Mrs. Province's 8th Grade Holocaust Webquest

Introduction

Welcome to the Holocaust Webquest! Here you will build background knowledge of an extremely devastating event in history.

Task

Building background knowledge of The Holocaust is extremely important in order for you to truly understand and grasp the intensity of The Diary of Anne Frank. I want you to search the following topics from this historical time period.

Process

Visit the following sites, and answer all the questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper.

What is genocide?

1. Define "genocide" in your own words.2. When we refer to the "holocaust", what time period are we talking about?

Hitler Comes to Power

3. What levels of German society were most drawn to Hitler and the Nazi Party?

Nazi Racism

4. What was Hitler's term for the "master race"? Describe this type of person.5. What types of German citizens were victims of the Nazi Party?

Antisemitism

6. Define antisemitism.7. When did it begin?8. What other nations treated Jews as scapegoats (blamed them for some trouble)?

The Nuremberg Laws

9. According to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, how did the German government decide if someone was Jewish?10. What did the German government require of Jews in German society?