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State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education Grades State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education Grades 7-8 A Study in Character Education A project of the Commissioner’s Task Force on Holocaust Education Authorization for reproduction is hereby granted to the state system of public education. No authorization is granted for distribution or reproduction outside the state system of public education without prior approval in writing. The views of this document do not necessarily represent those of the Florida Department of Education. 2 Table of Contents Introduction Definition of the Term Holocaust ............................................................ 7 Why Teach about the Holocaust............................................................. 8 The Question of Rationale.............................................................. 8 Florida’s Legislature/DOE Required Instruction.............................. 9 Required Instruction 1003.42, F.S.................................................. 9 Developing a Holocaust Unit .................................................................. 9 Interdisciplinary and Integrated Units ..................................................... 11 Suggested Topic Areas for a Course of Study on the Holocaust............ 11 Suggested Learning Activities ................................................................ 12 Eyewitnesses in Your Classroom ........................................................... 12 Discussion Points/Questions for Survivors ............................................. 13 Commonly Asked Questions by Students During a Testimony............... 13 Teaching Trunks..................................................................................... 14 Tips on Researching the World Wide Web............................................. 15 Unit 1 – Historical Foundations of the Holocaust Summary ................................................................................................ 21 Anti-semitism.................................................................................. 21 Racism ........................................................................................... 21 Treaty of Versailles......................................................................... 22 Nazi Rise to Power......................................................................... 24 Objectives............................................................................................... 26 Suggested Learning Activities ................................................................ 26 Sunshine State Standards Correlations.................................................. 26 Links to Primary Source Documents ...................................................... 29 Unit 2 – Nazi Rise to Power and Resistance Summary ................................................................................................ 31 The Third Reich.............................................................................. 31 Nazi Propaganda............................................................................ 32 Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany ................................... 33 Kristallnacht: A Nation-wide Pogrom .............................................. 34 Jewish Resistance.......................................................................... 36 Non-Jewish Resistance.................................................................. 38 Objectives............................................................................................... 38 Suggested Learning Activities ................................................................ 38 Sunshine State Standards Correlations.................................................. 38 Links to Primary Source Documents ...................................................... 41 3 Unit 3 – Rescue and Resistance: Courageous Acts in Desperate Times Summary ................................................................................................ 43 Refugees........................................................................................ 43 Emigration and the Evian Conference............................................ 44 Kindertransport............................................................................... 45 Voyage of the St. Louis .................................................................. 46 Rescue ........................................................................................... 49 Objectives............................................................................................... 51 Suggested Learning Activities ................................................................ 51 Sunshine State Standards Correlations.................................................. 51 Links to Primary Source Documents ...................................................... 54 Unit 4 – The Ghettos Summary ................................................................................................ 56 The Ghettos.................................................................................... 56 Jewish Councils (Judenraete) ........................................................ 57 Jewish Resistance.......................................................................... 58 Spiritual Resistance within the Ghettos .......................................... 58 Culture and Education.................................................................... 58 Documentation of Community Life.................................................. 59 Religious Activities.......................................................................... 59 Warsaw .......................................................................................... 59 The Warsaw Ghetto........................................................................ 60 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising................................................................. 61 Objectives............................................................................................... 63 Suggested Learning Activities ................................................................ 63 Sunshine State Standards Correlations.................................................. 63 Links to Primary Source Documents ...................................................... 66 Unit 5 – The Final Solution Summary ................................................................................................ 68 The Final Solution........................................................................... 68 The Einsatzgruppen ....................................................................... 69 The Wannsee Conference.............................................................. 69 Nazi Camps.................................................................................... 70 Forced Labor .................................................................................. 71 Extermination Camps ..................................................................... 72 Auschwitz ....................................................................................... 73 Auschwitz I..................................................................................... 73 Auschwitz II.................................................................................... 73 Deportation to Auschwitz................................................................ 74 Auschwitz III................................................................................... 75 The Liberation of Auschwitz ........................................................... 75 Death Marches ............................................................................... 76 Objectives............................................................................................... 77 4 Suggested Learning Activities ................................................................ 77 Sunshine State Standards Correlations.................................................. 77 Links to Primary Source Documents ...................................................... 80 Unit 6 – The Aftermath: The Pursuit of Justice and Life Summary ................................................................................................ 83 Displaced Persons: Administration................................................. 83 From Military Rule to Internal Autonomy ........................................ 83 Establishing a Jewish Society ........................................................ 84 Daily Life......................................................................................... 85 Zionism........................................................................................... 85 Emigration ...................................................................................... 86 The Survivors: Returning Home .................................................... 86 Emigrations: Finding Home ............................................................ 87 The Search for Perpetrators........................................................... 89 War Crimes Trials........................................................................... 90 Objectives............................................................................................... 93 Suggested Learning Activities ................................................................ 93 Sunshine State Standards Correlations.................................................. 93 Links to Primary Source Documents ...................................................... 96 Unit 7 – Genocide: Never Again
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