1. Unit 8: World War II

2. Nazism in America
February 20, 1939: The German American Bund holds a “Pro-America” rally
22,000 Americans attend
A short film was made about it in 2017

3. “When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism.’” -Halford E Luccock

4. What did Americans Know About the Holocaust?
How did the media cover the Holocaust?

5. National project for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Students from all over the US submitted newspaper articles that they found about the Holocaust
We submitted 40 articles to the project over the last 2 years

6. 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
Share your findings & thoughts in a class discussion

7. Go to my website: ihsmccarville.weebly.com
WebQuest
Go to my website: ihsmccarville.weebly.com

8. When you finish the Webquest:
Show me your completed packet
Get a copy of the primary & secondary sources
Read and annotate the sources
Minimum of 3 annotations per source