEO
Say I Love You: The Story of Betty Cohen
Making a Window Museum from Home
Holocaust Museum LA invites you to explore your own heritage and life story and create a window display that contains objects that represent you and your identity. Each and every member of the community has an important story to tell, just as the founding Survivors of Holocaust Museum LA did when they established the Museum in 1961. Instructions on how to create your own museum display window can be found below.
INSTRUCTIONS
Number the Stars Teacher Guide
This guide is intended to engage your students as young as 4th grade and uses Lois Lowry’s novel Number the Stars, primary sources, first-hand survivor accounts, as well as images and stories from Judy Glickman Lauder’s Beyond the Shadows to showcase the story of the Danish rescue and resistance during the Holocaust. It encourages students to analyze various primary sources such as survivor testimony, artifacts, and photography, helping them develop tools to understanding this difficult history and the important, relevant lessons for today.
TEACHER'S GUIDE
The Art of Erich Lichtblau-Leskly Art and Spiritual Resistance Teacher Guide
This comprehensive teacher guide uses artworks in Holocaust Museum LA’s collection to encourage critical thinking around art and primary sources, imploring students to contemplate the connection between history and contemporary social issues. Students will study how Erich Lichtblau-Leskly utilized art as a form of spiritual and intellectual resistance during the Holocaust.
TEACHER'S GUIDE
Coloring History
Discover artifacts through coloring in Holocaust Museum LA’s collection coloring book. Each page includes an artifact with a brief description and reflective questions for students to consider as they draw. Share your finished designs with us using the hashtags: #holocaustmuseumla, #artsandarchives.
COLORING BOOK
Preparing to Meet a Holocaust Survivor
Post-Tour and Post-Talk Reflection Questions
Recommended Books and Films
Survivor Testimonies and Films for your Classroom
4-6 Grade Art Lesson
7-12 Grade Art Lesson
Teacher Training
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