Hate Crimes in Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust by Barbara Rogasky
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Theme: |
Hate Crimes
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Grades: |
9 - 12
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Subject: |
Social Studies
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Duration: |
Two class periods
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Standards
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Florida State Learning Standards
- Describe the rise of authoritarian governments in the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany and Spain, and analyze the policies and main ideas of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco.
- Analyze the restriction of individual rights and the use of mass terror against populations in the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and occupied territories.
- Explain the causes, events and effects of the Holocaust (1933–1945) including its roots in the long tradition of anti-Semitism, 19th century ideas about race and nation and Nazi dehumanization of the Jews and other victims.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read Chapter 2 (pp.10–27) in Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust by Barbara Rogasky.
- Define the term hate crime.
- Identify three things about the holocaust that they did not know prior to the lesson.
- Interpret information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Department of Justice about hate crimes in the U.S. in 2004.
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