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HOLOCAUST PROJECT
Students will be given options for their project.
Teacher & students will meet to discuss project and
its rubric/grading. Teacher MUST approve &
initial all rough drafts. Bring a media
storage device if working on the computer at school (flash drive is preferable). Choose a project:
INDIVIDUAL Projects:
1. Create a book of poetry.
Must include a cover, a dedication page, and at least 7 poems created by student about this unit. Illustrations supporting
or depicting the poem must also be included. You must turn in and have teacher approval of all rough drafts. Each poem
should be about a specific event/place/person that is relevant to the Holocaust. For example, writing a poem about
Kristallnacht, one can describe the event, sounds, panic, emotion, and fictitious memories associated with the event.
While there is no specific word requirement for each poem, it must address and reflect the historical era in which it was to
be written. You must then present your best 3 poems with a thorough description of each. 3 minute presentation.
2. Power Point Presentation.
At least 15 slides & no more than 25 words per slide. Must include photos, 1 video clip with hyperlink, and presentation
must be more than just reading your slides to class. This project should be the analysis & presentation of a
specific aspect of the Holocaust. Perhaps you know a Holocaust survivor: present their story here to the class in
PowerPoint form. Other topics within the Holocaust may also be pursued but must first be approved by your teacher. You
must have a printed storyboard (your slides) approved before creating your actual presentation =3 minute presentation.
Examples of possible projects to research, analyze & present:
- Biographical sketch of Hitler
- Biography of Dr. Josef Mengele & analysis of the experiments he conducted on prisoners at Auschwitz
- The Final Solution (its creation, architects, purpose & implementation)
- The Hitler Youth (creation, purpose, effects & results)
- A specific Concentration/Death Camp (such as Dachau or Auschwitz)
- Analysis of the several plots to assassinate Hitler
- Theresienstadt Concentration Camp: a camp used as propaganda to show the Red Cross that Jews were being
taken care of in a humane manner. This camp perpetuated the lie & cover-up of the Holocaust as it was occurring.
3. Create a DVD Movie. (using MovieMaker or Photostory)
Using either Windows MovieMaker or PhotoStory, you must create a 3 minute presentation minimum DVD using
photos of the Holocaust. Your movie should include captions, a soundtrack (music in the background, titles & captions
when appropriate, statistics & be professional-looking). You must then present the DVD to the class so you
will be speaking while your movie is playing. The movie should be in the order of pre-Holocaust (rise
of Nazism), the deportations & ghettos, the work/death camps, aftermath of the Holocaust. You have the
option here of choosing a specific topic to pursue but you must get teacher approval (see Project #2 above)
=3 minute presentation
GROUP Projects:
4. Create your own song or soundtrack in which lyrics are appropriate to this unit &
burn a CD. (1-2 people)
There are two choices for this option – one is to create your own song about the Holocaust and the second is to
create a “soundtrack” of songs that goes with the history of the Holocaust. Follow these guidelines for each of
the two choices (note: all songs, music, and videos must be classroom appropriate)
a. Create your own song:
You must perform it live in class, create a video of you performing it, or create a “music video”
that goes along with the song you are performing.
Include the lyrics to your song on a power point presentation.
Include a paragraph explaining how your song is capturing the events and conditions of the
Holocaust.
Along with performing or providing a video of the performance, you must explain the
relationship between the song and the Holocaust in your presentation.
=3 minute presentation
b. OR Create a “soundtrack” of songs that depict or capture the Holocaust (1-2 people)
Soundtrack must include 3 if working alone or 6 classroom-appropriate songs if working with a
partner.
You must present two of the songs if you are working alone or four of the songs if you are
working with a partner. Your presentation should include the song lyrics on a power point for
your presentation and you should play selected parts of those songs.
Include an explanation in your presentation of how these songs and lyrics are capturing or
representing the Holocaust
Include a one-page description of how each song in your soundtrack is representing the
Holocaust. Each description should be one page, double spaced. Why did you choose these
songs for the Holocaust? (ie…how does a song by Death Cab for Cutie represent the
Holocaust?)
o Each song needs its own one-page description, so you should have a total of six double-
spaced pages to turn in.
