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Lesson Plan

Germany: The Holocaust


Class: 6th Grade World Geography
Goals of Unit: To be knowledgeable about events that took place throughout Germanys history
Daily Objective: At the end of this lesson students will be able to identify and analyze the
responsible party of Nazi Germanys motivations in committing one of the worlds largest
genocide and why the Jewish community was targeted. Students will also discuss who the other
world powers where and why it took them so long to step in and stop the mass murders.
Students will be evaluated by an exit quiz on the previous covered material and expected to
achieve higher than an 80% on the summative assessment.
Standards:
Content Standards:
SS-06-2.1.1 Students will explain how elements of culture define specific groups
in the global world of the present day and may result in unique perspectives.
NCSS:
Theme I Culture and Cultural Diversity
Theme VI Power, Authority and Governance
KCAS:
2.18 Students observe, analyze, and interpret human behaviors, social groupings,
and institutions to better understand people and the relationships among
individuals and among groups.
2.20 Students understand, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions,
trends, and issues to develop historical perspective.
C3 Dimensions:
3- Evaluating sources and using Evidence

Co-teaching strategies: Teacher #1 covers sponge work while Teacher # 2 takes attendance and
makes sure students are staying focused (One teach one assist). Teacher #1- Nazi Germany
Teacher #2 Jewish Community (one teach, one observe). Both Teachers review key events that
happened during the Holocaust (team teaching). YouTube video (Alternative differentiated).

Materials: map of Nazi- Germany and occupied territories, https://www.youtube.com/watch?


v=E_cpvkIU6IY YouTube video, 10 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYV4CyKE7ko
YouTube Video, 7min
Procedures:

Sponge, Target...(on the board before the bell) 3 min


o One of Germanys low point in their history was led by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi
Military force in 1941 to 1945 was the mass murders and genocide of the 11
million Jewish people including women and children.
o What are two things you know about the Holocaust or Nazis?
YouTube Video

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_cpvkIU6IY 10 min

Terminology 12min
o Nazi= Germany: when it was under control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party
(NSDAP). Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist totalitarian
state which controlled nearly all aspects of life. Nazi Germany ceased to exist
after the Allied Forces defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in
Europe.
o Final Solution: was Nazi Germany's plan during World War II to systematically
exterminate the Jewish population in Nazi occupied Europe through genocide
o Jews: also known as the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group originating
from the Historical Israelites of the Ancient Near East
o Genocide: is the systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial,
ethnic, religious or national group. The Armenian genocide, the Bosnian
Genocide, and more recently the Rwandan genocide have happened since the
Holocaust.
o Holocaust: was a genocide in which approximately six million Jews were killed
by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. An additional five million non-Jewish
victims of Nazi mass murders are included by some historians bringing the total
to approximately eleven million. Killings took place throughout Nazi Germany
and German-occupied territories
o Auschwitz: was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and
extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas
annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. The Allied Powers refused to
believe early reports of the atrocities at the camp, and their failure to bomb the
camp or its railways remains controversial. One hundred and forty-four prisoners
are known to have escaped from Auschwitz successfully. As Soviet troops
approached Auschwitz in January 1945, most of its population was evacuated and
sent on a death march. Trapped in the middle, the SS not wanting the world to
know about the Holocaust decided to abandon the Nazi concentration camps,

moving or destroying evidence of the atrocities they had committed there.


Thousands of prisoners were killed in the camps before the marches commenced.
These executions were deemed crimes against humanity.
o Concentration camps: The first Nazi concentration camps were erected in
Germany in March 1933 immediately after Hitler became Chancellor and his
NSDAP was given control over the police through Reich Interior Minister
Wilhelm Frick and Prussian Acting Interior Minister Hermann Gring. Used to
hold and torture political opponents and union organizers, the camps initially held
around 45,000 prisoners.
People to Know 10 min
o Adolf Hitler: an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi
Party. In 1939, Hitler declared Britain the main enemy to be defeated and that
Poland's obliteration was a necessary prelude for that goal.
o Winston Churchill: His steadfast refusal to consider defeat, surrender, or a
compromise peace helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult
early days of the war when the British Commonwealth and Empire stood alone in
its active opposition to Adolf Hitler. Churchill was particularly noted for his
speeches and radio broadcasts, which helped inspire the British people. He led
Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured
o Franklin D. Roosevelt: President of the United States; he worked closely with
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in
leading the Allies against Nazi Germany.
o Joseph Stalin: Stalin entered into a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany that
divided their influence and territory within Eastern Europe, resulting in their
invasion of Poland in September of that year, but Germany later violated the
agreement and launched a massive invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941.
Despite heavy human and territorial losses, Soviet forces managed to halt the
Nazi incursion after the decisive Battles of Moscow and Stalingrad. After
defeating the Axis powers on the Eastern Front, the Red Army captured Berlin in
May 1945, effectively ending the war in Europe for the Allies
o Anne Frank: was a diarist and writer. She was one of the most discussed Jewish
victims of the Holocaust. Her wartime diary The Diary of a Young Girl has been
the basis for several plays and films. Born in the city of Frankfurt in Weimar
Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941. She gained
international fame posthumously after her diary was published. It documents her
experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World
War II.
YouTube Video
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYV4CyKE7ko , 7 min
Exit Quiz

o 5 questions: 6 min
In-class/Homework

Fill out graphic organizer Faces and Places


Ask your parents about how they reacted to learning about the holocaust.

Inclusive Strategies:

Special Education:
o Terminology and People to Know printed and handed out, and give exit slip
worksheets at beginning of class so they have enough time to finish
ELL
o Terminology and People to Know printed out in other language and handed out
Gifted
o Terminology and People to Know printed out and handed out plus a map of the
area talked about is placed on the desk, and give exit slip worksheets at beginning
of class so they have enough time to finish

Closure: visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. is one of the most profound
experiences you will ever have and I encourage everyone if you ever have the chance to go to
D.C to visit it. Dont be surprised if you are balling your eyes out five minutes into the tour, but
so worth it!!!!!
2 min
Evaluation: Students will be evaluated by the summative assessment in the form of an exit
quiz.

Faces, Places, & Symbols


Exit Quiz:
1.

Who were the


Holocaust?

victims of the

2. When was the

Holocaust?

a. Early
b. Late
c. Early
d. Early
3. No one ever
Auschwitz
Camp.
a. True
b. False
4. Who was the
Nazi-Germany
the Holocaust?
a. Joseph
b. Adolf
c.

1920s
1990s
1940s
1860s
escaped for
Concentration

d. Anne
5. Has there ever
Genocide in
the Holocaust?

leader of the
responsible for
Stalin
Hitler
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
Frank
been another
the World since
And where?

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