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The Holocaust
Brian M. Anzek
Wright State University
Ed 648
Table of Contents
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Who the lesson is for
Objectives
Needed Materials
Student Activities
Material Being Taught
List of Websites
Pertains to:
 Ninth Grade
 World Studies
 For use at the beginning of second
semester
Objectives
 Understand the Causes
– Why Hitler hated the Jews
– Germany’s economic conditions
 Explain the Resulting Outcomes
– A divided post-war Germany
– The beginning of the Cold War
 U.S. and Soviet Union
Materials Needed
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Computer w/ Internet Access
Notes from Class
Printer
The List of Websites from the end of the
presentation
Student Activities
 Students are to create a persuasive letter
to Hitler
– Address Germany’s concerns towards his
actions
– Offer alternate solutions to the economic
problems
– Explain the potential outcome of his actions
Student Activities (cont’d)
 Students are to Create a Timeline
– Should begin with Germany’s loss in World
War I
– Should end with Germany’s defeat in World
War II
– Must include 15 important events minimum
Other Student Activities
 In class lecture notes
– Printed with Important Words Missing
 Forces them to Pay Attention to Lecture
 In class worksheets
– Should accompany text
 Watch movie “Hitler”
– Get idea of how Hitler’s beliefs came to be
 Webquest
– Students will obtain information by accessing
the Internet and finding credible sources
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 Germany was left in ruin after World War I
– Reparations imposed that left country
economically unstable
– Opened door for persuasive leader to come to
power
 Adolf Hitler felt that the war was lost
because of Jews
– Mother died under the care of a Jewish nurse
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 Economic Troubles
– Government In Debt due to War
– Hitler played on the fear of no hope
– Instituted programs to get people employed
 KdF- “Kraft durch Freude” took care of leisure
time
 German Labour Front
Hitler
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 Hitler headed up the Nazi party
– Became Chancellor in 1933
– Began putting those who opposed him into
concentration camps
 Had his secret police terrorize opponents
– The Gestapo
The Gestapo
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 Hitler’s ability to pull the country out of
economic hardship made people believe in
him
– People were willing to listen to him
 Called Germans the Master race
– Blue eyed and blond hair though his was dark
 Resulted in the extermination of
approximately 6 million Jews
– Hitler’s terror not limited to Jewish genocide
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 Most “popular” method of extermination was the
gas chamber
– Though many died from malnutrition and neglect
– Many were placed in forced labor camps
 Devastated many European Jewish communities
– Many emigrated to the U.S.
– Jews longed for a place they could call their home land
– Creation of Israel
Concentration Camp
The Aftermath
 Germany divided into East and West
– Berlin also divided and separated by Berlin Wall
– Beginning of Cold War
 U.S. and Soviet Union
 Germany watched very closely
– Try to prevent same scenario from occuring
Genocides Since the Holocaust
 Cambodian Genocide
– 1975 to1979
 Rwanda Genocide
– 1994
 Bosnia Genocide
– 1992 to 1995
 Darfur Genocide
– 2003 to present
“Forgive, but never forget”
Helpful Websites
United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum-http://www.ushmm.org
Holocaust Cybrary remembering the
Stories of the Survivorshttp://www.remember.org
The Holocaust History Project
Homepage-http://www.holocausthistory.org
Helpful Websites (cont’d)
The Holocaust - The Jewish Virtual
Librarywww.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.ht
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Holocaust Timelinewww.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeli
ne.html