The Holocaust: The Historical Context

This lesson aims to help students understand the historical context of The Holocaust. It is designed to be the first in a series of lessons based upon Holocaust-themed texts, but also makes a fitting introduction to teaching texts such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Anne Frank's Diary, or simply to be used in a PSHE/form-time lesson to build awareness.

Informative and engaging, this lesson follows a clear and logical learning journey. Students learn to:
- Define key terms related to the historical context of The Holocaust;
- Remember and understand key information about the Holocaust that they learn from an engaging PowerPoint presentation;
- Consider the SMSC questions that arise from such a horrific case of genocide;
- Create a newspaper article that utilises the features of writing to inform, and shares key facts about the Holocaust;
- Peer-assess each others' learning attempts.

Included in this resource pack: A comprehensive, whole-lesson, visually engaging PowerPoint presentation, which guides the teacher and learners through the lesson, a writing to inform help-sheet, a tabloid newspaper template, ' a key terms activity, and teacher guidance notes.

All images are cited at the end of the PowerPoint presentation, and are licensed for commercial use.