Racism, Religion and the Holocaust

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Racism, Religion and the Holocaust
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Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination?

• We will be
• Examining the nature of racism, the origins of
  anti-Semitism and the Apartheid system in South
  Africa.
• You will be able to
• Explain the meaning of the terms prejudice and
  discrimination.
• Describe life under the apartheid system

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The Slave Trade

• We will be
• Looking at the history of black African Americans
  and the life of a slave
• You will be able to
• Explain how Africans were taken to America
• Describe the condition they existed in
• Explain the attitude of people at the time to
  slaves

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The United States of America

• We will be
• Examining the movement known and the Ku Klux Klan
• You will be able to
• Describe the beliefs and values of the KKK
• Describe the contribution and influence of Dr
  Martin Luther King
• Explain the aim of the Civil Rights Movement

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Genocide

• You will be
• Examining the meaning of the term genocide and
  looking at various examples
• You will be able to
• Explain the meaning of the term genocide
• Give an example of a genocide in the 20th century
  
• Explain the circumstance which led to the Rwandan
  genocide

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Does Religion Encourage Hatred?

• We will be
• Examining the possible link between religion and
  hatred
• You will be able to
• State the main ideas of Jesus teachings
• Explain what is meant by the Crusades and their
  purpose
• Give examples of religion being a positive
  influence

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The Cathars

• You will be
• Looking at a religious group persecuted by the
  Catholic Church known as the Cathars
• You will be able to
• Explain what is meant by heresy and describe the
  action taken by the Christian church against
  heretics
• Give two examples of how religion has created
  conflict

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The Jewish Holocaust

• You will be looking at
• The attempts of the Nazis to wipe out the Jews in
  Europe during WW2
• You will be able to
• Explain the meaning of Holocaust and what it
  refers to
• Describe how the rise of anti Semitism in
  Germany affected the Jews
• Explain how the Jews felt at this time

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Nazi Propaganda

• We will be
• Looking at how the Nazis used propaganda to
  influence the attitudes of non Jews
• Discussing the effects of propaganda on the Jews
• You will be able to
• Explain what is meant by propaganda
• Explain how Nazi propaganda influenced the people
  of Germany
• Explain how Jews were depicted by propaganda

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Life in the Ghetto

• We will be
• Examining what life was like for Jews in the
  ghettos
• You will be able to
• Explain the purpose of the ghettos
• Describe what life was like for Jews in the
  ghettos
• Provide examples of how Jews tried to make life
  as good and as normal as possible

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The Final Solution

• You will be
• Learning about what Hitler and the Nazis called
  the Final Solution to the Jewish question
• You will be able to
• Explain what is meant by the Final Solution
• Explain the purpose of the camps built in Poland
• Explain how the Jews were being disposed of
  before the Final Solution

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Death Camps

• We will be
• Looking at the experiences of Jews sent to
  Auschwitz and the other purpose built death camps
• You will be able to
• Describe what it was like for Jews who lived in
  the camps
• State how you think that this terrible brutality
  would affect a persons belief in God
• Give some reasons as to why such evil exists

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Death Marches

• You will be
• Looking at the efforts of the Nazis to continue
  with their plan of extermination as the war was
  coming to an end
• You will be able
• Explain what the death marchers were
• Explain what the Nazis wanted to achieve with the
  death marches
• Explain how the Jews would have felt

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Liberation (1945)

• We will be
• Looking at what the allies found when they
  liberated the camps in 1945 and the attempts of
  the Nazis to hide the atrocities
• You will be able to
• Describe the scene that the allies were met with
  when they entered the camps
• Explain how local people were exposed to the
  horrors of the camps and the role they were given
• Explain who would have had feelings of guilt

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The Aftermath

• We will be
• Looking at the formation of the state of Israel
  and the conflict that has arisen from this
• You will be able to
• Explain why and when the state of Israel was
  formed
• Explain attitudes of Arabs and Jews to the state
  of Israel
• Explain what Yad Vashem is and its role in
  keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive