WEB QUESTACTIVITY
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Use the listed websites to define the following terms in words
that YOU can understand!
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/ghettos.htm
1. Getto______________________________________________
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http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/camps.htm
2. Auschwitz-Birkenau________________________________________________
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http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/glossary.html
3. Concentration Camp- ________________________________________________
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4. S.S- ________________________________________________
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5. Nazi Party-________________________________________________
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6. Final Solution- ________________________________________________
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7. Anti-Semitism- ________________________________________________
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8. Aryan- ________________________________________________
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9. Capo/Kapo- ________________________________________________
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10. Deportation- ________________________________________________
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11. Holocaust- ________________________________________________
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Answer the following questions using COMPLETE SENTENCES
using the sites below.
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1
1. Where did Elie Wiesel grow up?
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2. When did the Germans invade Elie’s hometown?
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3. How long was Elie Wiesel’s vow of silence?
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Using the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s site fill
in the blanks for the following.
http://www.ushmm.org
Scroll down to Education and click on For Students
Click
Click on “Introduction to the Holocaust” and fill in the blank
1. Approximately ______________Jews were murdered by
the Nazi regime.
2. The Nazis believed that the Jews were _______________
and that Jews were _________________
3. The ________________________ was the Nazi policy to
murder the Jews of Europe.
4. The Nazis established______________________,,
created ______________________
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5. In the final months of the war, guards forced camp
inmates on _________________________
6. WWII ended with the Germans surrendering on what
date?_________________
Go back to Students and Click on “Additional Victims of Nazi
Persecution” Write a brief summary of these victims.
1. Gypsies
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2. Poles________________________________________________
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3. Soviets________________________________________________
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4. Jehovas
Witnesses_________________________________________
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Go back to Student and click on “Liberation” Write a brief
summary of the liberation of the following camps…
1. Auschwitz________________________________________________
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2.Buchewald_______________________________________
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3. Bergen Belsen________________________________________________
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Go back to Student and click on “Antisemitism” at the top.
write a summary of the history of the word and what it
means.
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Click on
http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm
Explain what the meaning of the swastika USED to be and
what is means TODAY
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