COURSE NAME: Holocaust

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Mohonasen

INSTRUCTOR: Dan Renaud

Half Year

COURSE PREREQUISITES: None 

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: The overall objectives of the class are to have the students
examine what it means to be a responsible citizen, from the study of one of the most seminal and tragic
events in human history. Students will be exposed to issues they face in their everyday lives, such as
fairness, justice, individual identity, peer pressure, conformity, indifference, and obedience. Topics and
themes that will be studied include, but are not limited to:

      · Anti-Semitism in world history
      · Rise of Hitler/Nazi German
      · The Evolution of the Holocaust - from its origins to the "Final Solution"
      · The dangers of apathy and indifference by a nation or people
      · The use and abuse of power
      · Human reactions/responses when confronted with civil rights violations
      · The experience of European Jews under Nazi Germany 1933-1945
      · The Allied response to the discovery of the Holocaust
      · The short/long term global impact of the Holocaust
      · Punishment and prosecution of those responsible

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS:

2/27/04