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WWII/The Diary of Anne FrankELA 8

World War II Web Quest

  1. Examining the Holocaust:

The Nazi Party
Read through the documents on the following website:

Summarize the details about the Nazi party, Hitler, & the war with Germany:
Research and view pictures of the holocaust at:

Take a picture walk through the site that depicts the liberation of the concentration camps:

Record your first impressions and reactions:
What was it like in the concentration camps?
  • Check out the stories listed here and then choose one to read closely:
Story Response:
In a fully developed short response, summarize your survivor’s story and respond to the following questions:
a)What reactions did you have when reading this account?
b)How did it make you feel?
c)What did you think about this person’s experiences?
  1. Examining the war with Japan and the Japanese Internment Camps

Visit the historical documents regarding the Japanese Internment Camps in America:

  • Who was the President of America at the time of the Japanese Interment Camps?
  • Summarize the Executive Order 9066.
  • Who was the President of America who issued the apology to Japanese Americans along with the Civil Liberties Act of 1988?
  • Summarize the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

Read the following personal account of life in the Japanese internment camps:

  • Who was this person? What was life like in the internment camps? What did you learn from their experience? Be specific.

Read and view pictures about the affects of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

Record your first impressions and reactions.
What was it like for the survivors after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
  • Check out the stories listed here and then choose one to read closely:

Story Response:
In a fully developed short response, summarize your survivor’s story and respond to the following questions:
a)What reactions did you have when reading this account?
b)How did it make you feel?
c)What did you think about this person’s experiences?
  1. WWII Terms To Know

Research the following “World War II” terms:
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Final Solution ()
  • Ghettos
  • Death Camps
  • Concentration Camps
  • Nazi
  • Aryan
  • Genocide
  • Propaganda
  • Internment
  • Hysteria
Did you find any interesting/important terms that should be added to the list? Add and define them below to add to the class anchor chart.
  1. Examining the Essential Questions

What’s the bigger idea?Respond to the unit’s essential questions.
  1. How does fear and ignorance lead to events like the tragedies of WWII?
  1. Why is it important to continue to study the tragedies of the past?