Lesson Plan Template – ED3501GHI Curriculum Overview Lesson

Lesson Anti-Semitism and Scapegoating Teacher: Ms. McDonald

Time 67 minutes Date: October 26/18

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General Learning Students will understand impacts of nationalism, ultranationalism, and the
Outcomes: pursuit of national interest.
Specific Learning 2.1 appreciate that nations and states pursue national interest (TCC, GC,
Outcomes: PADM)

2.2 appreciate that the pursuit of national interest has positive and negative
consequences (TCC)

2.7 examine similarities and differences between nationalism and

ultranationalism (PADM, I)

2.8 analyze nationalism and ultranationalism during times of conflict (causes

of the First and Second World Wars, examples of nationalism and
ultranationalism from the First and Second World Wars, internments in
Canada, conscription crises) (PADM, TCC, GC, LPP)

2.9 examine ultranationalism as a cause of genocide (the Holocaust, the 1932–

1933 famine in Ukraine, contemporary examples) (TCC, PADM, GC)

S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:

 analyze ideas and information from multiple sources

 determine relationships among multiple sources of information

S.2 develop skills of historical thinking:

 understand diverse historical and contemporary perspectives

within and across cultures
 analyze connections among patterns of historical change by
identifying cause and effect relationships
 compare and contrast historical narratives
 identify and describe the impact of significant historical periods
and patterns of change on society today
 understand the difference between historical facts and historical
interpretations
 compare alternative historical narratives
 develop reasoned arguments supported by historical and
contemporary evidence
 describe how changes in technology can benefit or harm
society
 use current, reliable information sources from around the
world

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students Will:
1. Understand the implications of the Nazi Party’s Platform in regard to scapegoating
2. Evaluate the Anti-Semitic notions of Nazi Germany and how it impacted national interest
3. Analyze ultranationalism and it’s relation to national interest and domestic policy.
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:  Group Discussions
 Argumentation on key points
Key Questions:  What did Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany look like?
 What steps did the government take to implement Anti-Semitic
notions before the Holocaust?
 How does national interest influence the creation of Anti-Semitic
laws?
Products/Performances:  Argumentation
 Observations
 Prompts from Key Questions
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
 Alberta Program of Studies  Upload Hitler’s 25 Points, Videos, and
 American Holocaust Museum Resources Nuremberg Laws to Moodle.
 Hitler’s 25 Points

PROCEDURE
Introduction Time
Attention Grabber Words on the Board; get them to define them. 3mins
Transition to Body Talk about each one of these, what do they mean, why
are they important in the context of Nazi Germany.
Body Time
Learning Activity #1 Rise of Hitler Video 15 mins
Assessments/ - Watch video on rise of Hitler.
Differentiation - Why did he rise to power?
- How did he rise to power?
- Discussion on his views of Jewish Peoples.
Learning Activity #2 Hitler’s 25 Points 30 mins
Assessments/ - Alone, partners, or groups, go through the
Differentiation document, which points demonstrate anti-
Semitism in Nazi Germany the best?
- Find all points that have ties to anti-Semitism.
- Why? Argue this? Elaborate to the best of their
abilities, as they have no background, yet.
Learning Activity #3 Nuremberg Laws 20 mins
- Reading.
- Go through the Nuremberg Laws, how does it
relate to Hitler’s 25 points?
- Which laws best demonstrate ultranationalism
in Germany?
Closure/Cliffhanger Time
Assessment of Learning: - Discussion
- Argumentation
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Transition to Next Lesson - Going to be talking about German interwar

before and under Hitler.
- End of Weimer Republic
2 mins
- How Hitler was able to rise to power, and what
he was doing in Germany up to 1939.

Rationale
 How does this - Scaffolds as we already have a base knowledge on who Hitler
individual lesson was, what his goals were, and a basic understanding of how
scaffold learning he rose to power. Students can now elaborate and gain key
opportunities for information to the Holocaust.
students? - This lesson makes the assumptions that students are going to
 What assumptions be able to correlate information learned previously in class to
does this lesson make today and that they will ask questions where lost.
about what students - Connects to next lesson as we continue into interwar under
already know? Nazi Party, how they came to power, how they gained
 In what ways is this support, what was happening in the ultranationalist state.
lesson connected to Talking about appeasement, propaganda, indoctrination.
the next lesson?

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