teACHER OVERVIEW AND NOTES:
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Lesson 1: WHAT WAS THE HOLOCAUST? Completing a knowledge harvest
KEY TERMS:
HOLOCAUST
PERSECUTION
GENOCIDE
RACISM
DISCRIMINATION
HOLOCAUST
PERSECUTION
GENOCIDE
RACISM
DISCRIMINATION
Activity 1: Knowledge Harvest
In this brief lesson you will complete a 'knowledge harvest' to demonstrate and show your current knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust. You teacher might like to go through some of these questions with you once you have completed the activity and consider questions or misconceptions that we may have about this topic.
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Lesson 2: jewish life and culture BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR
KEY TERMS:
ORTHODOX
YIDDISH
ANTI-SEMITISM
ORTHODOX
YIDDISH
ANTI-SEMITISM
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ACTIVITY 1: Use the data-catcher below to take notes from the documentary. As you watch the documentary consider the question "What were Jewish people's experiences like in Europe before WWII ? Were they the same or different?".
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'The Way We Lived ' - A documentary film produced by the IWM Holocaust Exhibit (22 mins)
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Part 1: Introduction
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Part 2: Who we were
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Part 3: Our beliefs
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Part 4: Why Hatred?
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Part 5: The Future
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The IWM Complete Gallery on Pre-War Jewish Life
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ACTIVITY 2: As a summary/plenary activity use the below heads and tails activity to test your understanding of what you have learned today. What words would you use to describe Jewish life in Europe before 1939?
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lesson 3: hOW IMPORTANT WAS THE cHRISTIAN LEGACY IN CAUSING THE HOLOCAUST?
KEY TERMS:
ANTI-JUDAISM
SCAPE GOAT
SUPERSTITION
POGROM
ANTI-JUDAISM
SCAPE GOAT
SUPERSTITION
POGROM
ACTIVITY 1: Can You Solve This Medieval Mystery?
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ACTIVITY 2: The History of Anti-semitism
Read through the following timeline 'A history of antisemitism before the Holocaust.
Consider the following statements:
Consider the following statements:
- Christian anti-Judaism made the Holocaust inevitable
- Christian anti-Judaism was not a significant factor in causing the Holocaust
- Christian anti-Judaism prepared the ground for the Holocaust, but did not make it inevitable
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Extension: 'The roots of Anti-semitism ' - A documentary film produced by the IWM Holocaust Exhibit goes deeper into the causes of Anti-semitism in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century.
Lesson 4: HOW DID NAZI PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS DEVELOP DURING THE HOLOCAUST?
KEY TERMS:
CIVIL RIGHTS
POGROM
PROPAGANDA
GHETTO
GENOCIDE
CIVIL RIGHTS
POGROM
PROPAGANDA
GHETTO
GENOCIDE
ACTIVITY 1: Watch the documentary and take notes; you might want to take notes under the following headings: removal of civil rights, segregation, emigration and the Final Solution. You will be able to look over the events referred to in the documentary in the timeline below:
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