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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
 * What was the Holocaust?
 * How and why did the Holocaust happen?

EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES At the end of this lesson, students will understand:
 * Who the Nazis were and what they believed
 * Why the Nazis and their collaborators systematically targeted Jewish people and others
 * What actions the Nazis and their collaborators took to persecute and then murder the Jewish people of Europe
 * The range of experiences of Jewish people in different times and places in Europe during the Holocaust
 * How World War II changed what the Nazis were able to do during the Holocaust
 * Who some of the Jewish men, women, and children were who were murdered in the Holocaust

TEACHER PREPARATION
 * Recommended teacher reading for this lesson
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia article “Introduction to the Holocaust”
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia article “Antisemitis”
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia article “Nazi Racism”
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia article “Victims of the Nazi Era: Nazi Racial Ideology”
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia article “How did Nazis and their collaborators implement the Holocaust?”
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia article “How and why did ordinary people across Europe contribute to the persecution of their Jewish neighbors?”