World War II Internet Scavenger Hunt

The Holocaust was one of history’s most horrifying events. To learn more about the events within the Holocaust, research history through the internet and answer/respond to the following questions. 

You will need your own paper for the responses and pictures you create.  You may work with a partner, but each partner must turn in a paper.
 

1. Locate the following website:  http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/main.htm  Choose a child from the list and write a brief biography.

2.  Locate the following website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camps

    One of these was not a camp.  Write down the incorrect answer.

a. Belzec        b. Auschwitz        c. Deutsch Haus        d. Treblinka

3. Locate the following website: http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/  Answer the following questions.

             Who was Anne Frank?      Why do people remember her?

4. Locate the following website: http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/holocaust/fsolution.htm. Read about Hitler’s “Final Solution.” Briefly describe how it makes you feel?

5. Locate the following website:  

 http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blchildren.htm Look over the pictures of  “children in the holocaust”.  Draw a picture of one child.

6. Locate the following website:   http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blholocaust.htm 

Sketch a picture of the clothing worn by camp prisoners.

7. Locate the following website: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/?gclid=CO26ocz694kCFRnSIgodkhFqPg  Define the term “anti-Semitism”.

8. Locate the following website: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm Read about Adolf Hitler and write five facts about him.

9. Locate the following website: http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blpdresettle.htm

            What were two forms of transportation that were used during the Holocaust.

10. Locate the following website: http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/scrapbook/scrap6/ Draw the badge all children were forced to wear who were six years of age and older.  Under your picture, explain why the children were forced to wear them.

11.  Locate the following website:    http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/scrapbook/  You will need to enter the Scrapbook and click through the photos until you find your answer to this question:

 Who lived at this address: 263 Prinsengracht? 

12.  Locate the following website:   http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Ravensbruck.html  Answer the following questions as true or false: 

a. ____    “Food Talk” became a common activity for women of Ravensbruck.     

            b. ____    Medical experiments were never done on women in this camp.

            c. _____   Women wore color-coded triangles, with letter signifying the prisoner’s 

                             nationality.

            d. _____    The children born at Ravensbrueck were very healthy.

 13.  Locate the following website: http://www.graceproducts.com/frank/harsh.html  Read “Harsh Rules of Hatred.”   List 6 items from the list.

14.    Locate the following website:  http://www.historyplace.com.  What date did the United States declare war on Japan? ________________   

What date did Germany declare war against the United States?  ___________________

Eighth Grade Reading List

1st Nine Weeks - Non-fiction, short stories, Phineas Gage, Monster

2nd Nine Weeks - The Outsiders, Diary of Anne Frank, Non-Fiction

3rd Nine Weeks - Night, The Giver, Non-Fiction

4th Nine Weeks - Deathwatch, Poetry, Non-Fiction

Silent Sustained Reading

Students will read a novel of their choice during Silent Sustained Reading.

In Addition

Students should read their novel a minimum of 30 minutes at home, at least five days a week.

Georgetown Independent School District

Monday, March 08, 2010