Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Holocaust, Day 2 - Class Recap


The barbed wire around Auschwitz I in Poland. Photo taken in 2013.

Hi everyone,

Today was another day looking into more depth on the Holocaust genocide. I showed some of my pictures from visiting Auschwitz in 2013, we finished the textbook work, and began a group activity. Here's what happened in class today:

Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 17: I can explain how and why world societies organize themselves and how power is established and maintained.
Behavior LT 2: I can self-direct my learning.

Soundtrack: "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie. Selected for today because of the people that rebelled against the Nazis during the Holocaust. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 1/10/18:
News Brief – Josiah
Photos from Auschwitz
Finish Textbook Work
Group Activity

Homework: Read the blog. Check your updated grades and know what to do to improve! Next news brief: Kanta.

News Brief: Josiah had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: Reuters.com - Turkey urges Russia, Iran to stop Syrian army offensive in Idlib. We found Turkey in the world map packet and discussed this story along with the geography of the region, before moving on to talk about what students were up to outside of class.

Kanta was selected for the next news brief.

We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

Photos from Auschwitz: After the news brief, I showed students photos from my visit to Auschwitz in the summer of 2013. I wanted everyone to see what it actually looks like, and explain what it was like to visit there. Hopefully this was interesting! I would highly encourage anyone interested in history to visit at some point. It was incredibly powerful and horrifying.

Textbook Work: We finished going through the Modern World History textbook and what it has to say about the Holocaust on pages, 502-505. The assigned work in class was:

Summarize the two sections: The Holocaust Begins + The Final Solution

Write out vocab definitions (words in blue)

Complete questions 1-8 at the end of the Chapter (page 505).

After about 15 minutes of work, we went over the answers together, as I randomly called on students. Keep these papers - they will help you with understanding the vocabulary in the unit and in our upcoming discussion!

Group Activity: We did not have time to start this today, due to the shortened Wednesday schedule, so we will start it next class. Thanks, everyone!

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