Educating students about Holocaust denial enables teachers to reinforce principles of historical inquiry while pointing out the ways in which deniers violate scholarly tenets.

The featured lesson plan explores the history of scapegoating during epidemics and examines how politicians and media can exacerbate xenophobia.

Creating biography webs helps young learners recognize how people, economic conditions, and significant events shaped the personal development of historic individuals.

Though coverage of the Holocaust has become standard in history textbooks, it is often superficial and fails to provide the groundwork for meaningful student inquiry into that devastating genocidal event.

This article describes a classroom-tested simulation for teaching the Berlin Wall and provides a list of relevant resources.