An article about plight of people, especially Jewish people, who were displaced by World War II and had no homes to return to, and how the world-wide community did, and did not, aid them in the years immediately following the war.
Article about the first trial in the US zone in Germany for massed atrocities. In the Hadamar Trial, those responsible for the euthanization center at Hadamar were tried for the killing of foreign prisoners, because laws did not yet exist which would allow for trials for crimes against humanity.
An overview of the rise of the Third Reich in Germany prior to World War II.
Article about the coverage and response that news of the Holocaust received at various times throughout World War II.
A description of the Nazi development and use of the extermination camp at Treblinka in Poland during World War II.
A history of the German occupation of Vilna, and the Nazi extermination of the large Jewish population there.
Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.
A brief history of "The White Rose," a student resistance group in Germany during World War II.
The starting point of finding out everything about Franklin Pierce and his presidency. A great resource from the Miller Center of Public Affairs. Links to several essays about Pierce's presidency.
Spanish content. This is the main web page of the United Nations, headquartered in New York City, in which you will find a wealth of historical and current information on world events and situations.
A series of trigonometric definite integrals are presented, along with three answers for each question (one correct, two incorrect). After choosing all answers, the site returns a score to judge understanding of definite integrals of the cosine function.
A series of trigonometric definite integrals are presented, along with three answers for each question (one correct, two incorrect). After choosing all answers, the site returns a score to judge understanding of definite integrals of the sine function.
Interactive assessment tests understanding of definition sets (ie, sets restricted to a certain domain by rational expressions). After completion, the site returns a score to judge how well the exercises were completed.
Given eight functions containing absolute value elements, choose whether each is differentiable or non-differentiable. At the conclusion of the exercises, the site returns a score which helps judge understanding of the topic.
Interactive assessment that tests knowledge of substitution properties of equality. Some problems involve substituting values for variables, while some involve substituting expressions for variables.
Lesson in which students read various narrative texts which provide a context for them to learn content-area topics. Narratives allow the students to begin to understand expository texts.
Contains plans for lessons that help students explore the nonfiction genre by doing inquiry-based research on animals. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
Contains plans for two or three lessons that ask students to examine characterization in picture books to use as models for their own writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
This lesson plan for using process drama in the classroom includes an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
In this activity, students experiment with regression features of the calculator to find a best fit for a data set.