Ghettos and the 'Final Solution'

History

The Holocaust in context

Jewish life in Europe before WW2

Nazi persecution of Jewish people

Victims and perpetrators

Jewish resistance to the Holocaust

'Choiceless choices' during the Holocaust

In this unit, pupils explore the Holocaust and its profound impact. This sets up the next unit, ‘Decolonisation: how similar was decolonisation throughout the British Empire?’, where they will investigate how the Holocaust influenced the founding of Israel and how this event intersected with wider decolonisation processes.

In 'WW2: which events turned the tide in the story of the Second World War?' pupils studied the key turning points of WW2. In this unit, pupils explore the concurrent events of the Holocaust and its profound impact.

In this unit, pupils investigate what the Holocaust was. They place this significant event in context, examine Jewish life in Europe before WW2 and analyse Nazi persecution of the Jewish people. They also reflect on Jewish resistance and the role of various perpetrators in this event.

The Holocaust: what was the Holocaust?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

What were the areas in towns and cities where the Nazis forced Jews to live known as?

Where were purpose-built gas chambers used by the Nazis located?

How many Jews were brought under Nazi rule after the invasion of Poland in 1939?

Jews imprisoned in Lodz ghetto were required to do what?

Which method of killing was used in the Babi Yar Massacre?

Einsatzgruppen carried out the Babi Yar Massacre

'Final Solution' agreed upon by Nazi leaders

Extermination camps like Belzec became operational

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

A {{}} is a situation in which people refuse to buy, use or do something because they do not approve of it.

What happened as a result of the Nuremberg Laws?

What was the German name for the 'Night of Broken Glass' which occurred in November 1938?

What proportion of Jewish owned businesses in 1933 were transferred to the control of non-Jews or the German state under the policy of Aryanisation?

The Nazis believed Jews were part of an international conspiracy

Which negative stereotypes from the list below did the Nazis hold about Jews?

Nazi persecution was initially violent but became less extreme over time

Nazi persecution initially focused on isolating Jews rather than open violence

Nazi persecution of Jews was always extremely violent

Ghettos and the 'Final Solution'

Lesson outcome

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