Haulocast and japanese camp summativ eassement.docx - As a...

As a summative assessment I correspond with another history teacher (Mr. James) from a school
in the same district. I have a research project that I employ about the Holocaust. The question I
ask the students to investigate is “What was Hitler’s plan to eliminate all Jewish people from
Europe and to describe what a concentration camp entails.” And the enduring inquiry of “What
did the west know and why did they ignore the slaughter?” From this, students will create an
analysis detailing the information that they have just learned along with injecting their
experience that they encountered at the Museum of Tolerance via a PowerPoint presentation and
share their feelings with the class. The other teacher (Mr. James) research project entails the
controversial issue for discussion where the students will investigate the legality of the
internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. After examining a series of resources, a
debate occurs with teams of four, two who argue the detention was constitutional, two who claim