Goals and Objectives
Students will identify the escalation of the Nazi discrimination of the Jews. Students will emphasize with the Jew’s situation under Germany.
California State Content and Common Core Standards
10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
10.8.5 Analyze the Nazi policy of pursuing racial purity, especially against the European Jews; its transformation into the Final Solution; and the Holocaust that resulted in the murder of six million Jewish civilians.
10.8.6 Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.
CCSS.R.9-10.2.D. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic and convey a style appropriate to the discipline and context as well as to the expertise of likely readers.
CCSS.9-10.8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources (primary and secondary), using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
10.8.5 Analyze the Nazi policy of pursuing racial purity, especially against the European Jews; its transformation into the Final Solution; and the Holocaust that resulted in the murder of six million Jewish civilians.
10.8.6 Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.
CCSS.R.9-10.2.D. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic and convey a style appropriate to the discipline and context as well as to the expertise of likely readers.
CCSS.9-10.8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources (primary and secondary), using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Lesson Introduction
As students enter the classroom a picture of the piles of shoes taken from victims of the Nazi’s final solution will be displayed on the overhead projector. Students will be asked probing questions to get them thinking critically about the picture. “What do you think this is a picture of?” Who do the shoes belong too?” and “Why are the shoes there?” are questions that the teacher can ask.
Vocabulary
The vocabulary words will be put on the board and be told to look for them during the lecture. Space on their guided notes will be provided for them to write down the definitions.
Kristallnact
Tiergarten 4
Nuremberg Laws
Ghettos
Einsatzgruppen
Babi Yar
Final Solution
Kristallnact
Tiergarten 4
Nuremberg Laws
Ghettos
Einsatzgruppen
Babi Yar
Final Solution
Content Delivery
This lesson will likely take approximately 2-3days.
Students will be given a presentation lecture with guided notes covering the historical events leading up to the Holocaust. The lecture will cover the Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnact, the dead camps, the roving Nazi death squads, and the famous massacre of Babi Yar.
Students will be given a presentation lecture with guided notes covering the historical events leading up to the Holocaust. The lecture will cover the Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnact, the dead camps, the roving Nazi death squads, and the famous massacre of Babi Yar.
Student Engagement
Students will be given several primary images taken from Holocaust camps and Einsatzgruppen massacres. They are to study the pictures and think on questions like “Who took them?” and “For what purpose?”
The students will then use the information taken from the presentation and pretend that they are a prisoner in one of the camps. They are able to write a letter and smuggle it out of the camp (the teacher may crumple up pieces of paper the students are to write on to simulate this). The students are to write the letter telling the world of what they have gone through. The students should include the key terms and historical events that occurred in their letters as well as any insight they have gained from the images.
The students will then use the information taken from the presentation and pretend that they are a prisoner in one of the camps. They are able to write a letter and smuggle it out of the camp (the teacher may crumple up pieces of paper the students are to write on to simulate this). The students are to write the letter telling the world of what they have gone through. The students should include the key terms and historical events that occurred in their letters as well as any insight they have gained from the images.
Lesson Closure
The teacher will have the students gather in a line on one side of the classroom and ask for 90% of the students to go to the other side of the classroom. The teacher will then tell the students those 90% are the amount of Jews that would have died in the Holocaust in Poland, Germany, and elsewhere.
Assessment
Teacher will administer assessment by asking probing, higher level thinking questions through the lecture presentation to ensure the students understand the material. The teacher will read students letters as they are writing them to ensure that the students understand what they are supposed to be doing and that they know the material.
Accommodations for English Learners, Striving Readers and Students with Special Needs
The guided notes for the lecture will accommodate all students. Also the teacher may do a sentence starter if required to get the students started on the right track.