UbD --- Identify Desired Results TOPIC:WWII

Established Goals Identify Two or More Goals: Students will understand that the Holocaust was the first major modern-day genocide (standard 2.3 investigate the roles and contributions of individuals and groups in relation to key social, political, cultural, and religious practices throughout world history) Students will know that many individuals and countries were responsible for allowing this genocide to occur Students will understand that war trials were held to bring criminals to justice at the end of WWII Students will be able to determine what evidence can help a particular viewpoint and what can hurt it (standard 2.4 students will be able to explain the importance of historical evidence) Students will understand and be able to participate in and follow the steps of a trial (Standard 5.4 evaluate evidence, formulate rational conclusions, and develop and refine participatory skills)

Desired Understandings Identify core and meaningful understandings you want your students to gain from the series of lessons Students will understand what genocide was and how it was a driving force in WWII Students will understand the problems that can occur in one country and the world when one person has too much power Students will understand that justice is important and that justice can be argued for and won in the court system Essential/ Inquiry/ Driving Questions 1. Who was responsible for the genocide that occurred in WWII? How do we

determine responsibility for crimes so large in scale? 2.Was justice served in the aftermath of WWII? 3.What is justice and how is justice brought about?

Objectives: What Key Knowledge and Skills will students acquire as a result of this unit or lesson series? Content knowledge: Students will know, understand, explain, (etc..) Students will understand the basic components of Fascism in contrast with democracy Students will understand the War Crimes that Nazis committed and arguments for and against their innocence Students will understand the purpose of direct examination Students will understand the purpose of cross examination Students will understand that lawyers can object when another lawyer questioning their witness using questions that are 1. irrelevant 2. hostile 3. repetitive Students will understand the causes of WWII Students will understand the impact the Holocaust had on Europe Students will understand the terms bystander, perpetrator and rescuer and in what way these terms apply to the Holocaust Students will understand the role Process skills: Students will be able to Students will know how to conduct a mock trial (understand the roles and the sequence of events) Students will be able to use evidence to support a given argument Students will be able to explain and analyze what motivations a person/ country had for behaving the way they did in the war. This includes the motivations of Hitler and people who helped the Jews and those who did not Students will be able to make predictions based on historical fiction such as predict how the war would have gone differently if there were fewer bystanders Students will know how to draft an opening statement Students will be able to analyze evidence and include the strongest evidence to prove a point Students will be able to justify whether a given person was a bystander, a perpetrator or a rescuer

propaganda played in WWII Students will know that in the aftermath of WWII war trials were held to decide punishments for Nazi leaders. Students will understand the terms defendant and prosecution and the specific meaning of the terms as applied to the Streicher trial. Students will understand the different roles in the mock trial and the order of the trial Students will be familiar with the main points that Streicher will make in his testimony.

Students will be able to respond to an opposing argument