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Here are the teacher pack items for The Holocaust:
Overview In this experience, students view a famous photograph from the period of the Holocaust and brainstorm the thoughts of one of the people depicted. Then they learn about the Holocaust and create a timeline. Next they analyze the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and they imagine the reaction of Allied soldiers liberating a concentration camp. Finally they analyze Martin Niemöller’s speech, “They came for…” This experience contains sensitive and disturbing content. You may choose to teach it over two sessions in order to spend adequate time on the various elements of the Holocaust. Ensure all students are given the opportunity to process the information as needed. A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust: Timeline provides background information on the phases of the Holocaust and what each one involved. Each clickable label on the timeline, such as “The Ghettos,” “The Camps,” and “Resistance,” leads to a page containing a wealth of details. Objective
One of the most horrifying aspects of World War II was the Holocaust: the Nazis’ systematic, large-scale effort to exterminate entire populations of Jews, Roma (Gypsies), gays, the disabled, and other groups that the Nazis considered “untermenschen” (subhuman). In this experience, you will learn the disturbing details.
Objective
Jews arrested by German troops during the Warsaw ghetto uprising, May-June, 1943
Look at the photo and read the caption. The people who have been arrested are victims of genocide, an attempt to destroy an entire population group such as a race or religion. They have been taken by force by German soldiers, just for being Jewish.
Imagine that you are one of the following people (your choice):What thoughts would be going through your mind during the event? Identify the person whose point of view you are expressing. Then, write at least two complete thoughts.
Select at least one student response for each of the four groups of people named. Invite students to discuss these questions: Tell students that in this experience, they will learn how such events could come about.
