Lesson Overview
The Holocaust lessons were created to help students learn about the Holocaust from the testimonies of Holocaust survivors. Lesson 1 deals with the rememberances of Trude (pronounced Tru-dee) Heller and Pincus (pronounced Pink-us) Kolendar. Like all of the survivors students will read about in these lessons, they live in South Carolina. Trude lives in Greenville and Pincus in Charleston. The goal of this lesson is to focus on the Holocaust experiences of South Carolinians to personalize the experience for students.
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5, 7, 10, 11
Technology is not needed, but computers with internet access may aid in the lesson progression.
Handout 1A: Imagine This and Handout 1B: Fact Not Fantasy
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- 5-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the 1920s and 1930s and world conflict in the 1940s.
- 7-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and effects of world conflicts in the first half of the twentieth century.
- USHC-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of World War II on the United States and the nation’s subsequent role in the world.
- In defense of democracy, a government may need to confront aggression and ask its citizens for sacrifice in wars and providing foreign aid that, in turn, affects the practice of democracy at home. To make informed political decisions about when and ho...
- USHC-7.4 Summarize the economic, humanitarian, and diplomatic effects of World War II, including the end of the Great Depression, the Holocaust, the war crimes trials, and the creation of Israel.
- USHC-7.1 Analyze the decision of the United States to enter World War II, including the nation’s movement from a policy of isolationism to international involvement and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
- In defense of democracy, a government may need to confront aggression and ask its citizens for sacrifice in wars and providing foreign aid that, in turn, affects the practice of democracy at home. To make informed political decisions about when and ho...
Lesson Partners: ETV Education, Knowitall.org, South Carolina Council on the Holocaust