Holocaust and Genocide UNIT/ Timeline/Topics Essential Questions Weeks History of the Jewish People  God's Calling of Abraham and His Chosen People  What does it mean to be Jewish?  The Nation of Israel  What does it mean to be God's "Chosen People"? 2  The Fall of Jerusalem  How did Jews function in Christian  Jewish Diaspora Europe?  Jews as Outsiders in Europe  How did anti-Semitism develop?  Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages  The Dreyfuss Affair  What key elements of German history contributed to the ideology and culture of Modern Germany modern Germany?  Otto von Bismarck  How did Germany become an autocratic  Unification of Germany society?  Germanic People and Culture  What were the causes of World War I and its effects on Europe?  Struggle to Dominate Europe  How were Jews made to be the scapegoat 2  Causes of World War I for Germany's defeat?  Treaty of Versailles  How did the Treaty of Versailles punish  The "Stab-in-the-Back" Theory Germany?  Weimar Republic  What were the principles of the Weimar  Economic Collapse Republic, its weaknesses, and the causes  Radical Politics of its collapse?  How did the results of World War I contribute to the rise of the Third Reich? The Rise of the Third Reich  Radical Political Parties in the Weimar Republic  Describe the social, political and economic  Hitler's Background climate of Weimar Germany.  Beer Hall Putsch  Discuss Hitler's background and ideology.  Mein Kampf  What were the core tenets of the Nazi  Nazi Party movement? 4  Election of 1932  What tactics did the Nazis use to achieve  Nazi Propaganda power?  Joseph Goebbels  How did Hitler establish totalitarianism in  Nuremberg Rallies Germany?  Nuremberg Laws  Why did Hitler receive admiration and  Kristallnacht devotion from the German people?  Anschluss  Appeasement The Holocaust  What were the purpose, locations,  Concentration Camps - Dachau methods and results of the concentration  Ghettos camps?  Einsatzgruppen (Mobile Killing  Who were the Einsatzgruppen? What 6 Squads) were their methods? Where did they  Wannsee Conference operate?  The Final Solution  What is a ghetto?  Death Camps - Auschwitz  What was the purpose of the Wannsee  Nuremburg Trials Conference?  What was the Final Solution to the Jewish problem?  What is the legacy of the Holocaust?

Other Historical Genocides  Other than the Holocaust, what other genocides took place in the 20th century?  Armenia  What genocides are taking place today?  Ukraine  How is genocide different that an atrocity? 4  Cambodia  How has the international community  Rwanda responded to modern genocides?  Bosnia  What measures can be taken to prevent  Darfur future genocides?