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The Holocaust Primary Sources Pack Gallopade International

The Primary Sources series is the winner of the 2015 Academics' Choice Awards for the 2015 Smart Book Award in recognition of mind-building excellence. The Holocaust Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source that are printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.

The Holocaust Primary Sources are just what teachers need to help students learn how to analyze primary sources in order to meet Common Core State Standards!

Students participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. Students make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Students learn how to integrate and evaluate information to deepen their understanding of historical events. As a result, students experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.

The 20 documents in the Holocaust Primary Sources Pack are:
1. Photograph of German SA stormtroopers starting boycott of Jewish businesses in Berlin - signs say "Germans! Defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews!" - April 1, 1933
2. Photograph of badge featuring the Star of David - Nazi regime forced Jews to wear it as a form of identification during Holocaust era
3. Diary entry of Edi Weinstein - Edi escaped from Treblinka concentration camp in Poland in 1942
4. List of people being transported to German concentration camps - the list includes last name, first name, date of birth, city of birth, profession, marital status, age, ability to work, address, and registration number - 1942
5. Photograph of Anne Frank in 1940 - Anne's diary detailing two years of hid