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The World after World War I

World War I hastened the crumbling of several empires, while others retained their global power. Compare this map of the 1920 world to a map of empires in 1914.

Last Updated: July 26, 2022

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English — US

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Spanish

Subject

History

The Holocaust

Credit:

Facing History and Ourselves

Collection

Find videos, lessons, and additional resources that build on the themes explored in Holocaust and Human Behavior.

Lesson

Students create working definitions of stereotype as they examine the human behavior of applying categories to people and things.

Lesson

Students learn a new concept, universe of obligation, and use it to analyze the ways that their society designates who is deserving of respect and caring.

A chalkboard with a hand-drawn Universe of Obligation diagram of concentric circles on it.

Lesson

Students reflect on the idea of democracy as they analyze the politics, economics, and culture of Germany during the period of the Weimar Republic.

A crowd of women standing in line at a polling station in the Weimar Republic in 1919, the first year women were allowed to vote.

Lesson

Students learn about the experiences of people in Nazi Germany through a variety of firsthand accounts and identify the range of choices that they faced.

A group of boys in Hitler Youth uniforms walk through a field

Collection

Get Spanish-language versions of popular readings from Holocaust and Human Behavior.

Lesson

Students begin the unit's historical case study by exploring the brutal realities of World War I and the impact of the armistice and the Treaty of Versailles.

Unit

Use this 23-lesson unit to lead middle or high school students through a study of the Holocaust that asks what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.

Assessment

In step 1 of the unit assessment, students develop an initial position for an argumentative essay in response to a question about the importance and impact of choices in history.

Assessment

In step 2 of the unit assessment, students start to gather evidence from historical sources that supports or challenges their initial thinking about the writing prompt.

Two female students writing at their desk.

Assessment

In step 3 of the unit assessment, students address the writing prompt in a journal reflection and start to evaluate the quality and relevance of the evidence they are gathering.

Assessment

In step 4 of the unit assessment, students review the documents and videos from Lessons 14-18 and consider which information supports, expands, or challenges their thinking about the writing prompt.

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