Topic: Investigating the

HolocaustUnit Introduction – Mrs. Braud

Essential Question: Why is it important to learn about the Holocaust?

Learning Target: I CAN determine what I want to know about the Holocaust and develop questions that I will investigate during this unit.

Why does this matter?

Throughout history and even today, people have been ridiculed and treated unfairly.

Freedoms are not guaranteed; it is important to not take them for granted.

Silence, indifference and infringing on others’ civil rights causes problems (bullying, bystanders).

The Holocaust occurred because individuals, organizations, and governments made choices legalized discrimination and allowed prejudice, hatred, and ultimately mass murder to occur.

The Holocaust was a watershed event (a turning point in history), not only in the 20th century but also in the entire course of human history.

Unit Overview

In this unit, we will learn about the Holocaust through story, drama, literary non-fiction, fiction, primary sources and inquiry-based research.

We will gain an understanding of the history and the factors that motivated individuals to make decisions, that impacted themselves and others.

We will show evidence of our learning by conducting research: Closely reading a variety of articles and video clips to

broaden our understanding of the Holocaust. Use the research process to create an informational multi-

media project, which will be presented as a “Ted Talk.” Choose a research topic. Develop a research portfolio.

Research Process http://prezi.com/y6l9cjobrxqc/?utm_campaign

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Choosing a Topic topic and essential question sort

Ted Talk what is it??

www.ted.com

TED Talks started in 1984 as part of a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design

The challenge to the participants is to give the talk of their lives!

Ideas Worth Spreading

TED Talk

You will research a Holocaust/WWII-related topic and develop a TED Talk that you will present to the class.

3-5 minute presentation – the challenge is to make your point in a short amount of time

TED Talk

The plan choose an inquiry-based topic – a topic that is

based on a question (we’ll talk about topics in the coming days)

research the topic build a research portfolio in Noodletools outline your TED Talk using your research write a script build a HaikuDeck of slides you can use during

your presentation rehearse!! deliver your TED Talk to the class

TED Talk

We’ll deliver TED Talks in class (still talking about doing a “best of the best” in the library or auditorium)

Q&A Do I have to do a Ted Talk?

Yes. Oral presentations to the class are part of our required curriculum. It is also a huge part of your 3rd quarter grade.

Is there an alternate assignment? No.

I don’t like to talk in front of people. Right now, it’s fear of the unknown. Once you

get your topic, research it, script it and rehearse, you’ll be fine. Nervousness is normal. Fear happens when you’re not prepared. We’ll talk about ways to work through it.

Can I use notes or visual aids? You’ll create a HaikuDeck presentation to use

during your talk. Your talk should be so well rehearsed that you don’t need notecards.

Unit Essential Questions

Where would I draw the line at courage and self-sacrifice?

How much influence does society have on our behavior?

How much is enough to prevent genocide?

What makes some people resist and others obey authority?

What is the role and responsibility of the individual in society?

Why does a person or group of people get ridiculed or treated unfairly?

What will you do?

Read complex texts – write and speak about topics using text evidence

Build a strong base of knowledge about the Holocaust using a variety of rich texts and multi-media sources

Obtain, synthesize, and report findings clearly and effectively

Construct arguments and critique reasoning of others

Use technology purposefully and proficiently

Come to understand other perspectives and cultures through reading, listening, and collaboration

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information

Formative/Classwork Grades

Daily work time assignments

Reading

Writing

Research process

Summative/Test Grade Projects

Research portfolio

“Ted Talk” presentation

TheHolocaust

An Overview

Mrs. Bassin

C-Notes setup:Topic: The HolocaustEssential Question: What was the history leading up to the Holocaust?

Quick Write … 20 Pounds

Jewish people being deported from their communities had to leave with no more than 20 pounds of belongings. Imagine being forced to leave your home. You are only allowed 20 pounds of your most precious possessions. What would you take? What would you be forced to leave behind? How would this make you feel? How will you base your choices? Would monetary value mean more or less than emotional/personal value?

Things were bad in Germany

Germany had fought and was defeated in WWI (1914-1919) They had to surrender and sign a treaty agreeing to give up some of their territory, pay other countries reparations for their losses, and admit blame for starting the war.

As a result, life for Germans over the next few decades was very hard. The economy was poor, so no one had much money, food, jobs or hope.

Hitler takes control In the 1930s Adolph Hitler

becomes a successful politician. He thinks the Germans should have won WWI, and scapegoats (or blames without cause) the Jews, and some others groups of people for all of Germany’s problems. He becomes very popular and persuades many people to follow his ideas. This leads to anti-semitism, which is suspicion, hatred of, and discrimination towards Jewish people.

Who are the Jews? They are both a religion (Judaism) and an

ethnic minority group who were living all over Europe.

The origin of their people and religion is in what is today known as the country of Israel.

However, over thousands of years, they have moved all over the world. Today most Jewish people live in the U.S. and Israel.

Map of Present-Day Israel

Israel

A master race One of the Nazi ideals was that

there was a hierarchy of races.

They believed that Northern Europeans were at the top and were most superior. They did not want other races to mix with theirs.

They saw Jews as a separate and “inferior” race.

In order to create a master race of “perfect” people, they sent not only Jews to the concentration camps, but also others who would “dirty” their race such as gypsies, Poles, the disabled, homosexuals, and those who spoke out against them.

Anti-Jewish Propaganda

Propaganda is biased and misleading information used to publicize and promote a particular political cause or point of view.

The Nazi’s used anti-semitic propaganda to influence the way Germany’s citizens felt about their Jewish countrymen. Some of these campaigns were even directed at children.

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/thumb.htm

What does “Holocaust” mean?

The word "Holocaust," from the Greek words "holos" (whole) and "kaustos" (burned), was historically used to describe a sacrificial offering burned on an altar.

Since 1945, the word has taken on a new and horrible meaning: the mass murder of some 6 million European Jews (as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime during the Second World War.

To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community.

After years of Nazi rule in Germany, during which Jews were consistently persecuted, Hitler's "final solution"--now known as the Holocaust--came to fruition under the cover of world war, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps of occupied Poland.

Summary

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