Unit Research Project
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_____________________: Topic proposal due by end of class (10 points)
______________through_____________________: Library and internet research (50 points)
_____________________: 5 bibliography and 25 note cards due (30 points)
____________________: MLA formatted Written Summary and Personal Response (20 points)
____________________: MLA formatted Bibliography (20 points)
____________ OR _____________ (Sign up for date): Final products due (50 points)
Choose from the following topics (or get your own approved):
1. Jewish customs before the Holocaust and how they were maintained during
2. Deportation: the Nazi procedures, use of trains, selection, etc.
3. Life in a ghetto (Lodz, Warsaw, etc.)
4. Hitler Youth
5. League of German Girls
6. Nazi propaganda and American propaganda
7. Mein Kampf
8. Antisemitism and Aryan Racism: how Hitler developed the “Master Race” idea
9. Nazi military: ranks, leadership, organization, etc.
10. Krystallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass and the Nazi pograms
11. America’s role in the Holocaust (pre- OR post-WWII)
12. The Einsatzgruppen
13. The Final Solution and the Wannsee Conference
14. Nuremburg Trials (bringing Nazi leaders to justice after WWII)
15. Resistance: The White Rose, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, etc.
16. Other Victims:
a. Political prisoners
b. Gypsies
c. Handicapped
d. Other religions and lifestyles
17. Dr. Josef Mengele: his cruel research and medical work in camps
18. Heinrich Himmler: SS chief
19. The Hidden Children and Kindertransport
20. The St. Louis and its journey
21. Survivors of the Holocaust and their lives
22. Displaced persons: what happened to survivors after liberation?
23. The creation of Israel
24. Japanese internment camps in the US (Manzanar and others)
25. Oskar Schindler: a Nazi and a rescuer—bio and why he’s remembered today
26. Recent issues: Are there places in the world that could become a Holocaust? (Darfur
region of Sudan, Bosnian War)
27. Another topic of interest—to be approved by your teacher
Note cards and Bibliography cards:
Following the format given in class, you are to create 5 correctly formatted bibliography cards and 25
correctly documented note cards. Keep your bibliography packet and in class samples on hand for
this!
Sources:
5 sources for research are required: at least one book, at least one database, and the rest may be
whatever best fits your research. They must be reputable to qualify.
Written Response:
In MLA format, please write a one paragraph summary of your research. Be sure to include all major
points and save the details for your presentation. Also, write a one paragraph personal reflection on
your research. This should include what surprised you, how your research will influence the way you
view the world, how you will use this information in the future, connections, how you would change
your research procedures in the future, etc.
Bibliography Page:
This page will show the resources you used during research and will allow others to replicate your
research. This is simple as it is merely a one page MLA format sheet of your bib note cards.
Final Product:
You are entering a “competition” to get your research and the product thereof in a local history
museum. It is your job to create a product that represents the information you learned. It must be
accurate, informative, interactive, creative, and be able to be viewed and understood by an
independent museum attendee. Keep in mind what interests you when you visit museum exhibits.
You will have at least 5 visitors come and judge your product. The top two entries from each class
will be put in the 8th Grade “Day at the Museum” on _______________________.
Product Options:
Glogster
Windows Movie Maker
Prezi
Wiki
Interactive Display
Suggested Web Resources:
 US Holocaust Memorial and Museum: www.ushmm.org
 Cybrary of the Holocaust: www.remember.org
 Yad Vashem: www.yad-vashem.org.il
 The Nizkor Project: www.nizkor.org
 The Jewish Virtual Library: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html