The Holocaust and Collateral Impact
Our discussion for this unit will range from early 20th Century aspects of Anti-Semitism to contemporary representations of facets of the Holocaust. Please select a topic that you will be willing to explore and introduce in the classroom, in a 15-30 minute verbal presentation. Make two lists of Bibliographic references – one from which you drew material, and one that can serve as sources for those who wish to further research. You must use a visual aid of some sort, and will be graded on content, presentation skill, and through peer evaluation, in equal measures. In addition, you will receive a grade for your evaluations of other group presenters. I DO NOT want a “standard” Holocaust presentation, where you slap some horrific pictures on a poster board, drone on about how horrible the Holocaust was, and then sit down to sporadic, indulgent applause from your friends (or worse, applause for finally sitting your boring self down). What I DO WANT is an engaging, lively presentation of aspects of the Holocaust or related topic that will stimulate discussion and expose elements of your topic that others have never absorbed. Switch narrators often, and know your topic well enough to answer questions from your peers.
Anti-Semitism in the Muslim mediaProtocols of the Elders of Zion
KristallnachtShoah
Genocide
Eugenics
Aryan Ǖbermensch
Gestapo and Schutzstaffel (SS)
“Arbeit Macht Frei”
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Bergen-Belsen
Judensau
“The Final Solution”
Zyklon B
Holocaust Denial
Sonderkommandos
Yad Vashem
IBM, “Big Business,” and the Holocaust
Post WWI decision to grant Jews a homeland
Munich Black September incident and Israeli retribution
Nazi hunters
Nuremberg Trials
Kabbalah
Holocaust as a business (items “harvested” from Jews and sold/consumed)
The role (or lack of role) of Churches in slowing/stopping the Holocaust
The role (or lack of role) of World governments in slowing/stopping the Holocaust
Experiments