Lesson 7

Toward the "Final Solution"

Lesson Objectives:

As a result of this lesson, students will:

• Understand that the "Final Solution" evolved through stages.
• Distinguish between traditional anti-Semitic violence and the administrative and organized persecution during the Holocaust.

Key Glossary Terms:

The following glossary terms are used in Lesson 7.

1. Concentration Camp
2. "Final Solution"
3. Ghetto
4. Paul Joseph Goebbels
5. Hermann Goering
6. Reinhard Heydrich
7. Heinrich Himmler
8. Judenrat (Jewish Councils)
9. Juden
10. Kristallnacht
11. Nazi
12. Nuremberg Laws
13. Pogrom
14. SA
15. SS
16. Josef Stalin
17. Nazi-Soviet Pact

Instructional Materials: Lecture: "Toward the 'Final Solution'"

Reading 7A "Outline: Toward the 'Final Solution'"

Teaching Sequence:

Collect homework:

• Grade the papers and return them on the following day.

Reading: Reading 7A, "Outline: Toward the 'Final Solution'"

• Pass out copies of the blank "Outline: Toward the 'Final Solution'," Reading 7A.

Lecture: "Toward the 'Final Solution'" (45 minutes)

• Have students take notes to fill in the "Outline" during lectures.
• All the major headings are in bold face type in the lecture
  and appear on the blank outline; students should fill in details.
• Students should not copy the lecture verbatim but highlight
  important points.

Map: The Partition of Poland and Three Major Ghettos

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