ADL’s Breaking Down Bias (summer 2024): facilitator-guidedator guided 4-week online course on core anti-bias topics and strategies for bringing anti-bias education to the classroom.

Teaching Guides: comprehensive, open-access guides using the common-core curriculum, teaching Holocaust using survivor testimony and primary sources 

Echoes & Reflections: provides webinars and professional development programs for middle and high school educators on the Holocaust.   

Mini-lessons: short, self-paced digital learning experiences that explain ADL’s anti-bias framework, core themes like what is bias, microaggressions, and the pyramid of hate, and other topics in 25 minutes or less.

Facing History & Ourselves’ tools for educators: on responding to antisemitism in the classroom.

Not In Our School lesson plans: inspire students of all ages to develop and share innovative ways to resist bullying and promote a school environment of acceptance and inclusion. 

Holocaust Education Training Videos: on-demand professional development videos for educators produced by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. The videos are paired with turnkey Museum-created resources, including lesson plans and digital learning tools. It includes guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, appropriate pedagogy, and classroom strategies. 

ADL's K-12 Lesson Plans: Resources for classroom instruction that promote critical thinking and assist educators in teaching current and historical events and themes through the lens of diversity, bias, and social justice. 

Facing History & Ourselves Lessons and Mini-Lessons: to help educators discuss challenging current events and explore pivotal periods in history with students. 

US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Fundamentals of Teaching the Holocaust: provides educators with US Holocaust Memorial Museum resources to teach about the Holocaust and inspire students to think critically about the past and their own roles and responsibilities today. Complete with sample lesson plans, instructional videos, and an ability to connect with Museum educators for support.

ADL’s Anti-Bias Tools and Strategies: Comprehensive resources that provide a wide range of tips, tools, strategies, and lessons around a theme for K-12 educators, administrators, students, and family members to promote safe, equitable, and respectful learning environments. 

ADL’s Books Matter: A curated list of over 800 children’s and young adult literature focused on a wide range of themes, including bias, diversity, and social justice. 

ADL’s Table Talks: Discussion guides and information that provide parents and family members with tools to engage their families in conversations about important news stories and other timely discussions about societal and world events.

ADL’s Curriculum Guides: Common-core aligned classroom-ready resources and curriculum, available in print or digitally, are used to teach anti-bias skills and concepts in the elementary, middle, and high school classroom. 

ADL on Sutori: A collection of resources and virtual student-facing classroom presentations and lessons. 

Online Learning for Students

ADL’s Awareness to Action: Challenging Antisemitism: new in March 2024, the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) free online course on antisemitism is geared toward middle and high-school-age students.  The class includes four modules, and completion takes approximately 1.5-2 hours.

ADL Echoes & Reflections Digital Activities: 15 online, self-directed activities to increase student knowledge about core topics of Holocaust history, antisemitism, and related issues. 

ADL mini-lessons and mini-courses: digital learning activities that students can access independently or as part of a lesson to explore topics like identity, bias, bullying, and online hate.

In-person resources for students and teachers

No Place for Hate: In ADL’s student-led, school-wide program, both students and staff engage in dialogue and active learning on topics like bias, bullying, and allyship, catered to a school’s specific needs and culture.

Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine’s (HHRC) educational programs: 14 educational programs for students that can be held at your school or during a visit to the HHRC in Augusta.

Holocaust through Visual Culture at Bowdoin College: NEH summer seminar and resources for local materials for K-12 teachers.