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Promises

History, other projects

The broad theme of these lessons is human connection, and a more specific theme is promises: how people keep promises, or don’t, and what happens in either situation. Students are...

10, 11, 12, 7, 8, 9

Return to Rivne: Stations Lesson

Using Return to Rivne as the centerpiece, this lesson uses stations for students to explore the geography, pre-war life, Roma people, the family that hid Shelly and Raya, the toys...

6, 7, 8

What We Live is History

English, History
“What We Live is History,” can be used in social studies, history, English, and other classes. This lesson challenges students to consider that their lives now will one day be...
10, 11, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9

Centropa Biography Film/Stolpersteine Assignment

History, other projects
In this project, students work in pairs to read Centropa biographies, create a 5 minute video about the interviewee, and design a Stolpersteine (commemorative stone) for them.
6, 7, 8, 9

Looking back: A child’s recollections of the Holocaust through the eyes of the children of today

History
In this cross-cultural project, three Jewish school teachers assigned their students to read the same text using slightly different assignments. Students in all classes produced art in response to the...
10, 11, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Diary and Memoir Project

History
An interdisciplinary lesson is designed to expose students to important responses to historical and social events and enable students to explore the following statement of inquiry: In times of social...
6, 7, 8

Jewish People and Gentiles

Civic activism, History
Our textbooks have very little information on the Holocaust. Students are familiar with the impacts of the Holocaust in Germany and Poland but they know very little about Eastern European...
10, 11, 6, 7, 8, 9

Searching for the lost World

Geography, History, Religion / Ethics
1 - 4, 10, 11, 12, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, University

Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust in the Republic of Croatia

History
1 - 4, 10, 11, 12, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, University

Hot to use 'El otro Camino' in an intercultural context

History
1 - 4, 10, 11, 12, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia

History
1 - 4, 10, 11, 12, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, University

Lesson plan Zahor- Remember

German language, History
A lesson plan developed by three German teachers.
10, 11, 12, 7, 8, 9

Me and the Society

Civic activism, History, Literature
“Me and the Society” is a lesson plan for students at the Primary School in order to develop understanding of the notion of being active in the community. They discuss...
1 - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

The Power of a Promise

Religion / Ethics
Reflecting about who we are and how we behave are central to the High Holiday experience. Beginning with Elul and running through Simchat Torah, Jews ask forgiveness for our sins...
10, 11, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9

Hana's Suitcase

English
This Holocaust ELA lesson for 7th or 9th grade students, addresses the following essential questions: What important factors make people leave their homeland? Do people always have a choice or...
7, 8

Courageous People Project

Civic activism

Students work on the questions of “what is an act of moral courage” and “what is required to act courageously”. They explore the past and the present to discover courageous...

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Video Competition 2nd prize | Mezuza

Religion / Ethics

Watch here this year's 2nd Prize winner at the Centropa's Video Competition.

7

Video Competition 2nd prize | Jewish History of Kremenets

Religion / Ethics

Watch here this year's 2nd Prize winner at the Centropa's Video Competition.

7

Video Competition 1st prize | The Jewish history of Vinnytsya

History

watch here 2016's 1st prize winner of the Centropa Video Competition 

7

A story of one human life as a history lesson - Photos as a key to understanding the past.

History
7

Jews In The Balkans

History

A presentation about the Jews in the Balkans, by Liljana Stefanovska

7

Food and Family: combining 20th & 21st century Jewish cooking

History

Students interviewed and took pictures of a relative while they prepared a favorite family recipe. The students then created a PowerPoint presentation that included their relative preparing the dish; background...

7

History and the Power of Personal Stories

History

In this family history project, students conduct oral histories with family members with the objective of creating a final project about their family history and understanding how an individual's family...

10, 11, 12, 7, 8, 9

Preserving Jewish Memory: A Family Education Program

Religion / Ethics

Just as we pass the Torah from one generation to the next at bar and bat mitzvahs, so do we pass family stories dor l’dor (from generation to generation). Stories...

6, 7, 8

Lilli Tauber: European Jewish Life and Death 1929-1949

History

Using the film, “A Suitcase Full of Memories,” this lesson plan helps students explore the topic of the Kindertransport and the impact of the Holocaust on children who survived and...

7

Mariann Szamosi: Post-War Jewish Life in Hungary

History

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...

7

Maps, Central Europe and History: Changing borders

History

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

7