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The Holocaust WebQuest
An Internet WebQuest on The Holocaust

Based on a WebQuest by Rebecca L. Lawson
Sullivan High School

Edited & revised by Melanie Abe, Tad Manske & Jacquie Henry
Ruben A. Cirillo High School

Introduction | Assignment | The Quest | The Questions| Rubric

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INTRODUCTION

A wise teacher once suggested that through discovery students gain ownership of what they are learning. This activity has been developed to give you opportunity and ownership regarding the the Holocaust Unit, which you have been studying.
I could lecture you for hours (I already have) about the Holocaust. I could tell you what I know. Or I could allow you to make some discoveries and share them. This year, you'll be making discoveries, and I will guide you on your educational journey instead of droning on and on.
This Web quest basically involves the following:
-- You are given a list of paths to explore
-- You go exploring on the Internet (Using the suggested sites) and you record information
-- You develop a project on a part of your research that you find interesting
-- You turn in documentation of your 'travels' on the assigned paths
-- You present your project to the class

Got It?…Get It?…GOOD.

This is a project that also tests your ability to be self-directed learners without much direction or instructions. Let’s see what you can do.

 

THE QUEST

Your task is to learn about the Holocaust. Discover its history. Discover bystanders, perpetrators, victims, and rescuers. Learn about places and people and important events. Discover how the Holocaust started and what happened during the Holocaust from the Rise of the Nazis to Kristallnacht to Life in the Ghetto to the Camps to Liberation. Learn about Liberators and WWII in general. Discover some information on Judaism. Become educated about an important part of history and the literature written about it. 

***So to sum it all up in English, you will be using the given sites to answer the following questions. It is your job to look through the sites to find the actual answers. 

When you are done with the questions, you will make a final project. Your final project can be anything, use your creativity. Although your research must be individual your project may be with a partner.

 

 THE QUESTIONS

(Questions should be answered on separate pieces of paper and answered in depth)

1) When and how did the hatred of the Jewish people begin?       *Use the following site:             http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

2) Pick one of the survivors and sum up their story in 2 paragraphs. (A paragraph is 5 or more sentences!)        *Use the following site:             http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/survivors.shtml

3) Who was targeted during the Holocaust?  4) Why do you think that/those groups were targeted? (Your answer must be 1 paragraph long)  *Use the following site:  http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holo.html

5) Summarize Heinrich Himmler’s role in the Holocaust.       *Use the following site:             http://www.holocaust-history.org/short-essays/heinrich-himmler.shtml

6) Describe the life of a person that was contained in one of these concentration camps. Using detail, describe what daily life was like for them.        *Use the following sites:            http://www1.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/27_Jan/Remembrance_Video.htm http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/cc.html

7) Hitler could not just go around murdering Jewish German citizens. Explain how both the Nuremberg Laws and the Ghetto system made mass murder possible.       *Use the following sites: Nuremberg Laws http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Educational_Resources/Curriculum/Broken_Threads/Nuremberg_Laws/nuremberg_laws.html From The Center For Holocaust And Genocide Studies - University of Minnesota    The Nuremberg Laws http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/nurlaws.html From The Jewish Virtual Library The Nuremberg Race Laws http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/nlaw.htm From The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

8) Who was Mengele, and what was he known for?        *Use the following site to search for information on Josef Mengele:   BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER If you are working from home, you will need to type in the school's password.  You can pick up a password bookmark at the library.

9) State the position of the United States during, after and prior to the Holocaust. Why do you think they took this position?        *Use the following site:             http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

10) List and describe the 3 most repulsive events that went on in the Forced Labor article.       *Use the following site:            http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

11) Explain and summarize what the EINSATZGRUPPEN were.       *Use the following site:            http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

12) Go back to the web site from # 2, (picking a different survivor) make a list of questions that you would ask them if you had the opportunity, and give reasons for why you would ask those questions. (They must be practical and not wasted discussion)

   

   

RUBRIC

 

Click here to see the grading rubric.

 

Content originally created by Rebecca L. Lawson, lawsonrebec@hotmail.com http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webholocaust1.html Last revised Wed Aug 12 11:41:09 1998 Revisions done by Jacquie Henry, LMS Ruben A. Cirillo High School http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/holocaustwq.htm See below for most recent revision date.

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