Holocaust and Resistance.
Students reflect on the Holocaust from the point of view of those who actively resisted Nazi persecution. After reviewing the history of the Holocaust, in order to understand the legal and bureaucratic authority with which the Nazis systematically enforced their policies, students debate the options for resistance and its likely outcomes.

Nazi Germany.
This is a problem-based unit, in which the students are presented with a real-world situation to produce a news series on the Holocaust, in the context of current pressures from neo-Nazis and others espousing Holocaust Denial theories. The underlying questions relate to the moral and ethical climate of the times, compared to the present.

The Holocaust
Five exemplary lessons on the Holocaust ranging from Jewish life and customs to examining the lives of those who resisted Nazi oppression

War in the Pacific
Students will research in depth the key events of World War II in the Pacific; and debate whether dropping the atomic bomb was the best way to end the war

The Ethics of the Bomb: What Would You Do?
A webquest examining the decision to use atomic weapons to end the war in the Pacific. Extensive web resources.

Berga: Soldiers of Another War
Students will examine the war crimes committed at the Berga POW camp and the isolation of American POWs suspected of being Jewish from others captured during the Battle of the Bulge.

American Justice on Trial
What if, after the war, an international tribunal had put the United States government on trial for violating the human rights of Japanese American citizens? Could the American government have successfully defended itself against such an accusation? Students will enact such a trial by means of research done with documents, photos and materials available on the Internet.
 

The Bataan Death March

MacArther and the Philippines First hand accounts from Bataan

The Holocaust: Evidence of Intent

The United States Holocaust Museum and Memorial

Auschwitz

Alabama Virtual Library

Best of History Websites

History Timelines (Alternatime)

Digital History Using new technologies to enhance teaching and research

History Matters  Designed for high school teachers of U.S. history courses. A gateway for web resources and other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.

National Archives Digital Classroom

American Memory Primary source material from the collection of the Library of Congress.

Graphic Organizers

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