Social Studies

Learn about a British man who saved 669 children in Czechoslovakia from the Nazis

A museum and educational site run from the house where Anne Frank hit during the Holocaust

A memorial set up at the site of the well-known German Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Poland.

Learn more about the history of Canada and the Holocaust and how our response to the Holocaust shaped our society

For those committed to Holocaust education, to countering antisemitism, promoting freedom, democracy and human rights for all and to pushing the limits to achieve humanity's best

This web site contains every word and image that appear in the print edition of The Holocaust Chronicle, published by Publications International, Ltd in April 2000.

Holocaust Memorial Museum has an extensive collection of articles, images and oral histories.

This site is dedicated to the memory of all the people murdered during the Nazi era.

A site that details the atrocities of the Holocaust as well as the actions of peoples who saved Jewish lives.

In 1943, Irena Sendler and Janina Grabowska froze when they heard Gestapo pounding on the front door. Knowing she was minutes from arrest, Irena tossed Janina her most dangerous possession: a glass jar containing the names of over 2,000 Jewish children she’d smuggled to safety from the Warsaw Ghetto. Who was this courageous woman?

Teachers can connect students with the past through eyewitness testimonies and learning activities, allowing students to identify with people who are different than them. All of this is done in a password-protected online space that allows for privacy.

"Life After the Holocaust" is an oral history interactive site documenting the life experiences of Holocaust survivors from the end of World War II to the present time.

NOTE: Users should read the Mapping the Lives User Guide (accessible by clicking the box in the top left corner and selecting User Guide) before diving into the database. Through interactive street maps that memorialize victims of the Nazi Regime's persecution, the resource goes beyond traditional "memorial book[s]" to reclaim space for the lives that were lost.

A memorial and education centre dedicated to preventing future genocides

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, is the ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research.

Through rigorous historical analysis combined with the study of human behavior, Facing History’s approach heightens students’ understanding of racism, religious intolerance, and prejudice; increases students’ ability to relate history to their own lives; and promotes greater understanding of their roles and responsibilities in a democracy.

An encyclopedia article that examines the acts of genocide against Indigenous peoples in Canada.

A site devoted to building an international movement to prevent future genocides

A blog entry from EdWeek magazine focused on how teachers can sensitively teach about genocide

An Indigenous panel discusses the UN's definition of genocide and the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

The focus of this page is genocide, politicide and democide.

A lesson plan that uses history of genocide to further notions of personal responsibility.

A PBS site that examines genocide