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Unit: The Jewish Holocaust 1938-1945

Unit: The Jewish Holocaust 1938-1945. Instructor: Mr. Flannery 10 th Grade World History. Objective. To provide students with a better understanding of the events of the Jewish Holocaust and it’s lasting effects. . Introduction.

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Unit: The Jewish Holocaust 1938-1945

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  1. Unit: The Jewish Holocaust1938-1945 Instructor: Mr. Flannery 10th Grade World History

  2. Objective • To provide students with a better understanding of the events of the Jewish Holocaust and it’s lasting effects.

  3. Introduction 1 unit consisting of 10 lessons surveying the Jewish Holocaust 1938-1945 • Jewish Persecution • Rise of Hitler • Nazi Agenda • Final Solution • Concentration Camps • Medical Experiments • Jews in Hiding • Liberation From Camps • International Reaction • Establishment of Jewish Homeland

  4. NCSS Standards

  5. LESSON 1Jewish Persecution • Holocaust • Literal Meaning, “A completely burnt sacrificial offering to God.” • Jews progressively more limited in actions after WWI • Seen as cause of Germany’s problems • Eventually barred from owning businesses or property • Kristallenacht, “Night of Broken Glass”, Nov. 9, 1938 • Forced into Ghetto’s • All rights suspended, revoked • Jews forced to wear yellow stars for easy identification • 6-pointed star of David • “Juden”

  6. Lesson 1Objective/Standards • NCSS I • NCSS II • NCSS III • NCSS V • NCSS VI • NCSS VII

  7. LESSON 2Rise of Hitler • Austrian soldier, WWI veteran • Twice jailed, wrote “Mein Kamph” (My Struggle) in prison • Beer Hall Putsch • 1933, Hitler elected Chancellor • Secret Police, Hitler Youth • Convenient scapegoats in Jews

  8. Lesson 2 Objectives/Standards • NCSS II • NCSS III • NCSS IV • NCSS V • NCSS VI • NCSS X

  9. Wanted more financial security in Germany Still struggling from WWI reperations Wanted freedom from foreign oppression Wanted to unite the “fatherland” Take back lands lost in WWI Saw Jews as “less than human” Wanted new era of prosperity “Third Reich” LESSON 3Nazi Agenda

  10. Lesson 3 Objectives/Standards • NCSS I-X

  11. Systematic genocide against Jews and other minorities (ethnic Poles, Gypsies, Disabled, Homosexuals, religious dissidents) More than 1 million killed before 1942 Concentration camps more “cost effective” than traditional killing methods Used gas to kill those unfit for labor, including women and children 6 Million dead by 1945 Himmler Madagascar Plan Planned eradication of entire races, cultures LESSON 4Final Solution

  12. Lesson 4 Objectives/Standards • NCSS I • NCSS II • NCSS III • NCSS V • NCSS VII • NCSS VIII • NCSS IX • NCSS X

  13. LESSON 5Concentration/Extermination Camps • Originally camps for political dissenters • By 1939 consolidated into 6 large camps • Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdenak, Sobibor, Treblinka • Used as forced labor camps after initial “selection” • Those not selected for labor were killed • Inmates tattooed with I.D. numbers • Site of human experiments

  14. Lesson 5 Objectives/Standards • NCSS I-V

  15. LESSON 6Medical Experiments • Dr. Joseph Mengele • Genetics/eugenics in twins • Cloning • Mandatory Steralization • Infliction of wounds to assess treatment options • Uses of gasses as a war tactic • Survivors usually executed

  16. Lesson 6 Objectives/Standards • NCSS II • NCSS III • NCSS V • NCSS VIII

  17. Often hid to avoid deportment Anne Frank Wladislaw Szpilman Limited food, water Some helped by civilians Some pretended to be Gentile Many emigrated to America Einstein, Oppenheimer Jewish secret police Turned their neighbors in LESSON 7Jews in Hiding

  18. Lesson 7 Objectives/Standards • NCSS I-X

  19. LESSON 8Liberation From Camps • Liberated by Allies, 1943-1945 • Surrounding communities often claimed to not know they were there • Many died anyway due to poor conditions in camps • Stockpiles of belongings found, including shoes, clothing and gold tooth fillings • Most camps destroyed after the war • Some preserved as memorials • Dachau used as a prison for captured Nazi’s

  20. Lesson 8 Objectives/Standards • NCSS I-VII

  21. LESSON 9International Reaction • Jews allowed to emigrate openly • Many choose to return home • United Nations • Many settled in America, Europe • Nuremberg Trials • Holocaust Revisionism • 2005, Admadinejad in Iran • International banking tried to return assets • Art, money, property

  22. Lesson 9 Objectives/Standards • NCSS I • NCSS II • NCSS III • NCSS V • NCSS VI • NCSS VIII • NCSS IX • NCSS X

  23. LESSON 10Jewish Homeland/ Israel • 1947, British Mandate of Palestine • U.N. approved plan to divide Palestine • 1948 Arab-Israeli War • Jewish population at over 2 million by 1950 • Remains in dispute • Fighting continues between Israel and Palastine/Muslim nations • Continues to effect the role of U.S.A. and Britain internationally

  24. Lesson 10Objectives/Standards • NCSS I • NCSS II • NCSS III • NCSS V • NCSS IX • NCSS X

  25. Audio/Visual/Web Resources and Activities • Lessons 1-10: Power Point Presentation • Lesson 1: Excerpts from The Pianist, X-Men II and Web Resource, http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/ • Lesson 2: Web Resource, http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/nrule.html • Lesson 3: Web Resource, http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/propag.html • Lesson 3 Activity: Have students create their own propaganda posters from current newspaper headlines. • Lesson 4 Activity: Have small groups identify actual causes of German problems for which Jews were blamed. • Lesson 5 Activity: Have small groups categorized by their concentration camp, then have them research and evaluate conditions of their camp.

  26. Audio/Visual Resources cont. • Lesson 5: Guest Speaker, Holocaust survivor • Lesson 6: Web resource http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/euthan.html • Lesson 7: Readings from The Diary of Anne Frank and excerpts from The Pianist • Lesson 8: DVD excerpt from Band of Brothers • Lesson 9: Web Resource http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007271 • Lesson 10 Activity: Mock debate- divide class in half, allow time for research and conduct mock debate of Israel vs. Palestine

  27. Materials • Class textbook • DVD’s • The Pianist • Band Of Brothers • X-Men II • DVD Player • Books • Diary of Anne Frank • Computers with internet access

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