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Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

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Antisemitism in the Partisans Study Guide

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: Teach your students about the strategies Jewish partisans used to rescue fellow Jews and overcome murderous antisemitism in a war on three fronts.
Jewish Partisans Saving Jews Study Guide

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: Thousands of Jews were saved by Jewish partisans. From protecting and feeding Jews hiding in the forests, to digging tunnels under ghetto walls and smuggling prisoners out, Jewish partisans risked their lives to rescue others.
Finding Leadership Lesson Plan

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: Encourage your students to challenge their assumptions about leadership and authority, and inspire them to step up and make a difference. Explore leadership as a set of activities anyone can perform — regardless of who is 'the leader' using life lessons from young partisans who proved that young people can make a difference.
Tuvia Bielski Study Guide

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: The Bielski brothers — Tuvia, Asael, Zus and Aron — rescued 1,200 Jews and formed one of the largest and most successful Jewish Partisan units, even building an entire village inside enemy territory. Written with Bielski biographer Peter Duffy.
Tuvia Bielski Study Guide (RUSSIAN VERSION)

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: Tuvia Bielski and the Bielski Brothers study guide, translated into Russian.
Frank Blaichman Study Guide

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: At age 21, Frank was the youngest platoon commander in his all-Jewish unit of 400. Toward the end of the war, his unit escorted the future Prime Minister of Poland to a secret meeting with the Soviet high command.
Gertrude Boyarski Study Guide

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: After Nazi collaborators killed her family, 18-year-old Gertrude convinced the commander of a Russian partisan camp to let her fight. With the help of a friend, she burned down an enemy bridge, earning one of the Soviet Union's highest honors.
Joe Kubryk Study Guide

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Description: At age 15, Joe Kubryk joined the junior secret service for a Russian partisan reconnaissance unit. Pretending to be a local beggar he gained vital intelligence from the Germans, and later snuck into the ghettos to help rescue over 100 Jews.

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Antisemitism in the Partisans

Teach your students about the strategies Jewish partisans used to rescue fellow Jews and overcome murderous antisemitism in a war on three fronts. Includes a history of European antisemitism from the Middle-Ages to WW II.

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Running Time: 50:46

Credit Hours: 1.5

Lesson Prep for:
Antisemitism in the Partisans study guide and film
Recommended for:
World History, Literature, Holocaust & Genocide, Tolerance, Judaic Studies
Classroom Use:
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Includes

56:28 minute video divided into 10 chapters
9 Downloadable study guides for grades 9-12 and above
Desktop and mobile access
Certificate of Completion
1.5 Credit hours towards free CEUs (10 credit hours = 1 CEU)

Interactive Features

Appropriate for classroom use
Start and stop any time
Optional quizzes to qualify for course credits

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What Will I Learn?

How to teach at least one 45 to 60 minute class about the ways in which antisemitism affected armed and unarmed Jewish resistance efforts during World War II
The historic roots of antisemitism in both Western and Eastern Europe, how Nazi antisemitism differed from historical antisemitism, and how these forms of oppression created unique challenges for the Jewish partisans
How to use JPEF tools and resources to teach your students about how Jewish partisans faced and overcame antisemitism to strike back against their oppressors during the Holocaust
How use the lives and daily struggles of Jewish partisans in to gain insight into other genocides and human rights struggles throughout history
How to show young people that they can make a difference in the world; to inspire them so they can stand up to tryanny, oppression and discrimination -- early.
Background information and additional details beyond what is covered in the study guides and films so you can answer your students’ questions in greater depth
Techniques for fostering comprehension and critical thinking skills
Suggestions for extending the lessons

About this Course

Q:	What is the video course about?
A:	This course provides tools and resources to teach your students how Jewish partisans fought and lived while encountering severe antisemitism on three fronts: The Germans, other partisan groups (Polish, Russian) and citizenry.

Q:	Who is it for?
A:	For educators teaching 6th grade and above. Suggestions are given for modifying the activities to suit your needs. Basic knowledge of World War II and the Holocaust is helpful, but not required.

Q:	What resources are included in this video course?
A:	JPEF’s Antisemitism in the Partisans study guide and short films. Partisan profiles using primary-source video testimonials, photographs and short biographies.

Q:	How do these materials support learning?
A:	These materials provide the basis for whole class discussion, partner study, written response, research projects, and creative extensions that will expand the way students think about both history and resistance to oppression. The materials are designed to encourage critical thinking skills, including questions about the moral and ethical issues partisans faced and how students might respond to difficult situations in their own lives.

How do these materials support learning?

These materials provide the basis for whole class discussion, partner study, written response, research projects, and creative extensions that will expand the way students think about both history and resistance to oppression. The materials are designed to encourage critical thinking skills, including questions about the moral and ethical issues partisans faced and how students might respond to difficult situations in their own lives.

Q:	How is the course structured?
A:	The course is divided into ten chapters, with quizzes at the end of most chapters to test and reinforce comprehension. Teachers who score 80% or more on the quizzes can earn free credit hours and CEUs through Touro College.

Chapters

1. Introduction And Goals (03:50)
2. Nazi Antisemitism (02:00)
3. Antisemitism in Western Europe (03:54)
4. Antisemitism in Eastern Europe (05:10)
5. Facing Danger (07:42)
6. Antisemitism Within Partisan Groups (02:03)
7. Survival Tactics (02:58)
8. All-Jewish Partisan Groups (05:01)
9. How to Use This in the Classroom (07:34)
10. Conclusion (16:16)

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Raymond Holder

Learned much that I did not know. Incredible resources. I look forward to sharing these throughout my teacher networks.

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Angie Chavez

Very informative! Thank you for creating.

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Joe Wallmannsberger

Inspiring.

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Vanessa Ferrin

Great...except again the words "nazis" "nazi sympathizers" and "nazi collaborators" should be used instead of the words "germans" to discourage hating people for simply being german.

Sadie Rogers

Rebecca Conn-Pearson

Another great course, much appreciated!

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Jason McDonald

This was better than Resistance Basics. More details and the quizzes were directly tied to the course.

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	A.Travel permits to Allied territory
	B.A kilogram of sugar
	C.German citizenship in the new Reich
	D.A gallon of kerosene
	E.The clothes and shoes of the deceased

	A.They offered to pay the grocer in German Deutsche Marks
	B.They sat down with the village elders and worked out an arrangement for food
	C.They sent children to the store knowing that youngsters would receive greater sympathy
	D.They returned to the village armed

	A.Unable to eat the non-kosher food in these units, Jews frequently starved to death
	B.Jewish partisans were singled out for the most dangerous assignments
	C."Accidental" killings of Jewish partisans while away on missions
	D.The Allies told the Polish underground not to cooperate with the Jewish partisans

	A.Ambushing antisemitic partisans intent on murdering Jews
	B.Secretly giving guns to other Jews so they could join partisan units
	C.Hiding their identities and passing as Christians
	D.Using insults and put-downs to challenge anti-Jewish hostility

	A.Women, children, and families were more often accepted into the group
	B.They were more likely to receive support from the locals
	C.They ate food that was assured to be kosher
	D.Members were safe from anti-Jewish violence from their fellow soldiers

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