Holocaust Webercise

Mr. Edwards 10th Grade World History

Before we began write about the knowledge you have about the holocaust? Ex: Ann Frank

Defining the Holocaust: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143 directions go to this website and respond to the question in complete 1-2 sentences

Hitler and SS members

Nazis rounded people up like prisoners

The idea of social Darwinism was used with racialism, nationalism, imperialism and eugenics, contending that social Darwinism became one of the pillars of fascism and Nazi ideology, and that the consequences of the application of policies of "survival of the fittest" by Nazi Germany eventually created a very strong backlash against the theory. Nazi viewed people who were not German as racially inferior. What groups of people did the Nazis target and why? About how many Jews died in WWII and what was the name of the program to kill Jews? What was the name of the camp Nazis put their prisoners in, and what happened to the people inside the camp? Link for more description: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/a rticle.php?ModuleId=10005144 What was the purpose of the death march and what was the date of the last death march? How many displaced Jews were there after the war and where did they go? 1. 2.

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Progression of racial discrimination in Germany: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/genocide/launch_tl_persecution_genocide.shtml Directions: go through the timeline from 1933 to 1945 and view the progression of racial discrimination of Jews in Germany. Then pick 3 events from different years that stood out to you. Length about 5-6 sentences.

Nazi discriminated Jewish businesses 6.

Anti-Jewish propaganda

Power of Propaganda: German Radio In this section listen or read about how Nazis used the radio to influence the people. Respond 1-2 sentences http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/themes/writing-thenews/page5/people_radio/

7. What is the purpose of a radio, and what specifically, is the purpose of a radio under the Nazi regime? 8. The design of this radio is very plain. Why were the Nazis concerned to make it so simple? 9. Contrast the area of the dial and station selection of this radio to one from today. Why would the Nazis create the opportunity to listen to only a few stations? 10. What does it tell you about what Germans were doing with their radios and what the government thought about that?

Is Genocide Still Recent Around the World? Write a response about why genocide is relevant today, so write about recent event you found interesting 3-5 sentences. http://endgenocide.org/learn/past-genocides/ 11.

Resources Defining the Holocaust: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143 Interactive timeline of Genocide: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/genocide/launch_tl_persecution_genocide.shtml Website describes a propaganda tool used by Nazis radio: http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/themes/writing-thenews/page5/people_radio/ Recent Genocide: http://endgenocide.org/learn/past-genocides/