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The Diary of Anne Frank INCLUDEPICTURE "" \* MERGEFORMATINET This unit will focus on the diary of Anne Frank, who tragically died in the Holocaust. We will be learning about what the various definitions of the Holocaust and what pre-war Jewish life looked like before we read a theatrical interpretation of the diary (hopefully in class). Why do we study the Holocaust? Nazi Germany discriminated against people based on their religion, race, sex, gender, and social background, and between 1941 and 1945, the Nazis murdered over six million Jews, around two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population. We are studying the Holocaust to make people aware about the dangers of racism and antisemitism, to ensure we never forget, and to develop the moral and social awareness of young people regarding the dangers of prejudice, discrimination, and intolerance. We will be working toward writing a report on The Diary of Anne Frank for the end of this unit. It is also worth noting that on Britain’s Holocaust Memorial Day is on the 27th of January.Content Warning: The following material may be upsetting or disturbing. If you have any issues and feel unable to engage in the material please advise your teachers. DEFINING THE HOLOCAUSTLearning Intentions: I will have learnt about the various definitions of the Holocaust. Success Criteria: I must be able to identify key details that define the Holocaust. (PART 1&2)I should able to… compare and contrast different versions of a definition of the Holocaust. (PART 3&4)I could be able to explain and analyse why some people prefer the term Shoah rather than the Holocaust. Colour coding explained: Mild – these are questions mostly designed to test your understanding and comprehension Hot – these questions tend to be analysis based questions and are going to test your ability to break information down into smaller chunksSpicy – these questions tend to be evaluative and will test your ability to judge the value of information or ideas. If you get stuck on these don’t worry – they’re supposed to be difficult! Task 1What do you know about the Holocaust? Fill out the mind map below with everything you think you know about the Holocaust. Use the questions to guide you. - When did the Holocaust happen?- Where did the Holocaust happen? (you can include countries or specific sites)- Who was persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust?- Who was responsible for the Holocaust? (you can include groups or individuals)- What else do I know about the Holocaust?- Why do we study the Holocaust?Task 2: A definition of the Holocaust can give some answer to important questions suchas:? Who were the victims?? Who were the perpetrators?? When did this happen?? Where did this happen?? How did it happen?? Why did this happen?Answering these questions in a short definition is very difficult. One historically accurate and academically acceptable definition that the Holocaust Educational Trust uses is:The Holocaust was the murder of approximately six million Jewish men, women and children byNazi Germany and its collaborators during the Second World War.Watch the video “Introduction to the Holocaust: Footballers Remember” of the historic visit in June 2012 by the England football squad to the site of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. LINK watching the video once, write down a sentence or two for each of the following questions:7620280670? Who were the victims of the Holocaust? ? Who were the perpetrators?00? When did this happen?0-635? Where did this happen?00Task 3: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THE TERM ‘HOLOCAUST’? Read through the definitions and highlight any terms or phrases they have in common. Then, write down any new words you find and a definition for them from a dictionary. Definition 1: The word ‘Holocaust’ comes from ancient Greek: ‘holos’ means ‘completely’ and ‘kaustos’ means ‘burnt’. The word was first used to describe religious sacrifices. For this reason, some people have objected to the term ‘Holocaust’ and prefer to use the Hebrew word ‘Shoah’, which means ‘catastrophe’.Definition 2: “The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Europe's Jews by the Nazis and theircollaborators during the Second World War. For the first time in history, industrial methodswere used for the mass extermination of a whole people. Between 1933 and 1945, Jewswere targeted for discrimination, segregation and extermination. […] The Nazis enslavedand murdered millions of others as well. Political opponents, Roma and Sinti,homosexuals, prisoners of conscience, people with physical and mental disabilities, Poles,Soviet prisoners of war and others were killed or died in camps as a result of neglect,starvation or disease.”Definition 3: “The Holocaust was the murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazis and theircollaborators. Between the German invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941and the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Nazi Germany and its accomplices strove tomurder every Jew under their domination. Because Nazi discrimination against the Jewsbegan with Hitler’s accession to power in January 1933, many historians consider this thestart of the Holocaust era. The Jews were not the only victims of Hitler’s regime, but theywere the only group that the Nazis sought to destroy entirely.” Definition 4: “The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murderof approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. During the era ofthe Holocaust, German authorities also targeted other groups because of their perceived“racial inferiority”: Roma, the disabled, and some of the Slavic peoples (Poles,Russians, and others). Other groups were persecuted on political, ideological, andbehavioural grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, andhomosexuals.”Task: Answer the following questions and write your answers below:What was the word ‘Holocaust’ originally used to describe? What does the word ‘Shoah’ mean? Who was the main group the Nazis targeted? Using your own words, write down a definition of ‘bureaucratic’ (hint: use your iPad or phone to google the meaning of the word!)Why have some people objected to using the term ‘Holocaust?’Write down at least three other groups that the Nazis targeted:Why do you think there are so many definitions of the Holocaust? LINK Task: Read the following by Pastor Martin Niem?ller.First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a CommunistThen they came for the SocialistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a SocialistThen they came for the trade unionistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the JewsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a JewThen they came for meAnd there was no one leftTo speak out for meTask: Answer the following questions475699218539HappySad Joyful Angry Bitter00HappySad Joyful Angry BitterLook at the words in the box above. Pick one you think summarizes the mood of the poem. Explain why you chose that word in a sentence or two. Using your own words as far as possible, write down a definition for the followinga) Communistb) Socialistc) Trade UnionistDo you find the ending of the poem effective? Explain your answer in two sentences, using the formula: I find the ending of this poem effective/not effective because … Explain what you think the poem’s main idea or message is. Explain your answer in three or more sentences. ................
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