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Unit: Introduction to the Holocaust

Our next unit is an introduction to The Holocaust through stories, web quest, and newspaper writing. We are preparing to read the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas overview: Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day; he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.

Directions: Through this guided web quest, answer the following questions.

have given you two different ways to get to the materials you need. If the direct link does not work, follow one below it.

Part I: The United States Holocaust Museum http://www.ushmm.org/education/forstudents/ 1. http://www.ushmm.org Link EDUCATION -> FOR STUDENTS -> INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLOCAUST a. What does Holocaust mean?

b. During what war did the Holocaust take place?

c. Name three types of people targeted for death during the Holocaust.

d. What was the Final Solution? (hint, find final solution in the text and click on it)

2. Link: EDUCATION -> FOR STUDENTS -> EARLY STAGES OF PERSECUTION a. What is anti-Semitism?

b. What laws were introduced in the summer of 1935?

c.

What are three ways Jews were forced to identify themselves by 1939?

3. LINK: EDUCATION -> FOR STUDENTS -> KILLING CENTERS a. What is a killing center?

b. When and where was the first Killing Center?

4. LINK: EDUCATION -> FOR STUDENTS -> DEATH MARCHES a. What is a death march?

b. Tell me one thing you learned about Death Marches.

5. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hiddenchildren/difficult_choices/ LINK: MUSEUM -> EXHIBIT INFORMATION -> ONLINE EXHIBITIONS -> LIFE IN SHADOWNS -> DIFFICULT CHOICES 1. Read some of the accounts and watch a video or two. Describe life as a Jew in hiding. What were some of the risks to them and to those hiding them?

2. Explore the rest of this section. What is something interesting you learned?

Part II: The Museum of Tolerance : Children of the Holocaust (http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.5759983/k.6B50/Children_of_the_Holoca

ust/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp) 1.

http://www.museumoftolerance.com LINK: EDUCATION -> LIBRARY -> CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST

a.

Choose one person from the list. Write a summary about what you read. Name: Summary:

b.

If you have time, summarize another childs story. Name: Summary:

Part III: Jewish Virtual Library (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/36qs.html)

1. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org

LINKS: THE LIBRARY -> THE HOLOCAUSE -> SIMON WEISENTHALS 36 QUESTIONS a. About how many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?

b. How did Germans define who were Jews?

c. Who is the Righteous among the Nations?