Holocaust Webquest for L.A. 9-3, 9-7

Holocaust Webquest

Answer the following questions using the links provided. The due date for this web quest is Tuesday, May 1. Students are to type their responses in an organized fashion and submit their typed hard copy on the previously mentioned due date.

1) Pick one of the survivors and sum up their story in 2 paragraphs.(A paragraph is 5 or more sentences!)
*Use the following site:
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/survivors.shtml

2) Who was targeted during the Holocaust?
3) Why do you think that/those groups were targeted? (Your answer must be 1 paragraph long)
*Use the following site for both question:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holo.html

4) Summarize Heinrich Himmler’s role in the Holocaust

*Use the following site:
http://www.holocaust-history.org/short-essays/heinrich-himmler.shtml

5) Describe the life of a person that was contained in one of these concentration camps. Using detail, describe what daily life was like for them.

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Click on the Survivors link at:

http://www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org/

6) What does C.A.N.D.L E.S. stand for?
Who was Mengele, and what was he known for?

*Click on the History of Candles link and follow Information about
Mengele Twins at:

http://www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org/

7) State the position of the United States during, after and prior to the Holocaust. Why do you think they took this position?

*Use the following site:

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

8) List and describe the 3 most repulsive events that went on in the Forced Labor article:

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

9) Explain and summarize what EINSATZGRUPPEN were

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/