The Holocaust: Evidence, Memory and Human Rights
1933–1945
Students examine carefully contextualised evidence of the Holocaust, focusing on human experiences, choices, memory and the importance of human rights.
THE COLLECTION
What’s Inside the Box?
Each object has been selected to turn historical evidence into a tangible starting point for questions, investigation and discussion.
1930s
Identity Document
Examine how bureaucracy was used to classify and exclude people.
1940s
Family Letter
Use personal correspondence to understand separation, uncertainty and care.
1940s
Ghetto Map
Investigate how space and movement were controlled under persecution.
1945
Liberation Photograph
Discuss the ethical use of photographs as historical evidence.
Postwar
Testimony Extract
Consider survivor testimony as personal and historical evidence.
Contemporary
Memorial Stone
Explore how communities remember and respond to the past.
READY TO TEACH
Included Lesson Resources
Everything you need to turn each artefact into a confident, evidence-led history lesson.
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Ready-to-teach lessons
A complete sequence built around the objects, questions and historical evidence in the box.
Homework tasks
Meaningful follow-up tasks that extend student thinking beyond the classroom.
End-of-topic assessment
A structured assessment opportunity to capture historical reasoning and evidence use.
RESOURCES BY YEAR GROUP
Resources that meet students where they are
Every Histobox includes adaptable content so teachers can scale historical enquiry, source work, and assessment for their year level.
Primary
Guided object observation · visual source prompts · key vocabulary cards · read-aloud teacher notes · creative response activities.
Years 5–7
Structured source analysis · timeline sequencing · evidence recording sheets · collaborative enquiry tasks · curriculum-linked lesson plans.
Years 8–10
Independent historical enquiry · corroboration tasks · competing perspectives · extended source questions · scaffolded assessment tasks.
Years 11–12
Extended source packs · historiography prompts · nuanced evidence evaluation · research extensions · senior assessment preparation.
CONTENT CREATOR · ECHO HISTORY
Meet the Historian Behind the Box
Dr Miriam Adler
Holocaust Education Specialist
Careful historical inquiry helps students honour the people behind the evidence.
Dr Miriam Adler works with educators to build historically rigorous, age-appropriate approaches to Holocaust education.