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History at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 19: How and why did the Holocaust happen?

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Prior learning

It is helpful if pupils have:

  • studied the treatment of the Jews as part of their consideration of medieval Britain
  • studied other examples of persecution and mistreatment of particular groups
  • used and evaluated a range of historical sources
  • considered questions of cause and consequence
  • produced structured explanations of historical events based on critical research

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Rights and responsibilities?
2. Rights denied: why was Anne Frank forced to go into hiding?
3. Rights denied: how did Nazi persecution of the Jews develop?
4. How and why were ghettos set up and what was life like inside them?
5. What was the Final Solution?
6. What happened when people found out about the Holocaust?
7. Exploring the Holocaust - what questions and issues remain?
8. So, how and why did the Holocaust happen?