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Learning About The Holocaust Resource For Key Stage 3 Pupils

As part of the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum programme of study for History, pupils learn about conflict between countries and people. The impact of this is considered. This can include learning about the Holocaust and the events of World War Two that led to it.

This website provides a wealth of information about the events of the Second World War and the Holocaust. It aims to introduce pupils to the Holocaust through providing facts as well as photographs, documents and video footage as sources by which the past can be understood.

There are sections that focus on Hitler’s rise to power, Nazi anti-Semitism and all other factors that led to the ‘Final Solution’ and, ultimately, concentration camps. The website could be useful in whole-class teaching when introducing an area or theme as well as a place where pupils can be directed to visit in order to develop their own knowledge and understanding independently.

An interactive timeline is also accessible on the website to support pupils in understanding the chronology of World War Two and the Holocaust. In addition, the website provides a glossary of terms that can be useful when pupils are using the site on their own.