These resources—which include a lesson plan, worksheets, timeline activities, and personal stories—can be used for remote or in-person school, as well as learning beyond the classroom. Core concepts include:
- How to teach about the crime of genocide
- What conditions make it possible for genocide to take place in a society
- The role of hate speech in group-targeted violence
- The role of media and technology in creating an environment permissible for violence
- The importance of survivor testimony, collecting evidence, and bearing witness
- Long-term impacts of genocide on victims and survivors
We hope you will
explore these teaching tools and share them widely with others.
Please send any questions to
genocideprevention@ushmm.org. We also welcome your feedback on how you have used these resources.
Sincerely,

Jackie Scutari, Program Manager
Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum