8.1: Introduction to the Holocaust
Objective:
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the gradual steps that led to the Holocaust by defining key vocabulary words and by writing descriptions of the process that led to the climax of the Holocaust.
Vocabulary: Holocaust, genocide, anti-Semitism, The Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, ghetto, concentration camps, Final Solution, extermination, death marches, Liberation
Directions:
- Get a copy of this worksheet
- Video Presentation. Fill out the front of the worksheet (as well as the top of the back) based on this video presentation found below (watch both part 1 & part 2)
Video Presentation - Part 1
Video Presentation - Part 2
3. Reading: Anti-Semitic Actions - Click here to view the reading for this lesson. The reading lists a number of anti-Semitic actions committed by the Nazis.
4. Answer questions 17-21 based on the videos below.
Video 1: Yaacov Handali & Roman Frister
Answer questions 17-19 based on this video, which interview 2 survivors of the Holocaust.
Video 2: Walter Bacharach
Answer question 20 based on this video.
Video 3: Shela Altaraz
Answer question 21 based on this video.