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Students read assigned text about the World War II. In this Holocaust survival lesson, students identify the mass murders associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi party and read stories of young men who narrowly avoided the death camps. Students answer study questions about the ghetto's and discuss the horrors they must have seen.

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the holocaust, world war ii

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holocaust, mass murder, warsaw ghetto, wwii, english language arts
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Grade
5th - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Project-Based Learning
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