This will probably take two lessons!

Persecution of the Jews

Starter In your books: Give me 3 features of a democracy 2 features of a dictatorship 1 reason why you think a dictatorship/democracy is better.

Objectives: What…? How…? Why…? Learning Gain: All learners will know how and why Jewish people were persecuted. What…? How…? Why…? Objectives: …are we learning this? …are we going to learn? …are we learning? To understand why the Jews were persecuted and the historical meaning of this. Through discussion, a kinaesthetic activity and a written activity. If we can understand why persecution occurred we can prevent it from happening in the future.

Are all laws good or can some be bad? Main Are all laws good or can some be bad? Why do we have them? What are laws? With your partner discuss these two questions and record you thoughts as two spider-diagrams

Teacher notes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvy5V0Y0A90 Pause video at 0.53 and talk through quotation- what do students think it means? 3.11- discuss Anti Semitism Stop the video at 3.28 as it goes onto the Holocaust- they don’t need to look at this until the next lesson

Holocaust Hunt You are now going to be placed in groups of 4 Continuity & Change You are now going to be placed in groups of 4 Work together to collect relevant information that can be put into a timeline of events. You have 40 minutes to do this task. Viveos for the team who completes the timeline neatly and correctly first.

For teachers Print out slides with events and stick them around the classroom. Make sure students have the dates down but it does not have to be in order as they are producing a timeline anyway. The slides are probably better used with top sets- the PDF file in the folder can be used for lower sets

Jewish people banned from having health insurance 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Violence against Jews in Germany. The SA attacks Jewish shops. Jews are forced out of jobs in newspapers and the Civil Service. In April, Germans are told to boycott Jewish Shops 1934 Jewish people banned from having health insurance Nazi Newspapers claim that Jews murder Christian Children

Jews banned from all professional jobs 1937 The Nuremburg Laws are passed: Jews no longer allowed to be German citizens Jews not allowed to have sexual relationships with non- Jews Jews not allowed to marry non- Jews 1936 Jews banned from all professional jobs 1937 Jews banned from working any political government role

1938 Austria unites with Germany- Austrian Jews now persecuted. Jewish passports have to be stamped with a red “J” “Kristallnacht- Night of Broken Glass: This was a night of extreme violence against the Jews a 100 Jews were murdered and 20,000 sent to concentration camps. Synagogues and Jewish homes were burned down and windows of shops were smashed

1939 Germany occupation of Czechoslovakia begins Germany invades Poland Jews in Poland and Czechoslovakia begin to be persecuted All Jews in Nazi controlled territory forced to wear a yellow star

Jews may not leave their houses without permission form the police. 1940-42 Nazis begin the first mass murder of Jews in Poland. Jews are put into concentration camps. Nazi officials discuss the 'Final Solution' - their plan to kill all European Jews - to the government officials. 1940 1942 Jews are placed in ghettos Jews may not leave their houses without permission form the police. 1941

You now have 5minutes to check the information collected and write down anything you have missing.

Demonstrate Using your information, In your books produce a timeline showing the persecution of Jews throughout history. In 1933 Hitler became the Chancellor in Germany. Violence began, Jews were forced out of Jobs in the press and the civil service. Jewish shops were boycotted

Reflections Evidence In your groups select a law that would make you feel angry, one that would make you feel sad, one that would be a nuisance, and one that would leave you scared. Explain why you chose each in full sentences in your books.

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