WWII Webquest: Due Monday, 3/16

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WWII WebQuest: Due Monday, 3/16

The purpose of this WebQuest is to help you get a feel for World War II and to begin our study of Anne Frank and the Holocaust. Follow the steps below to complete your WebQuest. Use the Anne Frank website page (Language Arts/Literature) for the WebQuest links listed in Steps 1-5. This assignment should be completed at home; due Monday, 3/13. Have it with you at all times in class; it will be the “go to” assignment when other work is finished.

Step 1: Read about the after-effects of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. Take notes for each section:

Background: / The “Big Three”:
Terms of the Treaty: / Germany’s Reaction to the Treaty:

Step 2: Watch the video to get an overview of WWII. Write down 5 IMPORTANT facts as you watch.

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Step 3: Go to the WWII in Europe page & scroll through the timeline to find the following:

A. What year did Adolf Hitler become the leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party?
B. Go to 1925. Click on Mein Kampf. What does Mein Kampf mean? (Third or fourth paragraph)
C. What is an Aryan, according to Hitler? (Around the fourth paragraph)
D. What year did the Nazis hold a book burning?
E. List some authors whose works were destroyed.
F. Scroll to the very end. Click on the Statistics of World War II. Which country had the most fatalities?
G. How many countries were involved with World War II?

Step 4: Use this site to learn about the concentration camps. Record relevant notes (consider depth/complexity and content imperatives) for each section. Use bullets for each notation.

What Was It?
Why did Hitler and the Nazis do it?
Ghettos
Concentration Camps
Hiding
Stories and Heroes of the Holocaust

Step 5: Use this site to learn about war crimes and trials after the war. Record relevant notes for each section (consider depth/complexity and content imperatives). Use bullets for each notation.

What is a war crime?
Nuremberg Trials
Tokyo Trials
Other Trials
Interesting Facts

In-Class WebQuest Scholarly Discussion

(Monday, 3/16)

Write down which Step (1-5) was the most interesting to you.

Step # ______

Justify your choice. I felt Step # ______was the most interesting because…

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Find someone else in the class who agrees with your response to #1. Write down his/her name: ______

Together, discuss why you both chose the same step. What topics within the step were interesting? Use your scholarly prompts. Record 3 topics that you both found interesting:

Now, together, decide what else you would like to know about the Step # you are discussing. THINK: unanswered questions. Provide 3 different questions:

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Now, what is a DIFFERENT Step from 1-5 that you found interesting while completing your WebQuest?

Step # ______

Find someone else in the class who agrees with your response to #6. Write down his/her name: ______

Together, discuss why you both chose the same step. What topics within the step were interesting? Use your scholarly prompts. Record 3 topics that you both found interesting:

Now, together, decide what else you would like to know about the Step # you are discussing. THINK: unanswered questions. Provide 3 different questions:

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As we read Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, you will learn the historical context of what young Anne endured while living in the Secret Annexe for over two years. We will learn about topics such as the causes of WWII and the Holocaust, which encompasses so many topics from concentration camps to D-Day.

What are some topics you are curious to learn about? If you are unsure at this time, you can simply write that. As you know, you and your classmates come in with all different levals of prior knowledge.

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