1. Racism, Religion and the Holocaust

2. Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination? We will be: Examining the nature of racism, the origins of anti-Semitism and the Apartheid system in South Africa. You will be able to: Explain the meaning of the terms: prejudice and discrimination. Describe life under the apartheid system

3. The Slave Trade We will be : Looking at the history of black African Americans and the life of a slave You will be able to: Explain how Africans were taken to America Describe the condition they existed in Explain the attitude of people at the time to slaves

4. The United States of America We will be: Examining the movement known and the Ku Klux Klan You will be able to: Describe the beliefs and values of the KKK Describe the contribution and influence of Dr Martin Luther King Explain the aim of the Civil Rights Movement

5. Genocide You will be: Examining the meaning of the term genocide and looking at various examples You will be able to: Explain the meaning of the term genocide Give an example of a genocide in the 20 th century Explain the circumstance which led to the Rwandan genocide

6. Does Religion Encourage Hatred? We will be: Examining the possible link between religion and hatred You will be able to: State the main ideas of Jesus’ teachings Explain what is meant by the Crusades and their purpose Give examples of religion being a positive influence

7. The Cathars You will be: Looking at a religious group persecuted by the Catholic Church known as the Cathars You will be able to: Explain what is meant by heresy and describe the action taken by the Christian church against heretics Give two examples of how religion has created conflict

8. The Jewish Holocaust You will be looking at: The attempts of the Nazis to wipe out the Jews in Europe during WW2 You will be able to: Explain the meaning of Holocaust and what it refers to Describe how the rise of anti Semitism in Germany affected the Jews Explain how the Jews felt at this time

9. Nazi Propaganda We will be: Looking at how the Nazis used propaganda to influence the attitudes of non Jews Discussing the effects of propaganda on the Jews You will be able to: Explain what is meant by propaganda Explain how Nazi propaganda influenced the people of Germany Explain how Jews were depicted by propaganda

10. Life in the Ghetto We will be: Examining what life was like for Jews in the ghettos You will be able to: Explain the purpose of the ghettos Describe what life was like for Jews in the ghettos Provide examples of how Jews tried to make life as good and as normal as possible

11. The Final Solution You will be: Learning about what Hitler and the Nazis called the Final Solution to the Jewish question You will be able to: Explain what is meant by the Final Solution Explain the purpose of the camps built in Poland Explain how the Jews were being disposed of before the Final Solution

12. Death Camps We will be: Looking at the experiences of Jews sent to Auschwitz and the other purpose built death camps You will be able to: Describe what it was like for Jews who lived in the camps State how you think that this terrible brutality would affect a person’s belief in God Give some reasons as to why such evil exists

13. Death Marches You will be: Looking at the efforts of the Nazis to continue with their plan of extermination as the war was coming to an end You will be able: Explain what the death marchers were Explain what the Nazis wanted to achieve with the death marches Explain how the Jews would have felt

14. Liberation (1945) We will be: Looking at what the allies found when they liberated the camps in 1945 and the attempts of the Nazis to hide the atrocities You will be able to: Describe the scene that the allies were met with when they entered the camps Explain how local people were exposed to the horrors of the camps and the role they were given Explain who would have had feelings of guilt

15. The Aftermath We will be: Looking at the formation of the state of Israel and the conflict that has arisen from this You will be able to: Explain why and when the state of Israel was formed Explain attitudes of Arabs and Jews to the state of Israel Explain what Yad Vashem is and its role in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive