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Secondary Educator Resources
Teaching Resources: Middle and High School
CHGS supports secondary-school classroom educators through workshops, curriculum
materials, and expert assistance on teaching about the Holocaust and other
genocides
We are available to help educators put together a collection of resources and materials that are specific to their unique classroom needs. For more information please contact CHGS.
Holocaust Resources
Middle School
Classroom Sets of Books:
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
- Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter (Fiction, recommended ages 11-up.)
Video:
- Anne Frank Remembered (DVD) Now available for live streaming.
- Biography: Anne Frank: The Life of A Young Girl(DVD)
- I’m Still Here:Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust (DVD)Trailer.
- Assignment Rescue: Varian Fry (VHS) Now available for live streaming.
- Courage to Care: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust (VHS)
For a complete listing of all CHGS video holdings please visit our book and video library or contact us at chgs@umn.edu.
High School
Classroom Sets of Books:
- Night by Elie Wiesel (Bantam Books 1986)
- Dry Tears: The Story of A Young Girl by Nechama Tec
- Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman
- Hiding in the Open by Sabina Zimering (Testimony from Minnesota, Holocaust survivor.)
- Unbroken Chain: My Journey Through the Nazi Holocaust by Henry A. Oertelt and Stephanie Oertelt Samuels(Testimony from Minnesota, Holocaust survivor.)
Video:
- PBS Home Video: First Person Singular: Elie Wiesel (DVD)
- Defiance (2008)(DVD) Trailer.
- A Film Unfinished(DVD) Trailer.
- I’m Still Here:Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust (DVD)Trailer.
For a complete listing of all CHGS video holdings please visit our book and video library or contact us at chgs@umn.edu.
Middle School and High School
Testimonies and Biography:
Websites:
Suggested Lesson Plan sites:
- Lessons, Activitesand Teaching Guides: USHMM
- Student Activities: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
Armenian Genocide
Classroom Sets of Books:
The Burning Tigris by Peter Balakian
The Armenian Resources were made possible by a generous grant from the Gerard Cafesjian Family Foundation.
Modern Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
High School and up
Classroom Sets of Books:
- We Wish to Inform you That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed by Philip Gourevitch
- I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given to Me By A Young Lady From Rwanda by Sonja Linden(Dramatic production.)
Video:
- PBS Home Video: Ghosts of Rwanda(DVD) Documentary
- A Good Man in Hell: General Romeo Dallaire and the Rwandan Genocide (DVD) Documentary
- Shake Hands With The Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire (DVD) Documentary Trailer.
- The History Channel: Rwanda: do Scars Ever Fade? (DVD) Documentary
- Hotel Rwanda (DVD) Feature Film. Available for live streaming.
Websites:
Darfur
Classroom Sets of Books:
Not on Our Watch by : Don Cheadle and John Prendergast
Video:
Devil Came on Horseback (DVD) Documentary 2007.
PBS Frontline: On Our Watch (DVD) 2007. Available live streaming.
Websites:
Cambodia
Video:
- The Killing Fields(DVD) Feature Film 1984. Available for live streaming.
- New Year Baby (DVD) Documentary 2008
- PBS Front Line: Cambodia-Pol Pot's Shadow October 2002 on line video.
- S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine(DVD) Documentary 2003.
Websites:
