Racism, Religion and the Holocaust

Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination?

We will be: Examining the nature of racism,

the origins of anti-Semitism and the Apartheid system in South Africa.

You will be able to: Explain the meaning of the

terms: prejudice and discrimination.

Describe life under the apartheid system

The Slave Trade

We will be : Looking at the history of black

African Americans and the life of a slave

You will be able to: Explain how Africans were

taken to America Describe the condition they

existed in Explain the attitude of people at

the time to slaves

The United States of America

We will be: Examining the movement

known and the Ku Klux Klan

You will be able to: Describe the beliefs and values

of the KKK Describe the contribution and

influence of Dr Martin Luther King

Explain the aim of the Civil Rights Movement

Genocide

You will be: Examining the meaning of the

term genocide and looking at various examples

You will be able to: Explain the meaning of the term

genocide Give an example of a genocide

in the 20th century Explain the circumstance which

led to the Rwandan genocide

Does Religion Encourage Hatred?

We will be: Examining the possible link

between religion and hatred

You will be able to: State the main ideas of Jesus’

teachings Explain what is meant by the

Crusades and their purpose Give examples of religion being

a positive influence

The Cathars

You will be: Looking at a religious group

persecuted by the Catholic Church known as the Cathars

You will be able to: Explain what is meant by

heresy and describe the action taken by the Christian church against heretics

Give two examples of how religion has created conflict

The Jewish Holocaust

You will be looking at: The attempts of the Nazis to

wipe out the Jews in Europe during WW2

You will be able to: Explain the meaning of

Holocaust and what it refers to Describe how the rise of anti

Semitism in Germany affected the Jews

Explain how the Jews felt at this time

Nazi Propaganda

We will be: Looking at how the Nazis used

propaganda to influence the attitudes of non Jews

Discussing the effects of propaganda on the Jews

You will be able to: Explain what is meant by

propaganda Explain how Nazi propaganda

influenced the people of Germany

Explain how Jews were depicted by propaganda

Life in the Ghetto

We will be: Examining what life was like for

Jews in the ghettos

You will be able to: Explain the purpose of the

ghettos Describe what life was like for

Jews in the ghettos Provide examples of how Jews

tried to make life as good and as normal as possible

The Final Solution

You will be: Learning about what Hitler and

the Nazis called the Final Solution to the Jewish question

You will be able to: Explain what is meant by the

Final Solution Explain the purpose of the

camps built in Poland Explain how the Jews were

being disposed of before the Final Solution

Death Camps

We will be: Looking at the experiences of

Jews sent to Auschwitz and the other purpose built death camps

You will be able to: Describe what it was like for

Jews who lived in the camps State how you think that this

terrible brutality would affect a person’s belief in God

Give some reasons as to why such evil exists

Death Marches

You will be: Looking at the efforts of the

Nazis to continue with their plan of extermination as the war was coming to an end

You will be able: Explain what the death

marchers were Explain what the Nazis wanted

to achieve with the death marches

Explain how the Jews would have felt

Liberation (1945)

We will be: Looking at what the allies found

when they liberated the camps in 1945 and the attempts of the Nazis to hide the atrocities

You will be able to: Describe the scene that the allies

were met with when they entered the camps

Explain how local people were exposed to the horrors of the camps and the role they were given

Explain who would have had feelings of guilt

The Aftermath

We will be: Looking at the formation of the

state of Israel and the conflict that has arisen from this

You will be able to: Explain why and when the state

of Israel was formed Explain attitudes of Arabs and

Jews to the state of Israel Explain what Yad Vashem is

and its role in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive