The Second World War
New Governments That Emerged Before WWII
The US Response to the Early Events of WWII (before 1941)
The Allied and Axis Powers in WWII
Allied Powers: France, Great Britain, Soviet Union (USSR), United States
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan
Allied Powers: France, Great Britain, Soviet Union (USSR), United States
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan
Pearl Harbor
The US Homefront in WWII
The Holocaust - Web Quest
The Holocaust – A Web Quest
Instructions: Go to our class website and into our WWII unit. At the bottom of the page there is an electronic copy of this web quest. Copy this document into a GoogleDoc. Put your name and class period into the title and share the document with me in order to get a grad. My email address is [email protected].
This will count as a project grade. This is due by the end of class on Friday, March 27, 2015.
Follow the links below to answer the questions. Your mission is to educate yourself regarding what the Holocaust was and how it happened. Read the information at each of the links provided and answer the questions.
Use the links on this website to answer the questions below: http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/
Hitler Comes to Power
1) What was the name of the weak government of Germany created after World War I?
2) To which levels or members of German society did the Nazi Party of Adolph Hitler appeal?
The Nazi Terror Begins
3) The USHMM website states that tens of thousands of young, unemployed German men were "lured by the wages, a feeling of comradeship, and the striking uniforms," to join which organization within the Nazi Party? Give both the English and German terms.
4) What did these "auxiliary policemen" do to those who opposed the Nazi regime?
The SS Police State
5) What was the name of the Protective Squad that began as a special guard for Adolph Hitler and other party leaders? Describe their role in the affairs of the Nazi Party.
Nazi Racism
6) What was Hitler's term for the "master race?" Describe this type of person.
7) Other than Jews, what types of German citizens were victims of Nazi racial ideology?
Anti-Semitism
8) Define anti-Semitism. How far does it go back? What does the term pogrom mean?
In what other nations were Jews treated as scapegoats?
The Jews In Germany
9) How many Jews lived in Germany at the time of the 1933 census? How many of these Jews were German citizens? How were the remaining German Jews classified?
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
13) How did the Storm Troopers carry out the boycott of Jewish businesses on April 1, 1933? Even though the boycott was not very successful, tell why it was important.
German Occupied Europe
14) Which European nation was treated the harshest under German rule? Give two examples of the type of rule Germany placed on that nation. Which nation was treated the easiest?
The Night of Broken Glass
15) Tell what happened on the night of November 9, 1938. What is the German name for this event? What caused the violence?
The Final Solution
19) What was the goal of the "final solution?" What is the definition of the term "genocide?"
20) Describe the two major stages of the Nazi plan to carry out the "final solution." How many Jews were gassed in extermination camps?
21) What were the einsatzgruppen? What methods did they use most often to carry out their activities? In what nation did they operate?
Ghettos
22) In what city was the largest of the Jewish "residential quarters" found? How many ghettos existed in all of the occupied territories?
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
23) Describe the events of April 19, 1943 in the Warsaw Ghetto. How did the uprising come to an end? What happened to the Jews of the Warsaw ghetto?
Auschwitz
25) How many people died at Auschwitz? What percentage of them were Jewish?
26) What was the goal of some of the medical experiments carried out by SS doctor Josef Mengele?
27) What was the most common methods that Nazis committed mass murder at the killing centers?
Maps
28) Use the map to list the major killing centers and extermination camps in Poland
Liberation
29) For each of the Allied army groups below, identify which killing center(s) was liberated by each:
Soviet Forces:
American Forces:
British Forces:
30) Why did about half of the concentration camp inmates die within a few weeks of liberation?
Survivors
31) What led Great Britain to change its mind about establishing a Jewish homeland in its territory of Palestine?
32) What nation was formed from the division of Jewish and Arab territory in Palestine? When did it achieve independence?
Instructions: Go to our class website and into our WWII unit. At the bottom of the page there is an electronic copy of this web quest. Copy this document into a GoogleDoc. Put your name and class period into the title and share the document with me in order to get a grad. My email address is [email protected].
This will count as a project grade. This is due by the end of class on Friday, March 27, 2015.
Follow the links below to answer the questions. Your mission is to educate yourself regarding what the Holocaust was and how it happened. Read the information at each of the links provided and answer the questions.
Use the links on this website to answer the questions below: http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/
Hitler Comes to Power
1) What was the name of the weak government of Germany created after World War I?
2) To which levels or members of German society did the Nazi Party of Adolph Hitler appeal?
The Nazi Terror Begins
3) The USHMM website states that tens of thousands of young, unemployed German men were "lured by the wages, a feeling of comradeship, and the striking uniforms," to join which organization within the Nazi Party? Give both the English and German terms.
4) What did these "auxiliary policemen" do to those who opposed the Nazi regime?
The SS Police State
5) What was the name of the Protective Squad that began as a special guard for Adolph Hitler and other party leaders? Describe their role in the affairs of the Nazi Party.
Nazi Racism
6) What was Hitler's term for the "master race?" Describe this type of person.
7) Other than Jews, what types of German citizens were victims of Nazi racial ideology?
Anti-Semitism
8) Define anti-Semitism. How far does it go back? What does the term pogrom mean?
In what other nations were Jews treated as scapegoats?
The Jews In Germany
9) How many Jews lived in Germany at the time of the 1933 census? How many of these Jews were German citizens? How were the remaining German Jews classified?
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
13) How did the Storm Troopers carry out the boycott of Jewish businesses on April 1, 1933? Even though the boycott was not very successful, tell why it was important.
German Occupied Europe
14) Which European nation was treated the harshest under German rule? Give two examples of the type of rule Germany placed on that nation. Which nation was treated the easiest?
The Night of Broken Glass
15) Tell what happened on the night of November 9, 1938. What is the German name for this event? What caused the violence?
The Final Solution
19) What was the goal of the "final solution?" What is the definition of the term "genocide?"
20) Describe the two major stages of the Nazi plan to carry out the "final solution." How many Jews were gassed in extermination camps?
21) What were the einsatzgruppen? What methods did they use most often to carry out their activities? In what nation did they operate?
Ghettos
22) In what city was the largest of the Jewish "residential quarters" found? How many ghettos existed in all of the occupied territories?
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
23) Describe the events of April 19, 1943 in the Warsaw Ghetto. How did the uprising come to an end? What happened to the Jews of the Warsaw ghetto?
Auschwitz
25) How many people died at Auschwitz? What percentage of them were Jewish?
26) What was the goal of some of the medical experiments carried out by SS doctor Josef Mengele?
27) What was the most common methods that Nazis committed mass murder at the killing centers?
Maps
28) Use the map to list the major killing centers and extermination camps in Poland
Liberation
29) For each of the Allied army groups below, identify which killing center(s) was liberated by each:
Soviet Forces:
American Forces:
British Forces:
30) Why did about half of the concentration camp inmates die within a few weeks of liberation?
Survivors
31) What led Great Britain to change its mind about establishing a Jewish homeland in its territory of Palestine?
32) What nation was formed from the division of Jewish and Arab territory in Palestine? When did it achieve independence?