Mrs. Connors' Classroom

1.) Bell Work:
“Smuggling began at the very moment that the Jewish area of residence was established; its inhabitants were forced to live on 180 grams of bread a day, 220 grams of sugar a month, 1 kg. of jam and 1 kg. of honey, etc. It was calculated that the officially supplied rations did not cover even 10 percent of the normal requirements. If one had wanted really to restrict oneself to the official rations then the entire population of the ghetto* would have had to die of hunger in a very short time… The German authorities did everything to seal off the ghetto hermetically and not to allow in a single gram of food. A wall was put up around the ghetto on all sides that did not leave a single millimeter of open space… They fixed barbed wire and broken glass to the top of the wall.”
(*ghetto = neighborhoods where Jews were forced to live before being moved to the concentration or extermination camps)
Source: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto, Emanuel Ringelblum quoted in Yad Vashem Documents on the Holocaust, p. 228-229.
List three characteristics of life in a ghetto. How do you think people living in the ghetto felt?

2.) Answer the Everyday Objects from the Holocaust Questions with a partner. Use the following resources to find your objects:
Everyday Objects from the Holocaust PART ONE
Everyday Objects from the Holocaust PART TWO

1.) Bell Work:
-What can you infer might have been the reason the Germans began the Jewish boycott in 1933? Use an example from the timeline.
-Demonstrate your understanding of the timeline by describing how the German policies changed as WWII progressed. (What trends do you notice?)
-What might the outcome have been for other non-Aryan races had the Allies not began liberating concentration camps in 1944?

2.) Antisemitism video & discussion; Guiding Question: How has antisemitism changed throughout history? 
3.) Kristallnacht videos & information including Heydrich’s Directions & Kurt Messerschmidt Video
4.) Exit Ticket:
In his testimony, Kurt Messerschmidt talks about helping the cigar shop owner pick up pieces of glass from the street. He says that he was sure some of the people disapproved of what was happening that night, but their disapproval was only silence. Why do you think that people are often unwilling to speak out when they see something wrong happening? What are the dangers of being silent in the face of injustice?

1.) Bell Work:
Answer questions 1 & 2 ONLY on the half sheet given to you. We will discuss them. Holocaust Definitions Worksheet

2.) Holocaust definitions Read & annotate. Discuss as a group.

3.) Worksheet is due at the end of the hour.

1.) Bell Work:
Create a timeline of 5 key events from Section 2 pages 536-541. Include the date & what happened/who was involved.

2.) Notes on WWII in Europe. Go through timeline!
3.) Finish WS from last week. It is due at the end of the hour.

1.) Bell Work:
What country was Hitler’s first target? Why? How did the world react? (p. 537)

Reminder: ALL phones must be in the holder. If I see them, they are going to the office at the end of the hour. NO headphones either.

2.) Hitler speech with questions:
“The Messiah Speaks”
Answer the following during the video:
-What is your initial reaction & feelings to seeing Hitler give speeches?
-How does nationalism play into the speech?
-Why does Hitler discuss it?
-Who does he blame for Germany’s problems?
-What is his goal for the German future?

3.) Finish Chapter 16, Sections 1 & 2 Notes & WS; due Monday!

WWII Leaders Project is DUE TODAY.
Bell Work Check today!

1.) Bell Work:
p. 538 Geography Skillbuilder 1 & 2

Reminder: ALL phones must be in the holder. If I see them, they are going to the office at the end of the hour. NO headphones either.

2.) Chapter 16, Sections 1 & 2 Notes & WS

1.) Bell Work:
p. 534 Analyzing Political Cartoon 1-3

2.) Crash Course on WWII Part 1
Explain 3 ways that America was less than isolationist after WWI & up to WWII.
How did the U.S. become the “arsenal of democracy” AND how did it work?

3.) Finish up project if any time remains.

1.) Bell Work:
Any questions on the project thus far?
If you were absent yesterday, see me for instructions. 👀☺

2.) Full day to work on your project!
-Ask questions!
-Be creative!
-See the board for more info.
-FOLLOW THE RUBRIC!
-due Friday, 02-07-20

1.) Bell Work:
What qualities do you see in leaders?
Who are some leaders you look up to?

2.) WWII Leaders & Dictators Project DUE FRIDAY, 02-07-20
WWII Trading Card and Instagram Activity Instructions
Instagram Template
Instagram Templates with Directions
Trading Card Template

Leaders & Dictators to choose from:
Allied Powers
-Great Britain: Winston Churchill; Prime Minister of Great Britain during most of WWII
-United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt; President of the U.S.
-USSR: Joseph Stalin; General Secretary of the Communist Party
-France: Charles de Gaulle; Leader of the Free French
Axis Powers
-Italy: Benito Mussolini; fascist dictator
-Germany: Adolf Hitler; fascist dictator & leader of the Nazi Party
-Japan: Hideki Tojo; fascist Prime Minister of Japan
-Spain: Francisco Franco; Bahamonde was a Spanish general & dictator

1.) Bell Work:
What do you know about WWII? Create a Circle Map filling in everything you know about WWII that you can think of right now.
Bonus: Which WWII leader has a birthday today?

2.) Share out & create one Circle Map as a class. Add any new information to your map in a different color or put a square around it.

3.) We will be creating Personal Dictionaries in our binders/notebooks this semester. Each chapter you will get 10 content specific (social studies) vocabulary words to put in your personal dictionary. You may add additional words that you would like to remember in it as you read and learn more each chapter.