Seminar

 Outside Circle:  Listen and Observe. (It’s an important skill)  Fill out the “listening guide”  Inside Circle:  You must make 2 meaningful comments or questions to get a 100 for the day.  Once you make those 2 comments, you can switch with someone on the outside.

 I will show some quotes, pictures, and descriptions.  Comment on what you see, feel, believe, know, or don’t know.

 The Holocaust was the systematic slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis  Germans believed in the Aryan race-a “master race”  The “Final Solution”  The Holocaust was the solution to Germany’s problems

“People find it easier to do evil than to do good.”  Do you agree? Why/why not?  How does this relate to the Holocaust?

 What do you think happened?

 “Night of Broken Glass”  Nazi attacks on Jewish stores, buildings, and synagogues  In reaction to murder of German diplomat

“Most people are likely to conform rather than act on their own individual values.”  Do you agree? Why/why not?  How does this relate to the Holocaust?

 Jews began to leave Germany but countries shut their doors to immigrants (US, Britain and France)  Ghettos- designated areas in cities used to segregate Jews

“Most people avoid the truth if it is painful.”  Do you agree? Why/why not?  How does this relate to the Holocaust?

“Life is a constant struggle: those not powerful enough to rise to the top deserve whatever they get.”  Do you agree? Why/why not?  How does this relate to the Holocaust?

 Why didn’t they?

 How do we prevent something similar?

How can you fight “evil” in your own world?