Victims and perpetrators
I can assess different experiences of and responses to the Holocaust.
Victims and perpetrators
I can assess different experiences of and responses to the Holocaust.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Six million Jews from many different backgrounds were murdered during the Holocaust.
- Many people acted as perpetrators during the Holocaust.
- Many more people knew about the Holocaust but did not intervene.
- There were Holocaust perpetrators and collaborators across Europe.
Keywords
Collaborator - a person or group who works together with others for a particular purpose
Perpetrator - someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act
Bystander - in the context of the Holocaust, a person who did not intervene to help Jews or resist their persecution
Common misconception
Only German Nazis were involved in the Holocaust.
Examples such as the Vel' d'Hiv Raid in France, carried out in 1942, show that other Europeans collaborated and helped to perpetrate the Holocaust.
To help you plan your year 9 history lesson on: Victims and perpetrators, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 history lesson on: Victims and perpetrators, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 3 history lessons from the The Holocaust: what was the Holocaust? unit, dive into the full secondary history curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
