Holocaust web-quest by: Christian Pauley~Hayes middle school, St.albans, Wv

You are a Jew in a Concentration camp. Do four activities to learn more about the concentration camps and the history about the holocaust and the Jews in concentration camps.

These are your tasks.

First do the Reading activity.

Second do the Social Studies activity.

Third Do the Science activity but if you need to read the article you may.

Fourth do the math activity you may use a piece of paper to work the problem out.

Activity One: Reading

 Copy and paste this link into the address bar. Then go to the article and read threw it.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html  Once your done reading threw the article copy and paste this link into the address bar and do the activity. http://www.teach-  
nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/holocaust/quiz/ When your done doing the activity go to the social studies activity.

Activity two: Social Studies

 If you need to you can go back to the reading article and read threw it again before you copy and paste the link and take the quiz. After you read threw it take the quiz and do your best!

http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/activity/35plan/BEGIN.htm

Activity Three: Science

Now do this Science activity.

The Holocaust and the War

1. Compare the 1942 map to the current map. Make a list of all the countries shown on the current map that were under Nazi rule in 1942.
2. Which countries remained neutral during WWII? How and why? Give explanations for each country that remained neutral.
3. Make a six-column chart. In the first column, list the European countries that existed after 1919. Research the population of each of those countries and write this information in the second column.
4. For the third column, research and document the Jewish population of each of those countries as of 1934.
5. In the fourth column, determine what percentage of the total population in each country was considered Jewish (based on the Nuremberg Laws, written in 1935).
6. For the fifth column, how many Jews survived from each country as of 1945?
7. In the sixth column, determine what percentage of the Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
8. Consider the number of students who are in your class right now. If you and your classmates had all been Jews living in Poland during WWII, how many students would still be in your class at the end of the war?
9. If you and your classmates had been Jews living in Denmark during WWII, how many students would still be in your class at the end of the war?
10. What factors helped to determine the number of survivors from country to country?

Activity Four: Math

 You might need a piece of paper and pencil to do this math activity. If 6 million Jews died in a DAY then how many Jews died in a year?

Activity 1: Reading

Competion of the activity. Correct grammer and spelling.Give student letter "J" for the passcode.

Activity 2: Social Studies

completion of the activity. Labeling everything correctly and spelling.Give student letter "E" for the passcode.

Activity 3: Science

Completion of the activity. Correct answers for the activities given. Give student letter "W" for the passcode.

Activity 4: Math

Correct answers for the question. Completion of the question. Give student letter "S" for the passcode.

Passcode is "JEWS"

Congratulations! You have finished the concentration camp assignments. You can give the guard the passcode to get out. But be careful and dont get caught by the Nazi soldiers agian.

This web-quest is based on WWII and the holocaust. This web-quest is for any middle school kids. Its about jews, nazi soldiers, and Adolf hitler. The kids will learn a lot about the holocaust and what it was like.

This web-quest is ready for you to get started!!