Building background knowledge on the Holocaust using a Jigsaw activity

1. Q3 Freedom
Jigsaw Activity:

2. 1933 > Germany > Hitler > Nuremberg
Laws =

3. I can…
Agree or disagree with a statement about
a text
Read to understand the main ideas of an
article and then underline them
 Gather supporting and refuting evidence
for the statement
Ask relevant questions before, during, and
after reading a text
Synthesize information into a summary

4. How it works
• Students will receive a
letter (A-D) from their
teacher
• Your letter indicates
an EXPERT reading
group
• Your group will be
responsible for
learning and becoming
EXPERTS on one of
the articles related to
the Holocaust
Expert
A
B
C
D

5. Join your EXPERT group…
Expert
“Adolf Hitler”
Biography
Expert
“The
Nuremberg
Laws”
Expert
“The
Holocaust:
America's
Response,
1941-1946”
Expert
“Account of
a Mass
Execution of
Holocaust
Victims
(1942)”
Directions: Complete your 4
square in EXPERT groups
1. Agree/disagree with
statement
2. Read and discuss the article
3. Fill in the boxes

6. Now join a Jigsaw group…
This group is made up of
one from each
article.
Each EXPERT shares his/her
topic information to the
group (5 min)
Students record new
information findings (notes)
on their Jigsaw organizer
Expert
Jigsaw Group Location
1 A1 B1 C1 D1
2 A2 B2 C2 D2
3 A3 B3 C3 D3
4 A4 B4 C4 D4

7. Final Step: 3-2-1
strategy in
which readers
synthesize
information
from multiple
texts into 1
understanding
Directions: Your Jigsaw group must work
together to synthesize information from
all of the articles into a 3-2-1 summary:
3. Most important facts about the
Holocaust (have a discussion and
prioritize them)
2. Questions that you still have about
the Holocaust
1. Connection that you made between
the Holocaust and one of our
themes (overcoming adversity,
unexpected, or freedom).
1. Content
2. Q3 Freedom
3. Informational Texts
4. Holocaust-Jigsaw