The Museum of Jewish Heritage has teacher guides and curricula that are designed to align to state and Common Core standards. “Meeting Hate with Humanity: Life During the Holocaust” is designed to aid teachers in preparing students with historical background of the Holocaust. “Love Thy Neighbor: Immigration and the U.S. Experience” explores themes of language, community, work, and social activism through the use of primary documents and includes a section on U.S. immigration during the Holocaust. We also offer teacher’s guides for former exhibitions. “Sosúa: A Refuge for Jews in the Dominican Republic /Un Refugio de Judíos en la República Dominicana”, tells the story of how Jewish settlers were recruited, how they came to Sosúa, what awaited them there, how the settlement grew, and the evolution of this small Jewish community in the late 1930’s. “Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust” contains activities that are designed to encourage students to think about the range of Jewish response and resistance during the Holocaust, reflecting acts to maintain dignity, document the unimaginable, save lives, and resist with arms. “All of Ours to Fight For: Americans in the Second World War” explores American involvement in the Second World War from the home front to the front lines. Additionally, we have Teacher’s Guides for two publications: the memoir Love in a World of Sorrow by Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, and the historical novel Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter.

Our online curriculum “Coming of Age During the Holocaust, Coming of Age Now” is a free website curriculum resource for grades 6 – 8 (www.comingofagenow.org). Through online discussions and engaging activities, students will gain a personal connection to history and explore issues of ethics and personal responsibility. The site integrates 13 first-person accounts of Holocaust survivors told through videos, narratives, and primary documents. These are accompanied by writing, history, and geography activities; primary sources and artifacts for interpretation; online discussions; and suggested research projects. “Coming of Age” is aligned with the National Standards for World History and NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts for Middle and Secondary Schools.