Ms. Beckwith

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Virtual Field Trip of Nazi Germany

• Ms. Beckwiths
• 6th grade class

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New York State Standards/Themes and Objectives

• Social Studies Standard 2
• Themes include History of Eastern Hemisphere
  nations, Power, Authority, and Governance, and
  Time, Continuity, and Change with the concepts of
  empathy and values.
• Objectives
• Students will be able to define the term genocide
  in their own words.
• Students will be able to identify which groups of
  people were targeted during the Holocaust.
• Students will be able to discuss what happened in
  the concentration camps.

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Background Information

• During WWII, under the orders of Adolf Hitler,
  Nazi Germany took over Europe.
• They imprisoned, enslaved, and murdered millions
  of people.
• This injustice did not end until the Allies
  defeated the Axis powers.

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The Year is 1941

• You and your family have been forced out of your
  home by the Army. They have taken you to a
  concentration camp. The soldiers have taken all
  of your clothes, made you shower, and given you a
  striped uniform to wear. Then they gave you a
  number and tattooed it on your arm. They have
  separated you from your family. You are
  frightened, lonely, and weak.

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The Arrival

• How would you be feeling upon arriving at the
  concentration camp?

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Mens and Womens Barracks

• The sleeping conditions were poor. The bunks
  were uncomfortable and packed with people. They
  had no room to move.

Men's Barracks Womens Barracks
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The Gas Chamber

• Gas chambers were used to commit genocide against
  Jews and other groups.
• Genocide means the intentional act of killing or
  harming a group of people.
• They were used to kill people that were not
  considered part of the Aryan race.
• Gas chambers were also used to kill people that
  were unable to work such as, children, the
  injured, and the mentally ill.

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Work Duties At The Camp

• Prisoners at the camps were forced to work for
  the Germans.
• They worked long hours every day.
• They did physically demanding jobs, under tough
  working conditions.
• Many worked behind barbed wire.
• -Marching Out to Work
• -What do you think it would be like to work in
  these conditions?
• -View another example of slave labor.

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Victims Page

• It is important to know that Jewish people were
  not the only victims.
• Some examples of victims include Poles, Serbs,
  Russians and Asians.
• Millions of people died during the holocaust.
• Some causes of death were starvation, lack of
  medical care, and people being murdered.
• -Click on Mosaic of Victims to learn more about
  the victims.
• -Click here to see photos of victims, then click
  on The Aftermath (see more photos).

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Childrens Stories

• More than one million Jewish children were
  murdered under Nazi rule.
• Typically the Nazis didnt find children useful
  for labor , thus most were sent to concentration
  camps and murdered.
• Many times they were the first victims to be
  killed.
• They were even used for medical experiments.

What do you think it would have been like to grow
up in Nazi Germany? Click here to read about
children's survival stories.
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The End

• The nightmare finally ended in late 1944 to
  early1945.
• The armies of the allies moved in and the camps
  were liberated.
• However, the suffering didnt stop there. Many
  people were emotionally, physically, and mentally
  drained.

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Follow-up Activity

• -Keeping in mind what you have learned from the
  virtual field trip, I would like you to put
  yourself in their shoes
• Pretend that you are in Nazi Germany and you have
  been captured. You are now a prisoner in a
  concentration camp.
• Write a Dear Diary entry explaining what you did
  today and your emotional state. Some examples of
  what you could discuss are your work duties,
  your schedule, what you ate, and how your
  feeling.

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Resources

• Holocaust Cybrary remembering the Survivors,
  Remember.org
• Main Events of the Holocaust
• Poles, Victims of the Nazi Era
• The Holocaust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The Sleeping Quarters
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Virtual Tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau
  Concentration Camp

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Questions?

• What do you think this drawing represents?
• Does anyone have any questions?