| Videotaped
Testimonies |
| Contact
us and request to borrow one of our videotaped testimonies.
We can recommend one that would fit well with this lesson plan.
After you receive the videotaped testimony, view it with your
class. We suggest that
you view the testimony first, so that you´re aware of
the content beforehand.
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| Topics
for Discussion |
| After
you view the videotaped testimony, use the following suggested
questions for classroom discussion. |
| 1.
What did the videotaped testimony teach you about the Holocaust?
What surprises you about it and what does not? |
| 2.
Why do you think the Nazis kept such detailed records of their
killings? |
| 3.
Could a government such as the one Hitler created ever form
in the United States? What are some of the differences between
democracy in America and Hitler´s authoritarianism? |
| 4.
Imagine riding in a boxcar to the concentration camp. What do
you think people had to do to survive through the experience
of deportation and imprisonment? Think about some of the needs
of the young, old, and those with medical conditions. |
| 5.
Discuss the development of Nazi policy toward the Jews from
1933 until 1945. |
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| True/False
Questions |
| Use
these true/false questions to test your students´ basic
understanding of the Holocaust. Point them to the Timeline
section of this site to research these questions. |
| 1.
Hitler defined Jews as anyone having two Jewish grandparents
and identifying with Jewish traditions. (True) |
| 2.
The first concentration camp was Auschwitz, and it opened in
1933. (False) |
| 3.
Swiss authorities requested Germans to stamp the passports of
Jews to keep them from immigrating to Switzerland. (True) |
| 4.
Jews were barred from serving positions in public universities,
but could still serve in private universities. (False) |
| 5.
Jews were required to transfer all retail businesses to Aryan
officials in 1938. (True) |
| 6.
Hitler lived in hiding until he died in 1962. (False) |
| 7.
The plan designed by Heydric to eliminate all Jews was named
the Final Solution. (True) |
| 8.
Sobibor was the first death camp to exterminate using
gas. (True) |
| 9.
German officials evacuated Auschwitz because health
conditions were poor. (False) |
| 10.
The Warsaw Ghetto was sealed, imprisoning about 500,000 people.
(True) |
| 11.
German officials excused gypsies from all death camps. (False) |
| 12.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was established as a labor camp only. (False) |
| 13.
Polish Jews were transferred to the Warsaw Ghetto. (True) |
| 14.
German citizens elected Hitler as the Leader and Reich Chancellor.
(False) |
| 15.
Jewish students were expelled from German schools the same year
Jews were barred from teaching in universities. (False) |
