AIH264 - The Holocaust
Unit details
Year: | 2021 unit information |
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Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online), CBD* |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Tony Joel |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | AIH251, AIH252, AIH351, AIH352, AIH364, AIH464 |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
Note:*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery |
Content
Topics addressed include: the growth of antisemitism; the emergence of Hitler and the Nazi Party; the persecution of German Jews and other supposedly inferior "racial" groups; Hitler's motivations for initiating the Second World War; the persecution of Jews in Poland following the Nazi invasion, particularly the effects of ghettoisation; victims' responses to persecution; the development of the Nazis' so-called "euthanasia" programs; the "war of annihilation" following Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union; mass shootings of Jews and other Soviet civilians; the Nazis' development of state-sanctioned, industrialised mass killing through the establishment of death camps; the "Auschwitz experience"; and the post-war aftermath of the Holocaust.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Evaluate in a reflective and critical manner the consequences of racism and prejudice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO2 | Interpret the political, social, economic, and cultural factors that enabled the Nazi Party to come to power in Germany | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO3 | Synthesise core historiographical debates on how and why the Holocaust occurred | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO4 | Recognise important linkages between the Second World War and the Holocaust, and question Hitler's role in these events | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO5 | Construct ideas and arguments developed from their own research, and clearly and concisely communicate their findings in a non-text based media format | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 2:Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Seminar/Online Exercises | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Ongoing |
Assessment 2 - Presentation | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 10 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: AIH264 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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