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Laws and the National Community Lesson PlanLaws and the National Community Lesson Plan
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Facing History and Ourselves
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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Laws and the National Community

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When it comes to the law, is justice always served? Teach scholars about how law sometimes enables prejudice of entire groups of people with a unit on World War II that includes a warm-up activity, analysis of primary sources, brainstorming, discussions, and journaling. 

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Concepts

nazism, discrimination, prejudice, stereotypes, world war ii, german history, germany, civil disobedience, adolf hitler, dictators, dictatorships, the axis powers, the holocaust, democracy, elections, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the nuremberg trials, fears, rebellions

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Assess learning with pop quiz the next day in class in which learners analyze one of the laws discussed
  • Have advanced class members create proposals detailing how to prevent these sorts of laws from ever passing in our current democratic system

Classroom Considerations

  • Encourages reading a linked chapter before beginning class

Pros

  • Develops primary source analysis skills
  • Enables flexibility by suggesting a few different options for main activities
  • Inspires self-reflection and builds critical-thinking skills

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.5 RH.9-10.8 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.5 RH.11-12.8

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