visit  museum  by taking  a virtual trip, e.g. the Florida Holocaust Museum (www.floridaholocaustmuseum.org (Links to an external site.)) or the United States  Holocaust Memorial Museum (www.ushmm.org (Links to an external site.)), or Yad Vashem in Israel (www.yadvashem.org (Links to an external site.)).  Then you are required to write a six page paper
In order to write this paper, you can consider the following questions: Could a Holocaust happen in the U.S.?  Why or why not?  What social, economic and political factors contributed to the creation of the Holocaust in Europe?  (Students should note: historical roots of anti-Semitism in these countries, economic depression, rising nationalism, scapegoating of different people, authoritarianism in Germany). Then compare that climate with the present climate of the U.S. and even mention nationalism here and abroad.

Include 6 references from legitimate sources such as professional and academic journals. Some examples are the American Journal of Sociology, Foreign Affairs, American Sociological Review.  Other sources to be considered are The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Nation, The New Republic, and The Atlantic. Dictionaries and online encyclopedias will not count as references.