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Education - Lesson Plans
These lesson plans and accompanying resources have been designed to help teachers make the most of WW2History.com. All Holocaust related lesson plans (and other Holocaust related material below) were compiled by experts at the Holocaust Educational Trust, while other lesson plans were devised by Andy Lawrence - a history teacher at Hampton School, Middlesex. Individual teachers must satisfy themselves of the usefulness of the lesson plans and the relevance of material available on this site to their teachings before using them, for WW2History.com cannot accept any responsibility for their use. Usage of these materials and the website should not be used as a substitute for clear and coherent curriculum planning.
1939
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The outbreak of war
To what extent was Adolf Hitler to blame for the outbreak of the Second World War?
1940
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Ghettos
What were the Ghettos and what did deportation mean?
Auschwitz
How did Auschwitz develop over time into the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the world and why has Auschwitz become the symbol of the Holocaust?
1941
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Operation Barbarossa
How did the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union affect the decision to murder the Jews?
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Invasion of the Soviet Union
Why did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union and what was the nature of the war?
Pearl Harbour
Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
1942
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Bombing Germany
How did British attitudes towards bombing Germany change fundamentally in early 1942?
1943
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Stalingrad
What was the most important reason for the German defeat at Stalingrad?
1944
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Deportation of Hungarian Jews
What was the impact of deportation on hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews?
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Mentality of the perpetrators
What kind of people initiated and implemented the 'Final Solution' - the extermination of the Jews?
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The Grey Zone
An A-Level activity concerning the victims and perpetrators.
1945
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Yalta
Did President Rooselvelt and Prime Minister Churchill 'betray' Eastern Europe at Yalta, or not?
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Stalin and the Cold War
To what extent was Stalin to blame for the start of the Cold War?
Laurence Rees
Laurence Rees interview
Read a candid interview with Laurence Rees in which he talks about his experience meeting Nazi perpetrators and gives more background on WW2History.com.
