At a Glance:
| Grades: | 7 |
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| Subject: | Social Studies |
| Topic: | The Jewish Plight During the Interwar Years |
| Lesson Length: | 55 - 60 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will learn about discrimination, prejudice, and the attempted genocide of Jewish people during the Holocaust and the years leading up to WWII.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should be familiar with the terms discrimination, prejudice, and genocide.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
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Show students this short video of Holocaust survivors talking about their liberation from a concentration camp at the end of WWII.
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Reflect and discuss as a class.
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Read and discuss the sample comic. Highlight that the atrocities of WWII began before the war.
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Discuss the term othering in relation to the treatment of the Jewish people during WWII.
What will students do?
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a two-to-three-panel comic describing an event, or act of discrimination, that led to the genocide of Jewish people in WWII Germany.
- Comics should include:
- A description of the event.
- The significance of the event.
- Key players in the event.
- The date and place of the event.
- Possible examples:
- Kristallnacht
- Concentration camps established
- Nuremberg Laws
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
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Read and discuss the finished student comics.
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Discuss how small events can lead to a large event.
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If printed, students can add their finished comics to a class timeline.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Assign specific events to students.
Related Content:
World War II
Shabbat
The Diary Of Anne Frank
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
The Book Thief
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