New Jersey Department of Education

Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Holocaust Curriculum Guides 9th - 12th Grade

NJ Holocaust Grades 9-12 Curriculum: Unit 1

Students will be introduced to the Holocaust and Genocide in this unit.

NJ Holocaust Grades 9-12 Curriculum: Unit 2

This unit will have the students examine the nature of prejudice and the implications of the path to genocide.

NJ Holocaust Grades 9-12 Curriculum: Unit 3

Students will be able to examine and understand a variety of reasons for the Nazi rise to power in Weimar Germany and for the initial acceptance by the German people.

NJ Holocaust Grades 9-12 Curriculum: Unit 4

Students will develop an understanding of how and why the Holocaust occurred and how various players responded, or didn’t, to the atrocities that took place.

NJ Holocaust Grades 9-12 Curriculum: Unit 5

Students will develop an understanding of the many forms of resistance, intervention, rescue, and liberation that occurred during the Holocaust.

NJ Holocaust Grades 9-12 Curriculum: Unit 6

Students will examine and understand the nature of genocide, the causes, manifestations, and efforts at prevention.

NJ Holocaust Grades 9-12 Curriculum: Unit 7

This unit focuses on defining responsibility, individually and collectively, and works as a conclusion/reflection on the Holocaust seven-day unit.


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