Why Should You Care About History?

​Why should you care about history?

By Mr. Isaac Owens

​Goals:
1. To be able to explain the importance of learning history
2. To be able to explain why history should be examined from multiple viewpoints

​Wordle
https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=rwvzd

Today's Song
https://youtu.be/hZJRJpbGkG4?si=whG2f7AxjlqZ9cQQ

​Today's Date:
10/30/2025
Lesson:
2.1.1

Open Ended

This unit will cover World War 2, so what are some facts you already know about WWII?

• Began September 1, 1939 and ended September 2, 1945

• More than 100 million people either fought or were killed in this conflict

• Created changes in technology, human rights and international relations

​General Facts

World War Two Overview

​The Holocaust

• One of the largest and most impactful events of WWII

• Millions of Jewish people and other minorities were killed by the Nazi regime in Germany

• Many survivors voiced their experiences so this event would not repeat

A novel that alternates between the viewpoints of two young girls, Nellie, who lived in Oregon, and Tamiko, who lived in Japan, as they navigate life during wartime.

​The Sky We Shared by Shirley Reva Vernick

A speech given as part of the Millennium Lecture series that criticized countries who ignored or remained indifferent to the Holocaust.

​The Perils of Indifference by Elie Wiesel

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So why is learning history important?

​Learning history allows us...

• To acknowledge the mistakes of the past

• To learn from the mistakes of others so we do not have to make them ourselves

• To prevent the repetition of past mistakes

​Unit 2 vocabulary

• Perspective

  • A particular attitude or way of regarding something; a point of view

• Humanity

  • The human race; human beings collectively

• Infamy

  • The state of being well known for a bad quality or deed

• Bias

  • prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered unfair

• Lens

  • used in reference to a particular way of regarding or analyzing a situation

Match

Match the vocab words with their definition

• Perspective

• Humanity

• Infamy

• Bias

• Lens

A point of view

The human race

Being known for a bad deed or quality

prejudice in favor of one over the other

A way of regarding or analyzing events

• A point of view

• The human race

• Being known for a bad deed or quality

• prejudice in favor of one over the other

• A way of regarding or analyzing events

Open Ended

How can different viewpoints affect how a story is told?

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Activity Instructions

1. In your breakout room teams if you are in a group, or in the main Zoom if you are working independently, use the provided link to go to the page, Behind Every Name a Story, on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's website. https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-reflections-testimonies/behind-every-name-a-story

2. As a group or independently, choose two survivor stories to read and create a list of 3 similarities and 3 differences between the viewpoints of the survivors.

3. Have 1 person in your group post on Padlet: the names of the survivors, the 3 similarities you found, and the 3 differences you found. https://commonwealthcharter.padlet.org/iowens7/survivor-viewpoint-comparison-ayuiwpsi73vwm3mj