1. Unit 8: World War II
3.5.18

2. History Unfolded: US Newspapers & the Holocaust
What did Americans know about the Holocaust?

3. History Unfolded: US Newspapers & the Holocaust
National project for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Task: Find newspaper articles about the Holocaust in Washington newspapers
Results will be submitted to the USHMM database
Last year we got 23 articles published into the database

4. Objectives
Identify what info was available to Americans about the threat of Nazism and the Holocaust
Draw conclusions about what people in the US knew about the Holocaust
Read “How Americans Got Their News in the 1930s and 1940s” as a class

5. Task Pairs One event per pair
Search online databases of newspapers in Washington for that event
Report on your findings
Have pairs grab 1 surface & log in

6. Tutorial How to Read Newspapers from the 1930s & 40s

7. Events Link on my website Kristallnacht Dachau Father Coughlin
Albert Einstein
Jewish Refugees
Book Burnings
Child Refugees Bills
American Citizens Attacked
Yellow Stars
Nuremberg Race Laws
Charles Lindbergh
Paris Jews
Berlin Olympics
Nazi Plan
Germany Annexes Austria

8. Research
Use the newspaper databases (linked on my site) to find articles about your event
Once you find an article:
Tell me first!!!!
Check to make sure the USHMM doesn’t already have it (link on my website)
Complete the Data Collection Form (p.1)
Answer the Article Comparison Qs (p.2)
Submit your results to USHMM (link)

9. Unit 8: World War II
3.6.18

10. Research
Use the newspaper databases (linked on my site) to find articles about your event
Once you find an article:
Tell me first!!!!
Check to make sure the USHMM doesn’t already have it (link on my website)
Complete the Data Collection Form (p.1)
Answer the Article Comparison Qs (p.2)
Submit your results to USHMM (link)

11. Submit Your Article Click the “Submit Your Research Here” link
Open up my website
Click the “Submit Your Research Here” link
Follow the directions
Don’t forget to submit a screenshot

12. Share Out Event (brief description)
What newspaper covered the event? On what page?
Was it harder or easier to find articles than you thought it would be? Was there more or less coverage on the event than you thought there’d be?

13. Discussion Any surprises? Anything stand out?
How much did Americans know about the Holocaust?
What role should the media play in the response to persecution/violence?