5/19 Identity

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• analyze the importance of identity.

Why?

• To develop empathy.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  By yourself and without any resources respond to the questions at this link.           7 minutes

3.  By yourself: Take the identity chart from the table near the cart and complete it.            10 minutes

4. Wait for whole class discussion.              10 minutes

5. Reflection: At the top of your scrap paper document, write a paragraph to explain how you felt, how your life would be different (based on the identity chart activity), and why identity is important.                10 minutes

6. See Mr.d'E:               

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• Why is identity important?
• Explain about the identity chart activity?

5/18 Becoming Nazis

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• analyze a primary source.
• find reasons people would follow the Nazis/ Hitler.
• construct thematic statements.

Why?

• To better understand how people are swayed.
• To review information.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  With your group read the primary source linked here aloud.           10 minutes

• Discuss what would make people follow the Nazis and Hitler.

3.  With your whole group: look at and think about the conditions Germany faced after World War I, the Nazi political platform (G-Classroom), the history of treating Jewish people poorly (reading),  Confessions of a Hitler Youth (video).  Together create your own list for the following:            20 minutes

• Why would people follow the Nazis and Hitler?
• Why would the Nazis target Jewish people?

4. With your group: Discuss thematic statements you could develop about the Holocaust thus far. Write them in your thematic statement document. Write evidence from our study that helps prove all the thematic statements thus far are true.              15 minutes

5. Wait for whole class discussion.              5 minutes

6. By yourself, write your name on the back of a sticky note and list responses to the following on the front of the sticky note:               5 minutes

• at least two reasons why people would follow the Nazis and Hitler. (Draw a line to separate these from the response to below.)
• at least two reason why the Nazis would target Jewish people.

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• Why would people follow the Nazis and Hitler?
• Why would the Nazis target the Jewish people?
• How might this relate to you?

5/17 Following Hitler

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• discover reasons people would follow the Nazis and Hitler.
• construct thematic statements.

Why?

• To better understand why people would mistreat one another.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  Copy the thematic statements the class developed last meeting into your thematic statement document.           3 minutes

3.  View the video Confessions of a Hitler Youth               35 minutes

• Why would someone follow the Nazis/Hitler?
• What role did education play in Nazi Germany?
• Take aways

4. Whole class discussion               5 minutes

5. Thematic statements               5 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• Tell me about the video you watched?
• How did the Nazis use education to influence their citizens?