1. Set Focus
Pose this essential question: How do you achieve justice for the most despicable crimes?
2. List Vocabulary
Share some of the challenging vocabulary words in the article (see below). Encourage students to use context to infer meanings as they read.
- systematically
- architects
- precedent
- atrocities
- perpetrated
- ethical
3. Engage
Have students examine the last photo in the timeline on page 19. Say: Imagine guards taking these children from their homes, forcing them onto trains to Auschwitz, and then locking them up. Think of Nazi leaders giving these orders. Why do you think so many people were willing to participate in terrorizing these children?