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THE HOLOCAUST

Exploring people, culture and ideas
Learning Outcome 3.10: Explore the significance of genocide, including the causes, course and consequences of the Holocaust.

auschwitz-Birkenau

Former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp

Register with the Holocaust Educational Trust to avail of teaching and learning resources


introduction

First they came by martin niemoller [printable]


OVERVIEW
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Britannica - The Holocaust
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united states holocaust memorial museum - the path to genocide
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timeline of events

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course
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enrs - The Wannsee Conference

statistics and catastrophe

Interactive website with infographics relating to page six of the 'Protocol of the Wannsee Conference'.
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rté news - Belzec - a representation of darkest Nazi ambitions


INVESTIGATE A REPOSITORY OF HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

Auschwitz-Birkenau Virtual Tour


consequences
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bbc world service - witness - The Roma Victims of the Holocaust
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rté brainstorm - Remembering the Nazi war crime trials at Nuremberg 75 years on


anne frank

us holocaust museum - ANNE FRANK BIOGRAPHY: WHO WAS ANNE FRANK?

anne frank house - 


MORE RESOURCES
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auschwitz-Birkenau memorial - education resources

On-line lessons covering a variety of topics regarding the history of Auschwitz.
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Surviving Auschwitz: Prisoner 84303

Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper tells his story. 


​history today -
 Who Worked at Ravensbrück? 

bbc world service - ​The Auschwitz Cellist
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history extra - interview with laurence rees
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the journal.ie - 'I have a number on my arm from Auschwitz - and people say it never happened?'
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retrieval challenge grid

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FOCUS TASK
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Write a short biographical article about a named victim of the Holocaust. 

REVISION
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history matters 365 -

​write your own summary notes [printable]

word bank: the holocaust [printable]


chronicles - quizlet set: the holocaust

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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chronicles - quizlet test: the holocaust [printable]

Match the definitions and key terms.

history matters 365 - key word assessment [printable]


exam hub

PAST EXAM QUESTIONS / sample answers

2023: QUESTION 6

2023: Q.6, sample answer

2022: question 7

2022: Q.7, sample answer

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • EXAM HUB
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
  • CHRONICLES
  • TEACHER MAILING LIST
  • MY CLASSROOM
  • CONTACT