Hans and Sophie Scholl were part of The White Rose, a student-lead Hitler resistance group. Find out more about these brave siblings in a short video that details their work and the price they paid for standing up for their beliefs.

Concepts

adolf hitler, nazism, post world war i, world war ii, german history, germany, resistance, propaganda

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Include the video in the study of the rise of Hitler and World War II
• Divide the class into groups and assign each a different link in the "Dig Deeper" section to research and report to the class their findings

Classroom Considerations

• Most of the "Dig Deeper" section is a recap of the video, links are provided to related material

Pros

• Provides a comprehension check and links to related resources

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3