Key Stage Three: The Holocaust

Fifteen lesson unit which covers the entire Holocaust; it begins by introducing the students to the term ‘genocide’, then carefully covers each stage of the Holocaust from explaining ‘why the Nazis disliked the Jews’ to explaining ‘what happened inside the concentration camps’. Finally, the unit ends on some closure with the ‘liberation of the camps’ and a thought provoking lesson on whether ‘Eichmann was a murderer or a bureaucrat?’ The unit also supports the students with the skills to undertake a GCSE style Assessment.

Each lesson has objectives, starter tasks, transitions, three activities (with challenges and differentiation) and a plenary. All the PowerPoints and resources have been created for you and are to a high standard. A ‘32’ page scheme of work is also provided with timings and instructions for each lesson.

Lesson One: What was the Holocaust?
Lesson Two: Why did the Nazis dislike the Jews?
Lesson Three: How did the Nazis use propaganda to spread their antiSemitic ideas?
Lesson Four: How were the youth indoctrinated in Germany?
Lesson Five: How did the Nuremberg Laws allow the Holocaust to take place?
Lesson Six: The banning of Jewish people working for the government was the harshest Nuremberg law.’ How far do you agree?
Lesson Seven: Why was Kristallnacht a turning point during the Holocaust?
Lesson Eight: Assessment.
Lesson Nine: What was life like in the Jewish ghettos of Nazi occupied Europe?
Lesson Ten: What happened during the liquidation of the ghettos?
Lesson Eleven: What were the key events that lead to the Final Solution?
Lessons Twelve: Assessment Feedback.
Lesson Thirteen: What happened inside the concentration camps?
Lesson Fourteen: What was the liberation of the camps like for those who survived the holocaust?
Lesson Fifteen: Was Adolf Eichmann a murderer or a bureaucrat?