5. Create a “Breaking News” Broadcast of the Holocaust (1 – 3 people)
Breaking news broadcasts interrupt television programming to bring important news and events to viewers.
For this project you will be reenacting either live breaking news story as if the Holocaust had recently been
uncovered. This means you can either perform it live as a skit in front of the class or use a video camera to
create some scenes or commercials. You should think about how news broadcasts occur and make it as
accurate as possible (such as “cutting” to a “live” reporter who can provide information).
Requirements
Broadcast must be between 3-5 minutes long
Must be presented as a live skit
Broadcast must include historically accurate information and should include references to real places,
people, and events
Needs to be creative and could include props to supplement the broadcast
Breaking news broadcasts must be professionally created and performed – SERIOUS BROADCASTS
ONLY
GROUP or INDIVIDUAL Project:
6. Photo journal or scrapbook from the perspective of a Holocaust victim/survivor. (1
or 2 people) May be in an actual scrapbook or done in video format with PowerPoint.
You will include a minimum of 25 (if 2 people, then 40 photos) pictures (either printed from the internet, from
magazines or books) explaining aspects of their life before, during & after the Holocaust. If there is a
skilled artist among your group, some pictures could be in the form of sketches (with ink or pencil – no color)
that this person might have done during their stay at the death camps, or of their liberation (no more than 4 of
these). You could also use historically accurate newspaper clippings. A journal entry must accompany & explain
each photo, sketch, clipping.
Requirements
Must be detailed & creative
If 2 person, you must each play a role such as siblings or relatives so your scrapbook will be
detailing 2 people’s lives into one presentation
1 person = 25 minimum entries
2 person – 40 minimum entries
Must be in a scrapbook, binder or the like or use PowerPoint if Video Scrapbook.
Binders, scrapbooks and such should look topic appropriate – i.e., you should not use a My
Little Pony or Transformers binder.
Each photo, sketch or clipping must have an explanative journal entry
Books must be creative and artistic
3 minute presentation
7. Create a Diorama of a Prison/Labor/Execution camp, or a specific building like the
barracks, gas chamber, etc. (Must get teacher approval for specific buildings) – (1 or 2
people)
This Diorama, which is a scale model of something – usually a scene, building, or historical event –; can be
created by using any materials that you choose. You can use cardboard, paper, Styrofoam, wood, toys, models,
and whatever else you can think of that will make your diorama interesting, creative and as historically
accurate as possible. The platform that you should use should be cardboard or something stronger and should
be around the size of a medium to large size poster board.
Requirements
Diorama must be on a poster size board at approximately 2feet by 2feet or larger.
Must be detailed & creative
If creating an entire camp then be as detailed as possible to surroundings, landscaping,
background, people and of course the buildings.
If creating a specific building then you it must be very detailed and try to include a figure if
possible
If 2 persons are doing a diorama and are choosing a specific building, then two building must be
created on one poster board. For example you could make a Guard Tower and a Gas Chamber.
If doing an entire camp you can either make it a top down view, like looking at a map, or you
could make it so you can see into each building
If doing a specific building you must make it so you can see into the building when looking at it
from eye level.
You or both of you will present your diorama to the class and go through the buildings or camp.
3 minute presentation
You can also print out photos of actual camps or buildings from which your diorama is based
and put them on a poster and make that part of your presentation.
PRESENTATIONS: May 10-12.
WEAR BUSINESS ATTIRE THE DAY YOU PRESENT
(no jeans)! Dress Code in must be followed (no tights with
sweaters & no cleavage!!)
Holocaust Project
Student Name: ___________________
Project Choice:_________________________
Paragraph explanation of what YOU plan to include (Be specific):
If applicable, group members:
____________________
____________________
APPROVAL OF TEACHER (initialed):______
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