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The Secret Student Resistance to Hitler Instructional VideoThe Secret Student Resistance to Hitler Instructional Video
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9th - 12th
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5:32
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30 mins
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The Secret Student Resistance to Hitler

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Hans and Sophie Scholl were part of The White Rose, a student-lead Hitler resistance group. Find out more about these brave siblings in a short video that details their work and the price they paid for standing up for their beliefs.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

adolf hitler, nazism, post world war i, world war ii, german history, germany, resistance, propaganda

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Include the video in the study of the rise of Hitler and World War II
  • Divide the class into groups and assign each a different link in the "Dig Deeper" section to research and report to the class their findings

Classroom Considerations

  • Most of the "Dig Deeper" section is a recap of the video, links are provided to related material

Pros

  • Provides a comprehension check and links to related resources

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3

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