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=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= E1 Historical Knowledge Concepts, Themes and Patterns Grades 6-8 - Holocaust Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States and various regions of the world.
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Social Studies - E. History

E2 Individual, Cultural, International and Global Connections in History Grades 6-8 - Holocaust Students understand historical aspects of unity and diversity in Maine, the United States and various world cultures, including Maine Native Americans. ||

//What understandings are desired?//
• there are many causes that led to the Holocaust. •the Jews and other groups have been persecuted through out history. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * •the impact of the Holocaust effected many lives and has had an impact on history.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• What causes led to the Holocaust and why did it occur? •Why were people persecuted during the Holocaust? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How did the effect of the Holocaust on people's lives impact history?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•**Sequence and timelines:**process of discrimination, gathering and occupation of Europe, deporting Jews, sending Jews to Concentration Camps, Liberation of Concentration Camps, US entering WW2, battles of WW2 (Battle of Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, D-Day, Battle of Stalingrad, battle of the Bulge, Battle of the Atlantic, BAttle of Berlin, Iwa Jima, Siege of Leningrad) •**Key factual information:** geography of Europe, specific concentration camps (Terezin Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto,Prague Ghetto, Auschwitz, Belzec, Bergen-Belsen ), number of deaths, Night of Broken Glass, important people (Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Tojo, FDR, WInston Churchill, Anne Frank, Oskar Schindler, Simon Wiesenthal), heros of the Holocaust (Simon Wiesenthal, Oskar Schindler, Raoul Wallenberg), Rescuers of the Holocaust, || •describe why Jews have been persecuted throughout history. •evaluate the impact of the Holocaust. • Propose the theory of why Jews have been persecuted throughout history, one example being the Holocaust. •analyze major themes of the causes of the Holocaust. • consider what causes led to the Holocaust. • be aware of the different perspectives of the Holocaust. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •**Terminology:** concentration camp, ghetto, internment camps, anti-Semitism, death marches, Holocaust, World War 2, extermination, discrimination, Butterfly Project, Blitzkrieg, Yellow Star, liberation, Nazis, Mengele's Children, Mein Kampf, Japanese-American Interment Camps


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**