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Essential Questions:
What is in your Universe of Obligation?
HOw can I expand my universe to include more people and ideas?
Standard 10.7
Students understand the rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and East Asia during the period between World War I and World War II, including the role of personalities and ideologies in the consolidation of political power and loss of human rights and freedoms.
Performance Standards
10.7.1 Explaining how the economic and political factors fostered the growth of totalitarian regimes in Italy and Germany.
10.7.2 Defining components of the ideological framework of various totalitarian regimes, such as "Aryan superiority" and anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany.
10.7.3 Describing the political strategies and tactics used by various totalitarian leaders to solidify power.
10.7.5 Explaining the psychological appeal of totalitarian leaders to individuals and groups.
10.7.6 Describing the Holocaust in Europe during World War II and explaining it as an ultimate expression of totalitarian rule.
10.7.7 Assessing the ethical responsibilities of individuals and nations in relationship to totalitarian rule.
Homework Overview
Analyze the rise of Hitler and Mussolini (compare and contrast)
Identify the actions of key individuals involved in World War II
Define key terms/events from World War II
Identify the causes, effects, and outcomes of World War II
In-class Activities
Lecture, readings, short films, and slides
Analyzing historical events related to the Holocaust (emphasis on resistance)
Crimes Against Humanity Mock Trials (group and individual written work & performance)
Quizzes and/or an exam on various aspects of WWII and the Holocaust
Resources (primary and secondary)
Internet
Various books and encyclopedias
Film Clips - A Time To Kill and Civil Action (courtroom procedures)
Film Clips - Eye of the Storm (unlearning hate)
Film Clips - Escape from Sorbibor (Holocaust) - as well as a few other short clips TBA
TENTATIVE Schedule
Week 1
Theme: Identity and Membership: Race, Identify, and Nationalism
Overview of the Unit
Racial Profiling (reading and discussion) Computer Lab
Eye of the Storm (film and discussion)
Nationalism is context of WWII (activity)
Reflection on Personal Values and Baggage (activity)
Treatment Based on Identity (activity)
Week 2
Theme: Stereotyping Leads to Action
1933-1939 Rise of Totalitarianism and Nazi Belief
Hitler and Mussolini Rise to Power (Reading and discussion)
Nazi Ideology (primary source readings)
Week 3
Theme: Hope vs. Despair
Overview of the Major Stages of the Holocaust (slides)
Deportation and Arrival: The Camps (lecture, readings, visuals)
Life in the Camps (readings)
Forms of Resistance (readings and short film)
Other Targeted Groups
Week 4
Theme: Judgment Day
World War II Overview (lecture)
Kick-off Crimes Against Humanity Mock Trials (overview and research)
The People v. President Truman - Atomic Bomb
The People v. President Roosevelt - Japanese Internment
The People v. J. Robert Oppenheimer - Atomic Bomb
The People v. Army General John DeWitt - Japanese Internment
Trial Procedures
Week 5
Theme: Court: Who is responsible?
Research and trial procedures
The Trials!
Week 6
Theme: Spring Break
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