You have read about basic historical events leading up to the Holocaust and learned about the perpetrators of those events. In pairs, you are to create the front page of a daily newspaper in the United States published during the 1930 – 1940’s. The articles you write (2 articles per person), should be a fact based, relevant lead story with related pictures highlighting the events in Germany that culminated in World War II and the Holocaust. This article should include factual data from different sources (this can be from primary and secondary sources), contain organized information in the journalistic style.
Note: The leaders carrying out genocide against the Jews tried to hide these events from the world .
Your articles must include the following content:
Themes Aspects
Indifference/Silence The selection process
Dehumanization/Man’s inhumanity to man Being forced from the ghetto
Struggle to maintain religious faith Jewish Tradition(s)
The rupture of familial bonds Religious observances Atrocities Resistance
Anti-Semitism/Prejudice/Scapegoats When did the world know
Political leadership
Economic Impact
Military Impact/Warfare
Finished Product must be:
The size of a real newspaper
Class Presentation: (Due Date: Friday 5-19)
You will present your article in your English class. Both partners must participate equally.
The grade will count equally in both English and Western Civilization. Your presentation must be between 2-5 minutes in length and include:
*Listed on P. Robison’s school website are websites that will be helpful in
your search for information.
*Listed below are websites that will be helpful in your search for information for your Night newspaper project.
TIMELINE - The Rise of the Nazi Party (1918-1939)
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/time line/nazirise.htm
Holocaust Time line: The Nazification of Germany
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/time line/nazifica.htm
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/perps.htm
Discriminatory Decrees Against the Jews
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/DocDec.htm
Chronology of the Holocaust: 1930-1945
URL: http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holokron.html
TIMELINE - The Ghettos (1939-1941)
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/ghettos.htm
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/camps.htm
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/victims.htm
URL http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/knacht.html
Destruction of Synagogues on Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, November 9, l938 http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/KMap.htm
The Holocaust: A Glossary of Terms
URL http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/glossary.html
Jewish Losses in the Holocaust
URL http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/jewvicts.html
URL http://www.ushmm.org/bunel/bunel.htm
URL: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/survivor.htm
HERMAN (PAUL) FEDER Story, Part One
URL http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/book/Chlup/federstory1.html
Excerpts from the testimony of Rabbi Baruch G.
URL http://www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/excerpts/baruchg.html
URL http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/book/Pinkhof/josephh/joe1.html
MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD IN THE HOLOCAUST by Judith Jagermann
URL http://remember.org/witness/jagermann.html
URL http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/lenkway.htm
URL: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1
URL: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0int-1