Historical Overview

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum offers a plethora of resources for students and teachers alike. To access the site, go to www.ushmm.org and click on teacher's or student's link. As the next step in my study, I plan to do a broad overview of the rise of Hitler, the oppression of the Jews, and the plight, particularly of children in the Holocaust. Afterwards, students will be placed into groups of four and assigned an historical section of the Holocaust to research using the www.ushmm.org website. Studies will click on the "student's link" and go to A Learning Site for Students. Each small group will choose a section to explore. Students will spend one class period exploring their information and preparing to synethsize and present the information in a multiple intelligence choice format to other groups. The following class period, students will present the information and use large group discussion to draw connections to the down fall of Germany in WWI, the rise of Hitler, and the oppression of the Jews.