do now: examine the pictures in the packet in your groups… how did these pictures make you feel?

Do Now: Examine the pictures in the packet in your groups…

How did these pictures make you feel?

Aim: Could the Holocaust ever happen again?

A: Genocide of the Jews

B: Final Solution

C: Extermination

of the Jews-the attempt by Nazi Germany to murder all the Jews of Europe during World War II

-Hitler’s philosophy of hatred & anti-Semitism combined with his absolute power & modern technology allowed him to kill 2/3s of all European Jews. --Hitler also wanted to kill handicapped people & gypsies.

-large concentration camps were built-Jews from all over Europe were sent to camps-Most were killed by poison gas; bodies were burned in ovens & buried in mass graves-Some were spared & used to do work in the camps-Survivors nearly starved to death

The Holocaust

Examine the Q & A handout on the HolocaustRotate reading the Q & A with a partner,

underlining & highlighting the important information

Answer questions 1 – 10 using FULL SENTENCES, this will be collected & count as a 100 pt quiz grade

Task # 1

How did the Nuremberg Laws persecute Jews & at the same time make Germans feel superior?

F.S.Q. – in your notebooks