Holocaust

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Holocaust

• Grade level 9th graders
• Subject Holocaust

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WebQuest Standards

• 7- Critique literature, student writing, and
  various presentations.
• 11- Select and indicate preferences for various
  forms of communication. Example Internet,
  documentaries, etc.
• 12- Practice listening and viewing skills in a
  variety of situations. Examples Multimedia,
  Interpersonal, etc.
• 14- Ask appropriate questions in search of
  information.
• 15- Synthesize information for reports. Examples
  Taking notes, paraphrasing, summarizing, etc.
• 16- Synthesize information from a variety of
  sources. Examples electronic text, computerized
  data, etc.
• 17- Conduct individual research using all aspects
  of the research process- documenting, organizing,
  etc.

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DIRECTIONS

• AS YOU KNOW, WE SOON WILL BE READING THE DEVILS
  ARITHMETIC, WHICH CENTERS AROUND THE HOLOCAUST.

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As you go through this PowerPoint dealing with
the Holocaust, answer the questions on a piece of
paper.Be sure to write the name of each website
next to the answer for each question. Some of
these questions may appear on your test.
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• After clicking on the link below, tell me what
  the Holocaust means. (In other words, what does
  the term really mean?)
• What were the two main phases to the Holocaust?
• http//library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/whatfr
  ame.html

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• According to the link below, the seeds of the
  Holocaust began with what?
• Using this same link, name three races that paid
  the price for standing in Hitlers way?
• http//www.neveragain.org/time.htm

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• There are several reasons why the Holocaust
  happened, some of which we dont understand, but
  the one we know so much about is racism.
• From this link below, list one or two others
  besides racism?
• http//library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/whyfra
  me.html

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• As you click on this link, scroll down and read
  the passage and answer the questions at the top
  on the same sheet of paper.
• http//www.mrgigliotti.com/Washington20Holocaust
  20Museum20fun20facts.htm

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• As you browse this site below list several facts
  that you found interesting.
• http//www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holoca
  ust/history.html

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• Study the names of the concentration camps and
  the extermination camps on the map at this web
  site. List at least two of each. Also, know where
  most of these camps were located.
• http//history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/bl
  map.htm

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• As you open this web site, begin to look at the
  photos that tell about the Holocaust.
• Some of these are more graphic than others
  because they show a glimpse of the horrors of the
  Nazis final solution of the Jews.
• http//shamash.org/holocaust/photos/

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• On this link below, click on bulleted items below
  camps and displaced persons to view pictures.
• With a partner, write a letter to one of these
  missing people, telling him or her how you feel
  about the Holocaust.
• http//history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/bl
  pictures.htm

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STUDY GUIDE
BE ABLE TO DEFINE THE HOLOCAUST LIST THE NAMES OF
TWO CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND TWO EXTERMINATION
CAMPS LIST THE TWO PHASES OF THE HOLOCAUST LIST
THREE RACES INVOLVED WITH THE HOLOCAUST AND THREE
REASONS FOR THE HOLOCAUST
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RUBRIC
YOU MUST ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS COMPLETELY.(40
POINTS) ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN
SENTENCE FORM. (30 POINTS) THE LETTER TO THE
HOLOCAUST VICTIM MUST BE COMPLETED WITH A
PARTNER. IT MUST BE NEAT AND AT LEAST ONE PAGE
TYPED. BOTH NAMES MUST APPEAR ON THE LETTER. (30
POINTS) (100 POINTS POSSIBLE) ALL WORK IS DUE
TOMORROW!
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