Flexible, evidence-led resources for tutor time, assemblies, and classroom use
The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education is proud to offer a new suite of free, open-access resources to support schools in marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2027. To help teachers address the national theme, No Place for Prejudice, these materials use ‘place’ as a starting point for exploring the lives of Jewish people, their communities, and their experiences in different areas of Europe.
Our resources are designed to support teachers across all subjects and settings – including those with no prior specialism in Holocaust education. Whether you have 15 minutes or a full lesson, each resource offers flexible, age-appropriate segments that can be used in tutor time, assemblies, or classroom settings. You can use a single slide or activity or follow the full sequence – the choice is yours.
Why ‘places’?
These resources ask students to explore places in which people lived, belonged and participated, and what happened when those places and relationships were transformed by Nazi persecution. This approach enables the theme for the day to emerge through historical material and also helps to work against key misconceptions that many students hold. As a result, students will come to appreciate for instance that the Holocaust did not unfold in the same way everywhere. Equally, they will better understand that Jewish communities across Europe had different histories, identities and relationships with the societies in which they lived and realise that the nature and consequences of Nazi persecution varied according to time, place, occupation, local circumstances, collaboration and resistance.
What’s included?
Each PowerPoint/PDF resource includes:
- A hook image or artefact to spark curiosity
- A personal story of a Holocaust victim or survivor
- A geographical or symbolic space or place to anchor the theme
- A slow reveal of sources and inquiry-based tasks
- A misconception check, grounded in UCL research
- A creative or reflective student outcome
- Optional links to wider victim groups and contemporary relevance
The resources are designed to be accessible, inclusive, and emotionally safe – with clear guidance for non-specialist delivery.
Explore the resources
- Key Stage 3: A place to belong.
- Key Stage 4: A place transformed.
- Key Stage 5: A place remembered.
Supporting you
Each resource includes teacher notes and suggested timings, but you are encouraged to adapt and select the segments that best suit your students, time constraints, and setting. Whether you use a single image or the full sequence, these materials are designed to support meaningful, inclusive, age and stage-appropriate engagement with Holocaust history and memory.
We are offering four online, optional drop-ins with a Centre colleague should you wish to discuss your school’s HMD plans, share ideas, problem solve, or plan. These are informal supportive opportunities for teachers or senior leaders to engage and help maximise engagement and impact. Scheduled dates for our HMD drop-in Zoom calls are:
For further support, explore our CPD opportunities and full suite of research-informed resources.
We would love to see or hear how your students respond to the stimuli materials – so do reach out via BlueSky with any photos or summary outcomes, or email Nic Wetherall to share news of how your students and school marked HMD2027.