Enrichment Experience Mandala (Grades 9-12)
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Holocaust education requires a comprehensive study of not only times, dates, and places, but also the motivation and ideology that allowed these events. In this course, students will study the history of anti-Semitism; the rise of the Nazi party; and the Holocaust, from its beginnings through liberation and the aftermath of the tragedy. The study of the Holocaust is a multi-disciplinary one, integrating world history, geography, American history, and civics. Through this in-depth, semester-long study of the Holocaust, high school students will gain an understanding of the ramifications of prejudice and indifference, the potential for government-supported terror, and they will get glimpses of kindness and humanity in the worst of times.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of anti-semitism by explaining historical factors that contributed to the rise of anti-semitism, describing concepts central to anti-semitism, and explaining the rise of the Nazi party.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Nazi conquest of Eastern Europe by explaining the geographic progression of the Holocaust into Eastern Europe and describing life in the ghettos.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of confinement camps by explaining why concentration camps were established and how they were organized, and describing what life was like for prisoners.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Final Solution by explaining the plans and preparation for the Final Solution, the events that led to Operation Reinhard, and the evolution of Operation Reinhard.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of extermination camps by describing the function and operation of extermination camps and explaining how some prisoners persevered.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of liberating the camps by describing the actions taken by the Nazis to eliminate evidence of the Holocuast, explaining how camps were liberated, and describing what happened following the liberation of the camps.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust by explaining the role of Aktion T-4 in the Holocaust and the Nazi motives for targeting other non-Jewish groups.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Nuremberg Trials by explaining the basis for the Nuremberg Trials, describing the defendants, and summarizing the trial proceedings.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of modern genocide by explaining the legal definition of genocide and describing examples of modern genocides.
Experiences allow students to demonstrate mastery of competencies through various real-world or hands-on learning opportunities, such as travel, service learning, independent study, internships or entrepreneurship. During an experience, students elect to meet all or some of the competencies in a particular competency group (ie. English 1, Economics, Biology, …), as an alternative to taking the course. Each experience is customized to the student’s opportunity. The student works with a VLACS instructor to determine deliverables that demonstrate mastery of the competencies and secures an outside expert to enrich the experience.
In Experiences students will:
By signing up for an independent study, you will be able to direct your own learning, identifying what you want to learn and how you will demonstrate that you have mastered your learning objectives.
Internships allow you to gain professional experience, make connections, and become familiar with a career while working on site with mentors and professionals in a career of your interest.
While travel can be a great experience for learning life lessons, it is also an excellent way to acquire the knowledge and skills that allow you to demonstrate mastery in a variety of competencies. The world is a classroom and travel experiences will connect your real-world experiences to the learning that you seek.
In-Service Learning, you collaborate with members of your community to address issues to improve your community. You will connect your service with discipline-specific content so that learning can take place through problem solving and collaboration.
Starting your own business is a great way to learn. This type of experience allows you to engage in an entrepreneurial experience and receive credit for competencies you master through this experience.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of anti-semitism by explaining historical factors that contributed to the rise of anti-semitism, describing concepts central to anti-semitism, and explaining the rise of the Nazi party.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Nazi conquest of Eastern Europe by explaining the geographic progression of the Holocaust into Eastern Europe and describing life in the ghettos.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of confinement camps by explaining why concentration camps were established and how they were organized, and describing what life was like for prisoners.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Final Solution by explaining the plans and preparation for the Final Solution, the events that led to Operation Reinhard, and the evolution of Operation Reinhard.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of extermination camps by describing the function and operation of extermination camps and explaining how some prisoners persevered.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of liberating the camps by describing the actions taken by the Nazis to eliminate evidence of the Holocuast, explaining how camps were liberated, and describing what happened following the liberation of the camps.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust by explaining the role of Aktion T-4 in the Holocaust and the Nazi motives for targeting other non-Jewish groups.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Nuremberg Trials by explaining the basis for the Nuremberg Trials, describing the defendants, and summarizing the trial proceedings.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of modern genocide by explaining the legal definition of genocide and describing examples of modern genocides.
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