Lesson Plans

Mariann Szamosi: Post-War Jewish Life in Hungary

In this lesson plan, Centropa films are used to introduce students to Jewish life in Hungary during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a focus...

Kitty and Otto Suschny: "Viennese Jewry In The 1930s"

In this lesson about "Viennese Jewry in the 1930’s", students will learn about early Zionism and Jewish life in Austria in the first part of the 20th Century.  Students...

Kitty and Otto Suschny: Discussion points for the film.

Kitty and Otto Suschny: Lesson plan on Kindertransport

Juci Scheiner: Foundations of Halacha and Aggada

In this lesson about the "Foundations of Halacha and Aggada", Students will engage in a unit exploring various definitions of Jewish community. They will study both classical (Biblical and Rabbinic)...

Family Film Unit

Survival in Sarajevo - Interviewing a Picture

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ESL Lesson on Silberring film

This lesson uses Centropa's film "So that memory doesn't die" about the life of Krakow-born Teofila Silberring, who survived the Jewish ghetto of Krakow, and Auschwitz, with the help of...

Using Centropa's database for a student exhibit

Maps, Central Europe and History: Changing borders

A lesson plan on changing borders in 19th and 20th century European history

Survival in Sarajevo: cross-cultural tolerance

Using "Survival in Sarajevo" to discuss cross-cultural tolerance. Developed and tested in a school in Nahariya, Israel.

Survival in Sarajevo: Cooperation and Conflict

Survival in Sarajevo: Cooperation and Conflict: The History of Southeast Europe, Yugoslavia and the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Rosa Rosenstein: Exploring My Past: An Autobiographical Project

Guler Orgun: Lesson Plan for English and History Teachers

Laszlo Nussbaum: Europe without borders

This lesson about "Europe without borders, or what color is your flag?" uses a personal narrative, a Centropa film set in today’s Romania, and an oral history interview...

Using the Lion and the Galpert film

Jindrich Lion: Discussion points for the film

Dagmar Lieblova: Czech 20th century history

Herbert Lewin: Discussion points for the film

Piroska Hamos: Lesson Plan on Post-War Jewish Life in Hungary

The goal of this lesson plan on "Post-War Jewish Life in Hungary" is to explore Jewish life in Hungary before WWII. Life in Hungary for Jews during period of the...

Piroska Hamos: Foundations of Halacha and Aggada

In this lesson about the "Foundations of Halacha and Aggada", Students will engage in a unit exploring various definitions of Jewish community. They will study both classical (Biblical and Rabbinic)...

Ernst Galpert: Foundations of Halacha and Aggada

In this lesson about "The Foundations of Halacha and Aggada", students will engage in a unit exploring various definitions of Jewish community. They will study both classical (Biblical and...

Arnold Fabrikant: Eastern Europe, Jews & Thinking Outside Stereotypes

Many students leave a Modern European Jewish History class with the following assumptions: Western European Jews were enlightened and gave birth to modern Judaism and haskalah while Eastern European Jews...

Arnold Fabrikant: Lesson plan for English teachers

Using the Detinko film with Amos Oz

This lesson plan describes how an Israeli school used Centropa´s Detinko film with Amos Oz's book "A tale of love and darkness". Both depict Jewish pre-war life in Rovno.

Haya-Lea Detinko: Lesson plan for ESL teachers

Kurt Brodmann: "Viennese Jewry In The 1930s"

In this lesson about "Viennese Jewry in the 1930’s", students will learn about early Zionism and Jewish life in Austria in the first part of the 20th Century.  Students...

Kurt Brodmann: "Exploring My Past: An Autobiographical Project

Kurt Brodmann: Discussion points