Reading and Note Taking Study Guide



World War IILesson 7 The HolocaustKey Terms Holocaustanti-SemitismnazismKristallnachtgenocideconcentration campsdeath campsWar Refugee BoardAcademic Vocabularyasylum: when a foreign government gives protection to someone who has escaped from fighting or persecutionarbitrary: something that holds someone back from actionexterminate: to destroy or kill completelyrestraint: control; something that holds someone back from actionsadist: someone who enjoys being cruel or causing painsystematic: organized carefully and done thoroughlyLesson Objectives1.Trace the roots and progress of Hitler’s campaign against the Jews.2.Explore the goals of Hitler’s “final solution” and the nature of Nazi death camps.3.Examine how the United States responded to the Holocaust.Roots of the Holocaust: Text1.Identify Key Steps in a Process What was Hitler’s first step in his anti-Semitic campaign? How did this step pave the way for later developments? 2.Identify Cause and Effect According to the Nazis, what event sparked Kristallnacht? Do you think this event was the actual cause? Explain. 3.Summarize Why did the United States refuse to accept the refugees on the St. Louis? What were the consequences of this decision? Hitler’s “Final Solution”: Text4.Draw Inferences Choose three groups that were persecuted in Nazi Germany and explain what reasons the Nazis may have had for targeting these groups. 5.Cite Evidence What was Hitler’s view of Polish people? Cite evidence throughout the text and the visuals to support your conclusion. Allied Response to the Holocaust: Text6.Summarize Use the graphic organizer to record how the United States reacted to the persecution of European Jews before, during, and after the war.7.Draw Conclusions Why did it take such a long time for the United States to respond to reports of death camps? 8.Integrate Information From Diverse Sources Review the photographs from the image gallery “Inside a Nazi Concentration Camp” and reread the words of U.S. Major Richard Winters. How do the photographs help explain what Winters meant when he said, “Now I know why I’m here”? 9.Explain an Argument State the main arguments for and against bombing railway lines leading to the concentration camps and death camps. 10.Identify Cause and Effect What were the immediate and long-term effects of the liberation of concentration camps? ................
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