The Holocaust: Resistance Movements

Show-Me Standards Covered:
Goal 1 Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to
gather, analyze and apply information and ideas.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the
ability to:

2. conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas

4. use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information

8. organize data, information and ideas into useful forms (includingcharts, graphs, outlines) for analysis or presentation

Goal 2 Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to communicate effectively within and beyond the classroom. Students will demonstratewithin and integrate across all content areas the ability to:

1. plan and make written, oral and visual presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences

Goal 4: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to make decisions and act as responsible members of society. Students will demonstrate withinand integrate across all content areas the ability to:

1. analyze the duties and responsibilities of individuals in societies

Communication Arts: In Communication Arts, students in Missouri public schools will acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of and proficiency in

4. writing formally (such as reports, narratives, essays) and informally (such as outlines, notes)

6. participating in formal and informal presentations and discussions of issues and ideas

Social Studies:
In Social Studies, students in Missouri public schools will acquire a solid foundation
which includes knowledge of

6. relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions

Kansas Standards

Benchmark 3: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points of the Era of World War (1914-1945).

3. (A) examines the nature of totalitarianism in fascist Germany and communist Soviet Union (e.g., one party rule; systematic violation of human rights, secret police, state supremacy over individual rights, role of private property, class structure).

4. (A) analyzes the causes and immediate consequences of WWII (e.g., German, Italian, and Japanese aggression; failure of the League of Nations; appeasement; development of American, British-Soviet alliance; Holocaust; Nanjing; introduction of nuclear weapons; war crime trials).

Benchmark 2: The student writes expository text using the writing process.

2. Clearly defines the main idea by selecting relevant, logical details that meet the reader’s informational needs. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: (N,E,T,P)

3. Selects and uses (1) personal experience (2) personal observations (3) prior knowledge (4) research to meet the reader’s needs and to create appropriate point of view. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: (N,E,T,P)

4. Expresses information in own words using appropriate organization, grammar, word choice, and tone sufficient to the audience. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: (N,E,T,P)

5. Analyzes and understands implications and consequences of plagiarism (e.g. ethical, legal, and professional). (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: (N,E,T,P)

8. Understands and independently uses appropriate strategies to generate expository text (e.g. brainstorming, listing, webbing, working in pairs or in cooperative groups and identifying information from print sources). (Organization: prewriting: (N,E,T,P)

9. Writes a complete piece that contains a clear introduction, reasonable body, and satisfying conclusion. (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising: (N,E,T,P)

10. Arranges information within each paragraph in logical order (typically 4-6 sentences). (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising: (N,E,T,P)