Learning Activities

This learning activity focuses on the understanding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in terms of survival and resistance. Students will think about what is needed to survive and resist, and then analyze documents and oral histories to reflect on what was necessary for survival and resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto.
 

Władysław Szpilman was a pianist and Holocaust survivor. This learning activity asks students to consider the role music plays in a person's survival and resistance. 

 

Students will be motivated to learn about the prominent role women had in Jewish resistance groups. This activity focuses on the use of primary sources to encourage students to reflect on the role that Vladka Meed played in history and the difference that each person can make in impacting others.
 

During this activity, students will explore how individuals can impact events and the justification for resistance through the life of Mordechai Anielewicz.

For Jews living under Nazi persecution, survival was incredibly uncertain. In this activity, students will learn about Emanuel Ringelblum’s role in preserving evidence of their experiences and testimony to their struggles, which provided a way to resist the German “Aryan race” narrative and chronicle the truth about events that were taking place.

The focus of this activity is to provide students with an opportunity to learn a comprehensive and engaging portrait of Janusz Korczak’s legacy, while reflecting on broader ethical and historical themes.