The Holocaust

This is a WebQuest designed to help you understand the events and devastation of
the Holocaust. Visit each link and learn about the perpetrators, victims, causes
and effects of the largest mass murder in history.

Use the buttons below to step through this Web Quest!
Click on the sphere to the left of the task to view the Websites.

Objectives    Step 1    Step 2    Step 3    Step 4    Step 5    Step 6    Step 7    Assessment   

After the completion of this project, you will have the following items ready for grading, sharing, and displaying:

  1. A 12 slide Power Point Presentation

  2. A five-day diary depicting life in a concentration camp

  3. A 5 paragraph essay on Adolf  Hitler.

  4. A timeline

  5. A newspaper article

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What was the Holocaust?
After visiting this site, begin to create a 12 slide Power Point presentation about what you have learned. As you
progress through this project, you will be adding to and revising this presentation. Remember the multimedia rubric.

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What is a concentration camp?
After visiting this site, revise your multimedia presentation to include this new information, and create a diary. Pretend that you are in one of the concentration camps and try to express what you are feeling. The diary should include:

1. Five days in length
2. Factual Information
3. Corresponding dates

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Who was Adolf Hitler?
After visiting this site, write a three paragraph essay on Adolf Hitler.

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Who were the victims?
After reviewing these sites, include some of the photos in your multimedia presentation.

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Hall of Names
After viewing this site, add to your multimedia presentation.

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A Holocaust Timeline:

WWII Timeline
Create a timeline of events during World War II. The timeline should
include:

  1. The years 1930-1945

  2. Only Major events of each year

  3. Rough draft

  4. Final draft completed as a Power Point presentation to be presented and posted to the Student Gallery.

  5. To be completed in groups of 2-3.

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The Survivors:
Choose one survivor that you have read about to write a newspaper article
telling his/her story. The article must include:

  1. Facts about an actual survivor

  2. Three paragraphs

  3. A photo of the survivor

  4. A graphic organizer, rough draft, and final draft

  5. Final drafts must:

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