1. U.S. History
March 7th, 2018

2. Warm Up!
Learning Target: I will argue whether or not America could have done more to stop the Holocaust.
What was Operation Barbarossa?
What was Kristallnacht?

3. Announcements Binders due TODAY Quiz on Friday (New Deal & WWII)
Lockdown drill (12 pm)

4. Kristallnacht - November 9, 1938
Kristallnacht - November 9, “Night of Broken Glass” where Jewish businesses and synagogues in Nazi Germany were attacked and vandalized. Jewish people were also attacked and 91 were killed.
Kindertransport Informal rescue efforts to bring refugee Jewish children to Great Britain. Around 10,000 children were rescued
Ghetto - districts where Jews were forced to live, meant to segregate and control Jews. Often the people in the ghettos were killed or deported to death camps
Concentration Camp Camp where people were detained, usually bad conditions. Many people in concentration camps were used for slave labor. The SS (Schutzstaffel) were responsible for controlling the concentration camps.
Holocaust Vocabulary

5. Holocaust Vocabulary
Death Camp/Extermination Camp Camps where the primary goal was to kill as many people as possible, usually by gassing or shooting. 2,700,000 Jews were murdered in the death camps.
Wannsee Conference - Jan 20, Reinhard Heydrich presented and coordinated the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” - the deliberate and systematic genocide of European Jews. Authorized by Hitler in 1941.
Einsatzgruppen - “Mobile Killing Squads.” Squads of police and SS who were supposed to find and kill “racial or political enemies” in the occupied Soviet Union (Jews, Communists, people with disabilities or mental illness, officials of the Soviet Union, etc). Regarded as the first step of the Final Solution
Auschwitz-Birkenau - the largest and most famous death camp. Over a million Jews were killed at Auschwitz alone.

6. American Understanding of the Holocaust
First you will work on answering the question: During WWII, did Americans know that the Holocaust was happening?
Read Documents A and B. Write down what each document says about American knowledge of the Holocaust.
Which source do you believe more? Why?
Read Documents 1, 2, 3, and 4. Write down 2 bullet points of information from each document.

7. American Understanding of the Holocaust
Now you will work on answering this question: Could America have done more to stop the Holocaust (specifically bombing the railway to Auschwitz)? Should it have?
Doc A: What does Kubowitzki argue for? What is his evidence? Does his argument seem plausible? Why?
Doc B: What is McCloy’s response? Does his argument seem plausible? Why?
Doc C: What are the main points of this piece? What supporting evidence is used? Is this argument convincing? Why or why not?
Doc D:What are the main points of this piece? What supporting evidence is used? Is this argument convincing? Why or why not?
American Understanding of the Holocaust

8. Writing Assessment You will answer two questions, each in a paragraph.
Write a well-constructed paragraph (8-13 sentences) that answers each question.
Make sure each paragraph has a thesis statement, evidence from both primary and secondary sources, and analysis.
This is due Monday 3/12.
This needs to be typed and submitted on Turnitin.com
This is an assessment.
You will have all of tomorrow to work on this (in the library).