The Introductory Packet for Teachers was created to provide easy access to background information, pertinent vocabulary, and a chronological context to help teach the Holocaust.

The Introduction asks students to look at their own values and to examine the four key roles that defined human behavior during the Holocaust.

The activities in the Before 1933 Stereotyping and Prejudice lesson help students to understand that anti-Semitism did not begin with Hitler but rather has a long history. Students will also understand the political, economic, and social conditions in Germany after World War I that contributed to Hitler's rise to power.

In the 1933-1939 Indoctrination and Discrimination lesson, students are introduced to the policies of state-sponsored indoctrination and discrimination in order to understand how these developed as steps toward genocide. They observe how the countries of the world reacted to these policies and how life for Jews in Germany became increasingly difficult.