Arolsen School Education Platform
Education for democracy: Digital resources ready to use in your classroom
Why teachers choose Arolsen School
Ready to use
Nine learning modules + lesson plans + teacher’s guide – free of charge and no registration required
Relevant to young people’s lives
Both the content and the design reflect the lives and experience of young people today – because they co-developed the platform.
Takes a playful approach to important topics
Interactive modules make it easy for young people to engage with – and talk about – the questions that face society today.
Integrates digital and analog learning
Dialogue boxes, polls, and group dashboards help channel individual learning experiences into shared reflection in the classroom.
How much history is there in our everyday lives?
How do the crimes of the Nazi era affect our lives today? What would my life be like if I had a different passport? Why do people migrate – then and now?
Arolsen School is an independent program for historical and political education aimed at young people growing up in a digital world. The nine discovery-based learning modules use a playful, multimedia approach and incorporate multiple perspectives. They invite young people to explore current questions about history and the present — and to discuss them in a safe, supportive environment.
The Arolsen School education platform opens up so many possibilities. I particularly liked the polls. When you use the group function, you can evaluate students’ responses and display them in the form of a chart. It’s amazingly effective and a fantastic starting point for further discussion.
Wiebke Finster, teacher at the Städtisches Gymnasium Erwitte
Choose a module that fits in with your curriculum and matches your students’ abilities – or let your class choose.
You can use our leasson plans for the individual modules and the teacher’s guide to help you prepare.
In class, students can explore the learning modules individually or in groups. The modules provide a protected, non-judgmental environment where young people can collect points as they learn. Dialogue boxes enable anonymous opinion polls that encourage students to reflect on what they have learned and exchange ideas with one another.
Reflection phase: Document results, compare perspectives, and assign follow-up tasks if appropriate.
Our education platform is versatile and requires minimal preparation. The learning modules work across different subjects ─ and are equally suitable for regular lessons, project weeks, and cover lessons. Interviews, audio clips, video sequences, and the like can also be used to deepen understanding of topics. We recommend using the learning modules as an accessible starting point for students from the 9th grade up and for more in-depth study with advanced courses.
What young people say
“I enjoyed learning about antisemitism and about other persecuted groups with an emphasis on a critical approach to information sources.”
Grade 12 student, grammar school
“The design makes it easy to scroll through the page. You can make your own decisions about what you want to learn and who you want to learn from.”
Grade 10 student, grammar school in Saxony-Anhalt
“I particularly liked the fact that the mini games made it fun to learn and made the topic more interesting.”
Grade 12 student, vocational college in North Rhine-Westphalia
“What I liked about the platform was the range of content on antisemitism, as there was a lot of choice, and it addressed things you wouldn’t normally think about.”
Grade 11 student, vocational college in North Rhine-Westphalia