Marking Holocaust Memorial Day

Mark Holocaust Memorial Day with this selection of thought-provoking lesson ideas, activities and assemblies, including teacher guidance

Tes Resources Team

Resources, Teaching Ideas & Guidance On How To Mark Holocaust Memorial Day With Secondary School Students

Resources to help secondary students think about the Holocaust and its legacy

Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year; the same date that the Nazi’s largest death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated in 1945. It’s a time for us to remember those who lost their lives and reflect upon the lessons of the past. This year’s theme, 'Fragility of freedom, invites us to set aside one day to come together to remember, and encompasses the hope that there may be one day in the future with no genocide.

To help your students explore the Holocaust in a sensitive way, we’ve hand-picked resources that present the facts, guide conversations and stimulate deeper thinking.

Assembly resources

Holocaust Memorial Day Assembly
mrshopehistory

Holocaust Memorial Day Assembly

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This assembly resource has been created with KS3 and KS4 secondary students in mind to be delivered on Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January). This resource has been created on Microsoft Powerpoint Teacher Notes have been added to the notes section underneath each relevant slide on the Powerpoint to...

Teaching the Holocaust

How Should We Remember the Holocaust?
HolocaustEducationalTrust

How Should We Remember the Holocaust?

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This lesson can be used as a natural conclusion to a programme of study on the Holocaust and as a focus for schools which wish to create their own Holocaust memorial. Using case studies of various forms of Holocaust remembrance from around the world, it encourages students to reflect on the nature o...
How should we remember the Holocaust?
mrdrcarter

How should we remember the Holocaust?

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This is a group task - pupils look at pictures of Holocaust memorials from around the world, the discuss and assess them against criteria. They use this work to then design their own Holocaust memorial which is then peer assessed
Holocaust documentary
DiscoveringHistory

Holocaust documentary

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Watch a great 2023 documentary on how the Holocaust began and use these questions to help your students structure their notes. This documentary looks at the steps leading up to the creation of death camps and stresses to students that the Holocaust was not planned. It mainly looks at the invasion ...