In pairs, research the following topics. There are guiding questions to help you focus your research, but you may also included other relevant or interesting information. The link provided takes you to the United States Holocaust Museum website. You may choose to use additional sites. Please do not use wikipedia as a source.
Once you have completed your research, make a poster that clearly explains your main points. This will help you share your information with the class tomorrow. You may print one sheet of pictures. Please see me for approval before you do this.
You will be graded on your productivity in class, cooperation with your partner, accuracy and detail of your research, neat and organized poster, and presentation tomorrow.
Group 1: Holocaust Overview
What is the Holocaust?
Who were the perpetrators and victims?
When did this occur? Where?
What is the Final Solution?
How did the Holocaust end?
What happened to the survivors?
Group 2: Hitler Comes to Power & The Nazi Terror Begins
Describe the state of Germany in the 1930s.
Who was Hitler? Why did he appeal to many Germans?
To what was Hitler appointed in 1933?
How did Hitler change the German government?
How did Adolf Hitler become the leader of the Nazis?
What is the SA? What did they do?
What did the Nazis do to other political parties and unions?
Group 3: SS Police State & The Gestapo
What is the SS? What did the SS do?
What was the Gestapo?
What types of people were declared enemies of the Nazi party? What did the SS and the Gestapo do to these enemies?
What was Dachau? Why is it important?
Group 4: Nazi Propaganda and Censorship
What is propaganda?
How did the Nazis use propaganda to gain control?
Why did the Nazis burn books? Who are some of the famous others whose books were burned?
What was the reaction of Americans to book burning?
How did propaganda and censorship affect schools?
What other methods did the Nazis use to control Jewish people?
Group 5: World War II in Europe & German Rule in Occupied Europe
What new war tactic did Germany use to defeat other countries?
Why did this tactic not work in Great Britain?
How many countries did Germany defeat?
Who were the Allies?
What two fronts was Germany fighting?
How did the Germans treat the people in the countries they conquered?
What did Germany plan to do with the forced laborers?
What examples are provided of Nazi treatment on conquered towns?
Group 6: Antisemitism
What is anti-Semitism?
Why were Jews outsiders in European societies?
According to many Christians, what were the Jews responsible? What do many historians blame for this today?
What is usury? Why did many Jews do this instead of Christians?
For what events were Jews the scapegoats?
What new kind of anti-Semitism emerged in the 1800s?
How did Karl Lueger influence Adolf Hitler?
Group 7: The Nazi Camp System & Prisoners of the Camps
What was the Nazi Camp System? What was its purpose?
Who was sent to Nazi camps?
How many prisoners were in the camps in 1942? In 1945?
What were prisoners forced to wear in camps? Why?
What types of people were in the Nazi camps?
Group 8: Auschwitz
Describe Auschwitz. Where was it? What did it consist of?
How many people lost their lives at Auschwitz? How many were Jewish?
What was written over the gate to Auschwitz?
How were prisoners treated in Auschwitz?
What was life like for prisoners?
What types of work did prisoners do?
Who is Dr. Josef Mengele? What did he do?
Group 9: Elie Wiesel
Who is Elie Wiesel?
What books did he write? About what experiences?
What has he done after the Holocaust?
Where does he live now? What does he do?
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