Examine the Chronology of the holocaust during WWII, specifically the events leading up to it.  Compare and contrast the Olympics in Berlin Germany 1936 with other events of significance that led up to the Holocaust, such as Kristallnact.  Possible critical thinking questions might be related to the relationship between the Olympics and the racism which played a significant role in WWII, the relationship between the Olympics and the popularization of Fascism, the simultaneous occurrence of human rights abuses taking place in the same country and same time that the Olympics were being hosted, and the types of objections raised to the 1936 Nazi Olympics.
 
Technology links for timelines:
 http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/resource/pdf/chronology.pdf
 http://fcit.usf.edu/Holocaust/TIMELINE/nazifica.htm
 
For Example:
JULY 12, 1936 
Prisoners and civilian workers began construction of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen at Oranienburg near Berlin. By September, German authorities had imprisoned about 1,000 people in the camp. 
 
AUGUST 1–16, 1936 
Athletes and spectators from countries around the world attended the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.  The Olympic Games were a propaganda success for the Nazi state. The Nazis made every effort to portray Germany as a respectable member of the international community and soft-pedaled their persecution of the Jews.  They removed anti-Jewish signs from public display and restrained anti-Jewish activities.  In response to pressure from foreign Olympic delegations, Germany also included Jews or part-Jews on its Olympic team.