Pre-Exhibit Lesson Plans

Roots of Resistance includes comprehensive pre-exhibit lesson plans for teachers. Each of the included lessons address standards for the NC high school history and social studies classroom.

Learning Goals

1. Students will learn how socioeconomic relationships factor into power dynamics by examining the contact between Ukrainians, Jews, and Germans.

2. Students will demonstrate a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and the effects of genocide.

3. Learners will recognize the agency of people who experience oppression.

4. Learners will feel empathy towards the people in this story and will discuss the events with others.

5. Learners will become more comfortable with challenging intolerance and will walk away with a curiosity to learn more about difficult histories.

6. What and how can we learn from stories of intolerance?

7. What does active resistance look and feel like?

8. What lessons from the Tuchyn story can be applied to your community?