Teaching Resources

Holocaust education is a vital interdisciplinary endeavor and given the serious nature of the topic and the vast amount of available information, teaching the Holocaust can be challenging even to the most seasoned teacher. To help you, we have curated classroom-ready lessons, aligned with Connecticut's best practices for Holocaust education, providing historical context and meaningful learning opportunities.

The lessons accessed below invite students to reflect on how we remember the Holocaust and other historical world genocides, analyzing their lasting consequences and the role of remembrance in shaping collective memory.

Additionally, you will find information about accessing our Trunks of Hope. These traveling exhibits provide a hands-on teaching tool complete with recorded testimony, primary sources, and replica artifacts that beckon you to bear witness to the complex and profound journey of an individual eyewitness. Engaging with the Trunks of Hope materials through an empathetic lens of inquiry will nurture in your students a sense of responsibility to become active global citizens fighting hatred, intolerance, and injustice in our world today.