History at key stage 3 (Year 9)
Unit 19: How and why did the Holocaust happen?
Section 4: How and why were ghettos set up and what was life like inside them?
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Objectives |
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- that the Nazis established ghetto areas for Jews in many major European cities
- to use a range of sources to find out about life in a Jewish ghetto after about 1942
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Activities |
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Children: |
- Show pupils a visual source,
eg child/ghetto scene. Ask pupils to analyse the source for information and inferences, and draw up a list of questions pupils would like to ask of the source.
- Alternatively, the same exercise could be undertaken through the testimony of a survivor from a ghetto.
- Tell pupils about the designation of certain European city areas as ghettos. Explain why and show maps/plans/photographs as appropriate.
- Show a video extract about life in a ghetto
eg feature film extract, slide archive, or photographic evidence. From visual material, observe and classify images in relation to:
- their organisation
- their conditions (health/housing/hygiene/diet)
- their work
- their treatment by Nazis
- Supplement the visual sources with a range of written source material, as appropriate.
- Ask pupils to draw conclusions about life in a Jewish ghetto and record them with reference to supporting evidence.
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- ask and answer questions relating to a visual source about a ghetto
- show an understanding of the reasons why the Nazis created ghettos for Jews
- draw supported conclusions from a range of source material about life in a Jewish ghetto
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Points to note |
- In selecting from the wide range of source material relating to life in ghettos, care should be taken to differentiate clearly between fact and fiction, which in itself can be a useful extension exercise. This activity can be based on sources from different ghettos, or can focus on a specific ghetto.
- A map of Europe, showing Nazi-occupied lands by the end of 1941 and those towns where ghettos were established, will be helpful. Links can be made with unit 18 'Twentieth-century conflicts'.
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