Holocaust Research Project
Project Details
Before reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Maus, you will be researching one facet of the Holocaust to give background information on these texts. You will be working by yourself to research your topic. You will write a short, informative essay to go along with a poster detailing your topic. You will use this site as the root of your research, although other CREDIBLE sites are accepted. However, actual books are a welcome source of further information. Final Poster Product:
CCSS: W 8.2, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9 |
Project Topics
1. Jewish Life in Europe Before Holocaust 2. History of the Swastika 3. Star of David 4. Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) & Pogroms 5. Nuremberg Laws 1935-1938 6. German Propaganda 7. Concentration Camp — Auschwitz-Birkenau 8. Concentration Camp -- Belzec 9. Concentration Camp — Bergen-Belsen 10. Concentration Camp -- Buchenwald 11. Concentration Camp -- Chelmno 12. Concentration Camp -- Dachau 13. Concentration Camp -- Mauthausen 14. Concentration Camp -- Treblinka 15. Liberation of Concentration Camps 16. Daily Life in the Concentration Camps 17. Children of the Holocaust 18. Ghettos 19. Jewish Resistance 20. Nuremburg Trials 21. Oskar Schindler 22. Adolf Hitler 23. Heinrich Himmler 24. Elie Wiesel 25. Gestapo & SS 26. Artwork, Stolen Art, Poetry, Literature, and Music of the Holocaust 27. Kindertransport 28. Survivors 29. Doctors of the Holocaust 30. Death Marches 31. Hitler Youth 32. Anne Frank 33. Mobile Killing Squads 34. Railway Horrors |