UNIT 1
How Was it Humanly Possible? The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
GOAL
- Students will be able to understand the historical context of the time period and analyze the reasons for the rise of the Nazi party.
- Students will understand the impact on new restrictions laws instituted by the Nazis.
OBJECTIVES
- Students will be able to define the terms related to understanding the rise of the Nazi party.
- Students will be able to understand and analyze the environment which allowed the rise of the
- Nazi party.
- Students will analyze the impact on Jewish culture and music
- Students will explain how the Nuremberg Laws eliminated artistic freedom in music and how that influenced the lives of the Jews.
STRATEGIES
- Critical thinking skills
- Prior Knowledge
- Collaborative Learning
VOCABULARY
- Anti-judaism
- Antisemitism
- Treaty of Versailles
- Reich
- Aryan
- Boycott
- Weimar Republic
- Nuremberg Race Laws
MATERIALS
- K-W-L
- Handouts
- Video
- Green Golly “Now We Can Sing “Performance of Partita and Eight Pieces of Flute by Hindemith
STANDARDS
- Social Studies: SS.912.A, SS.912. A.6, SS.912. A.6.1 SS.912. W., SS.912. W.7, SS.912. W.7.5
- Language Arts: LAFS.910.RH.1.2, LAFS.910.RH.3.9, LAFS.1112.RH.2.4
RESOURCES
- Ted Ed
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Berenbaum, M., The World Must Know
- Facing History Facing Ourselves
LESSON PLAN
- Students will complete the KWL, completing only the K and the W. They will write five things that the think they know about the Holocaust and five things that they want to learn. They will then share with the class. This allows for the teacher to understand where the class stands in terms of their prior knowledge and permits the teacher to immediately dispel any misinformation that the students have.
- The students will then watch one of two videos (depending on the teacher's time limitations)
- Ted Ed — How Did Hitler Rise to Power (5:37 You Tube)- a brief overview of the circumstances allowing the rise to power.
-
The Road to Nazi Genocide (38:31 www.ushmm.org) a comprehensive history of the rise to Nazi genocide which is divided into segments. Each segment is a few minutes long and can be used throughout the lessons plans as individual segments or be shown once in its entirety.
- The students will read the condenced version of the Treaty of Versaille in the book Facing History Facing Ourselves pages 119-120. The group will discuss how each contributed to discontent among the population allowing for average citizens to go along with Nazi policies.
ASSESSMENTS
- Completion of handouts
- Vocabulary assessment
- Presentations of small group discussion
- Students will work in Groups to discuss the following “What would you do if your favorite music was banned by the government?” Discuss your choice of music and how you would feel? If you were powerless to change it, what would you do?