The Holocaust
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Objective
I can analyze the causes of the Holocaust.
Part 1 of 3
Warm-up video
BBC Newsround · 2:59
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Part 2 of 3
Practice
7 questions
Describe two ways the Nazis restricted the freedoms of Jewish people before World War II, as shown in the video.
Explain the purpose of the yellow star that Jewish people were forced to wear in public.
Part 3 of 3
Exit ticket
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“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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