Collaboration and complicity. Class members examine a series of photographs and consider how active participation and passive complicity represented in the photos contributed to the Holocaust. 

Concepts

the holocaust, world war ii

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Conclude the lesson by asking class members to brainstorm ways ordinary individuals might avoid active participation or passive complicity in events such as The Holocaust

Classroom Considerations

• Carefully consider the personal connection some class members may have to the Holocaust and the impact the lesson may have on them

Pros

• It isn't until the captions for the photos are revealed that the full implications of the images become apparent
• The worksheets direct individuals to carefully examine the details in each photo

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1