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These questions/projects can be used
as pre- or post- visit activities by students who will
be going to the Exhibit. They can be used by any student
wishing to expand knowledge about the life and times
of Anne Frank. Students should negotiate the format
in which they will present their answers/projects. Creativity
is encouraged!
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Define scapegoat. Whom did the
Nazis use as scapegoats? Why did the Nazis need scapegoats?
Are there scapegoats today? Explain.
List the
groups that the Nazis considered racially impure
and/or unhealthy. Do you know people today who have
been included in these groups? How would the Nazis
have viewed persons with HIV/AIDS? -
Research why the
Nazis kept meticulous photographic records and documentation
of their atrocities/war crimes.
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Define propaganda.
How did the Nazi party use propaganda? Who uses
propaganda today?
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Kristallnacht was a terrorizing
experience for the Jewish people. Research the
causes, the events, and the results of this famous
night.
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Knowing the consequences if you were caught
hiding someone from the Nazis, would you have
done it? Imagine what it would have been like.
What plan would you have used?
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Define stereotype.
Describe a time when you were affected by stereotyping
or when you falsely stereotyped another person.
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Interview
someone who remembers the years of World War
II. Report their story; memories, feelings, and what
hindsight and history has taught.
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Research Jewish life in
Germany from 1933 - 1945. What changes occurred
for the Jews?
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Research and report on daily life in
a concentration camp. Consider these questions: What
emotional and physical challenges did an inmate face?
What qualities or characteristics describe a survivor
of a camp?
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Research and report on resistance movements
during World War II.
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Research and report on the
role of Christian churches during the Third Reich.
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Research
and report on the Nuremberg Trials that prosecuted
German war criminals.
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Research and report on
the "Euthanasia Project" during
the Nazi era. Describe the euthanasia controversy today. Form
an opinion with evidence to support it.
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Research
Nazi medical experimentation and recent controversy
surrounding this information. Should results
from the Nazi experiments be used for medical research
today? Support your opinion.
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Research and report
on Hitler's rise to power in Germany. How did he
begin and build his career and his control? Research
and report on other "charismatic
leaders" in the past or present. Describe similarities
and differences with Hitler.
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Research and report on neo-Nazi
activities today. How are they similar and different
from the Third Reich?
- Genocides and massacres such
as the Holocaust occurred in the past and are
occurring today. Research and report on events in
one or more of these places:
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bosnia
- Cambodia
- Central/South America
- East Timor
- Iraq
- My Lai
- Nanking
- Native America
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Yugoslavia (former)
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