Learning Resources
K-5 Curriculum Guide with lessons and resources for the classroom.
Vocabulary List for use in the classroom.
Book list for K-5 education centered around themes such as empathy, kindness love of other, the dangers of apathy and hatred and some age appropriate Holocaust related books.
The Virtual Tour Teacher Guide is to assist teachers in introducing the Holocaust and should be viewed prior to introducing the virtual tour to students.
Virtual Tour Teacher Guide
The Middle School and High School worksheets for use while viewing the virtual tour. You can find them below:
Virtual Tour – HS Worksheet Virtual Tour – MS Worksheet
The Survivor Testimony Worksheet for use while viewing the survivor testimony video.
Survivor Testimony Worksheet
Survivor Testimony
Genocides after the Holocaust is a PowerPoint presentation for educators to learn about the Genocide Convention as well as genocides that have taken place since the Holocaust.
The American Response to the Holocaust Lesson Guide is a companion resource to the exhibit available online and at the Museum.
Art and the Holocaust Lesson Guide explores how many detainees used art as a medium to help them cope with their imprisonment and to show the world what went on in these camps through their experiences.
Analyzing Historical Photographs - Kristallnacht explores photographs from November 8-9, 1938 (Kristallnacht) to better understand the series of events that led to the pogrom against German Jews and the historical impact of the event.
Upstander Lesson Guide explores historical Upstanders and asks students to think about the role of rescue and resistance during the Holocaust.
Video compilation of San Antonio Holocaust Survivor Testimonies including; Rose Williams, Susanne Jalnos, & George Fodor. Viewer discretion is advised.
HMMSA Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week Presentation from 1/27/2020 – This video is a recording of the presentation offered at the museum for the first annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week.
Educator Trunks and Traveling Exhibits
Our Voices, Our Lives: Twenty Holocaust Survivors Remember
Our Voices, Our Lives: Twenty Holocaust Survivors Remember is a teacher’s resource book for English, Language Arts, and Social Studies classrooms that uses the video testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute to make stories from Holocaust survivors come alive to students in the classroom. This book can be purchased at the museum for $25 and is included in our Educational Trunks.