The Holocaust

Grade 745 min

aligned to Students Will Understand The Causes That Led To The Holocaust

Learning Objective

I can analyze the causes of the Holocaust.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

What was the Holocaust? | Newsround

Unknown Channel

Practice

14 min

7 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

According to the video, how did the Nazis use propaganda and laws to isolate Jewish people from the rest of German society, and how did this contribute to the Holocaust? Based on the video, how did the Nazi invasion of Europe and the establishment of concentration and extermination camps contribute to the escalation and implementation of the Holocaust? According to the video, what role did economic hardship or other societal factors play in enabling the Nazis to carry out the Holocaust?

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