Step 1: Teacher-Led Discussion

• 12 Million people died under Hitler's rule of Nazi Germany.
• 12 Million Jews, Roma-Gypsies, homosexuals, political dissidents, people with physical and mental handicaps, blacks, Poles, and people of "mixed blood" were deemed "undesirable" and unfit to live.
• The dehumanization, discrimination, restrictions, sanctions, segregation, deportation, and murder happened over a period of many years.

How did the world let this happen?
What were the major events that happened during 1933-1945?
Who were the key figures that set this killing machine in motion?

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Step 2: We will explore the people and events of the Holocaust by visiting the following site:

http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/timeline/

While there, your task is to construct a list of at least 8-10 important events of the Holocaust. This list will be a list of dates and their corresponding event. Be sure to include WHY you think this date is worth mentioning.

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Step 3: Timeline Construction

After you decide which 8-10 events were of paramount importance, you will construct a timeline using the timeline template found here: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline/

Here is a sample timeline in progress:

Sample Timeline In Progress

Timeline Rubric: You will be graded on the following criteria

Name Date:
Score _

	4	3	2	1
Content	Facts were accurate for all events in timeline	Facts were accurate of almost all events in timeline	Facts were accurate for 75% of the events in the timeline	Facts were often inaccurate for events in the timeline
Readability	The overall appearance of the timeline was pleasing and easy to read	The overall appearance of the timeline is somewhat pleasing and somewhat easy to read	The timeline is relatively readable	The timeline is difficult to read
Preparation	Students had notes for all of the events and dates in timeline	The student had notes for almost all of the events and dates in timeline	The students had notes for 75% of the events and dates in timeline	There were no notes for events and dates in timeline
Resources	The timeline contained at least 8-10 events	The timeline at least 6-7 events	The timeline contained at least 5 events	The timeline contained fewer than 5 events