1. Seize the Day! 11/23 SAT WORD OF THE WEEK
Complicit (adj.) – associated with or participating in a questionable act or crime
Copy down word and definition
Write a sentence using the word
Write a synonym or antonym of the word

2. Objective
Spartan Historians Will… Evaluate key turning points of the modern era in terms of their lasting impact

3. Soldier Robert Johnson
“We started smelling a terrible odor and suddenly we were at the concentration camp at Landsberg…we saw hundreds of burned and naked bodies…for the first time I truly realized the evil of Hitler and why this war had to be waged.”
Soldier Robert Johnson
THE HOLOCAUST

4. The Holocaust Hitler blamed the Jews for most of Germany’s problems
1935 Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of citizenship rights
German citizens committed violence against Jews even before the Holocaust
Kristallnacht – Nov. 1938

5. The Final Solution:1939 Ghettos to contain Jews overcrowded
Nazis decide to rid Europe of “Undesirables”
Jews
Political opponents, gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, invalids
Concentration camps
Slave labor
Death camps
>6 million dead
Eugenics/experimentation

6. Concentration Camps: Liberation
Allied forces discovered Concentration camps after they ended the war with Germany in 1945
Liberated the people remaining in those camps

7. Complicity in the Holocaust
Julia is being bullied by a classmate, Sam. Their teacher, Mr. Smith, hears Sam saying mean things to Julia but does nothing to stop the bullying. Julia’s friend Alex tries to help, but Sam threatens to beat her up so Alex backs off. George is another student in the class who sees everything happen but stays out of the situation.
Rate each of the people in the scenario above from most to least responsible for what is happening to Julia.

8. Complicity in the Holocaust
Victims – people who were persecuted and harmed during the Holocaust
Perpetrators – people actively involved in persecuting and harming the victims
Rescuers – people who worked to resist the Nazis (passively or actively) and save victims
Bystanders – people who were aware of what was happening, but did nothing to help either side
Ms. G reads descriptions of people out loud, students rate

9. Deconstructing the Familiar
STEP ONE: With your partners, look at the photograph WITHOUT the caption and answer the questions on the Section 1 side of your worksheet (7 minutes)
STEP TWO: Flip the picture over, and read the caption that goes with the photograph. Then answer the questions on Section 2 of your worksheet. (13 minutes)
Be prepared to share your answers with the class
STEP THREE: Fill in the chart on the back of your worksheet as your classmates share their photographs

10. Seize the Day! 11/24 CNN STUDENT NEWS 3 things I learned
2 things I want to know more about

11. Objective
Spartan Historians Will… Evaluate key turning points of the modern era in terms of their lasting impact

12. Deconstructing the Familiar
STEP ONE: With your partners, look at the photograph WITHOUT the caption and answer the questions on the Section 1 side of your worksheet (7 minutes)
STEP TWO: Flip the picture over, and read the caption that goes with the photograph. Then answer the questions on Section 2 of your worksheet. (13 minutes)
Be prepared to share your answers with the class
STEP THREE: Fill in the chart on the back of your worksheet as your classmates share their photographs

13. German customs officials supervise the packing of a moving van containing the belongings of a Jewish family preparing to emigrate. Part of the officials’ job was to prevent the smuggling of valuables that law prohibited Jews from taking with them. Bielefeld, Germany, Stadtarchiv Bielefeld

14. A member of the Lithuanian auxiliary police auctions off property of Jews who were recently executed in the nearby Rase Forest. Lithuania, July–August 1941.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Saulius Berzinis

15. A police official distributes Jewish badges after German occupation orders require Jews residing in the northern occupied zone of France to wear badges. Paris, 1942.
Nationaal Archief/Spaarnestad Photo/Cl. Aveline

16. SS officers and female assistants at an SS resort 18 miles from Auschwitz. July Many of those depicted were involved in processing the Jewish deportees who arrived at Auschwitz from Hungary in summer US Holocaust Memorial Museum

17. An anti-Jewish banner hangs over a busy, commercial street in Treptow, Germany. The banner reads: “The Jews are our misfortune.”
Stadtarchiv Nürnberg, Stürmer Archiv, E39 Nr.2261/4

18. Jews from an area of Greece recently occupied by Bulgaria, an ally of Nazi Germany, register with Bulgarian offi cials for deportation to the Treblinka killing center.
Lom, Bulgaria, March Photographic Archive of the Jewish Museum of Greece

19. Uniformed Gestapo offi cials load Jews onto trucks for deportation in full view of many onlookers. Kerpen, Germany, Stadtarchiv Kerpen

20. Upstanders and Bystanders
Read the excerpt you’ve been handed and answer the questions on the reading sheet.
When you’ve finished answering the questions, create your mini poster on the back following the instructions on the sheet

21. Study Guide
Due on Test Day!

22. Homework
Finish Study Guide!!!

23. Seize the Day! 11/30 SAT Word of the Week
Escalate (v.) – increase rapidly; become or cause to become more intense or serious
Write the word and definition
Write the word in a sentence
Write a synonym or antonym for the word

24. Objective
Spartan historians will…Evaluate global wars in terms of how they challenged political and economic power structures and gave rise to new balances of power.

25. Unit 5 Project Due at the end of class WEDNESDAY, 12/2
Follow all instructions on paper

26. Unit 5 Study Guide
Can be used on test tomorrow

27. Homework
TEST TOMORROW – complete study guide/study (essential questions/vocab HONORS)
ALL MAKE UP WORK DUE TOMORROW – check progress report
UNIT 5 PROJECT due Wednesday

28. Seize the Day! 12/01 COPY DOWN QUESTION AND CORRECT ANSWER
The ______________________________ was started when King Leopold of Belgium took a territory in the Congo, and many other European nations quickly tried to gain control of their own territories on that continent.
Race to Colonize
Scramble for Africa
First World War
Asian Expansion

29. Objective
Spartan historians will…Evaluate global wars in terms of how they challenged political and economic power structures and gave rise to new balances of power.

30. Unit 5 Test You may use your study guide BUT NO OTHER NOTES
Answer 1-35 on zipgrade, 36 on a separate sheet
Bring everything to Ms. G when you’re done and work on your project (Due tomorrow)

31. Unit 5 Project Due at the end of class WEDNESDAY, 12/2
Follow all instructions on paper

32. Exit Ticket BE SPECIFIC
What parts of your Unit 5 Project have you completed so far
What parts do you still have to finish

33. POWER writing 12/1
Explain in as much detail as possible what you did each day of your Thanksgiving break, from the moment you woke up to the moment you went to bed

34. Seize the Day! 12/2 CNN STUDENT NEWS 3 Things I Learned
2 Things I Want to Know More About

35. Objective
Spartan historians will…Evaluate global wars in terms of how they challenged political and economic power structures and gave rise to new balances of power.

36. Unit 5 Project
Due at the end of class today

37. Unit 5 Project Peer Review
*FOR BONUS POINTS*
Find a partner and swap one of your 3 tic-tac-toe assignments
Write down TWO positives about your partner’s project, and ONE suggestion for improvement
(bonus points will be awarded if this paper is turned in and suggestions for improvement have been made)

38. Unit 5 Project Gallery Walk
Lay out your project on your desk so all parts are visible
Leave at least THREE sticky notes with positive/constructive feedback on classmates’ projects