The Holocaust

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Age Range: KS3

An activity-based teaching resource that handles the very difficult topic of the Holocaust in a sensitive way. Worksheets encourage the students to explore their own feelings against a background of factual knowledge about the Holocaust, while the linked lesson plans detail the 'safety nets' your less-experienced colleagues will need to teach the Holocaust in a mixed-ability setting.

The Holocaust worksheets and lesson plans are designed to be used with students in Key Stage 3 (KS3 is equivalent to S1-2 in Scotland)

Topics include: Jews in the Middle Ages; Pogroms; Mein Kampf; Nazi legislation and persecution in the 1930s; Kindertransport; Anti-semitism; Ghettos; Einsatzgruppen; The Final Solution; AKTION; Concentration camps; Hidden children; Anne Frank; Partisans; Rescuers; Hungarian Jews; Death marches; Liberation; Short and long term consequences.

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Size: 79 Pages
ISBN: 978 1 86025 374 4
Author(s): Kimberley Smith
Code: THHO
Popularity rank: 309

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Contents List

WORKSHEETS WITH LESSON PLANS

SECTION ONE

7 JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES Students learn about the consequences of anti-Jewish feeling in the Middle Ages.
9 POGROMS Students examine why pogroms took place in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century.
11 MEIN KAMPF Students learn why German ex-soldiers were inspired to follow Hitler.
13 1930S NAZI LEGISLATION Students assess the effects of the Nuremberg laws on Jews in Germany.
15 PERSECUTION IN THE 1930S Students examine the effects of discrimination on non-Jews.
17 WHY DIDN'T THEY LEAVE? An assessment of the reasons why other countries were unprepared to accept Jewish refugees.
19 AUSTRIA AND KRISTALLNACHT Students examine the union of Germany with Austria and the events of Kristallnacht.
21 KINDERTRANSPORT Students take an empathetic look at the topic of Kindertransport. Linked to Appendix 2.
23 GHETTOS Students examine conditions in the Jewish ghettos. Linked to Appendix 3.
25 THE WARSAW GHETTO Students consider the problems of recording the events of the Holocaust.
27 EINSATZGRUPPEN Students examine the role of the special killing squads. Linked to Appendix 4.
29 THE FINAL SOLUTION Students learn about what the term 'Final Solution' meant. Linked to Appendix 5.
31 AKTION Students take an empathetic view of the round up of Jews for 'Liquidation'.
33 DEPORTATION CAMP Students examine the role and conditions of deportation camps. Linked to Appendix 6.
35 HIDDEN CHILDREN Students explore how and why Jewish children went into hiding.
37 ANNE FRANK Students examine the influence of Anne Frank's diary.
39 TRANSPORTATION An examination of the methods used to transport Jews to the death camps. Linked to Appendix 5.
41 THE DEATH CAMPS Students learn about the construction and purpose of the death camps.
43 SELECTION Students learn what is meant by the term 'Selection' as used in the death camps.
45 CAMP ROUTINE Pupils learn about day-to-day existence for those who were selected to survive.
47 RESISTANCE Students learn about how Jews resisted the Nazis.
49 PARTISANS Students examine the role of partisans in resisting the Nazis.
51 RESCUERS Students learn about those who tried to save Jews from the Holocaust.
53 THE JEWS OF HUNGARY Looks at the Nazi determination to kill the Jews even late in the war.
55 THE DEATH MARCHES Students investigate why the death marches took place and what they were like.
57 LIBERATION Focuses on worldwide public reaction to the horrors of the camps being revealed.
59 THE LEGACY Pupils consider the difficulties for survivors in coming to terms with the Holocaust, and other long-term consequences.
61 WHY DID IT HAPPEN? Asks students to enquire into the causes of the Holocaust.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

62 JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, POGROMS, MEIN KAMPF
63 1930S NAZI LEGISLATION, PERSECUTION IN THE 1930S, WHY DIDN'T THEY LEAVE?
64 AUSTRIA AND KRISTALLNACHT, KINDERTRANSPORT, GHETTOS
65 THE WARSAW GHETTO, EINSATZGRUPPEN, THE FINAL SOLUTION
66 AKTION, DEPORTATION CAMP, HIDDEN CHILDREN
67 ANNE FRANK, TRANSPORTATION, THE DEATH CAMPS, SELECTION
68 CAMP ROUTINE, RESISTANCE, PARTISANS, RESCUERS
69 THE JEWS OF HUNGARY, DEATH MARCH, LIBERATION, THE LEGACY

APPENDICES

70 (1) Map of the Pale of Settlement For use with JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, page 7
71 (2) Map of Europe in the 1930s For use with KINDERTRANSPORT, page 21
72 (3) Map of Poland For use with GHETTOS, page 23
73 (4) Map of German advance into Eastern Europe, with statistics For use with EINSATZGRUPPEN, page 27
74 (5) Map of Poland showing the six death camps For use with THE FINAL SOLUTION, page 29, and for TRANSPORTATION, page 39
75 (6) Biography of Schlesinger For use with DEPORTATION CAMP, page 33
76 (7) Testimonies of Elie Wiesel and Leon Greenman For use with SELECTION, page 43
77 (8) Information on daily routine For use with CAMP ROUTINE, page 45
78 (9) Information on the Warsaw insurrection For use with RESISTANCE, page 47
79 (10) Information on those who helped Jews to escape For use with RESCUERS, page 51

Additional Resources: Online Assessment

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