World War II and The Holocaust 8th Grade ELA

Background Information - WWII http://www.flocabulary.com/world-war-ii/

Background Information - Holocaust http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/holocaust/

The Holocaust By Susanna Davidson

Chapter 1 – What Was the Holocaust Reader’s Task – Annotate this chapter to find the main idea. Write notes in the margins in your own words. Hey, Biebs. Can you help us understand main idea?

Chapter 2 - Hatred Reader’s Task – Annotate this chapter. Write notes in the margins in your own words. One of the key parts of annotating is making inferences. Let’s learn to “read between the lines”.

Chapter 3 – The Rise of the Nazis Reader’s Task – Highlight major claims. Underline supporting evidence. Hey, wait! That sounds a lot like finding the main idea. Let’s take a look!

Chapter 4 – The World at War Reader’s Task – Summarize each paragraph in the margins. You know who is a good summarizer…Oprah!

Chapter 5 – The Business of Death Reader’s Task – Highlight evidence that supports the author’s purpose. Finding the author’s purpose is as easy as PIE!

Chapter 6 – Fighting Back Reader’s Task – Highlight topic sentences. Underline transition words and phrases between paragraphs.

Chapter 7 –The Killing Continues Reader’s Task – Annotate this chapter.