Cluster 1: How Could the Holocaust Happen?
Media:
- How a Holocaust Happens [Movie Clip: “Freedom Writers”]:
Text:
- “The Ball” by Hans Peter Richter [short story]
- “Family Album” by Amos Neufeld [poem]
- “An Anti-Semitic Demonstration” by Gail Newman [poem]
- “Crystal Night” by Lyn Lifshin [poem]
Cluster 2: How Were the Victims Oppressed?
Media:
Text:
- “A Spring Morning” by Ida Fink [short story]
- ” A Survivor Remembers” by Berek Lastarus [oral history]
Cluster 3: Was There Resistance?
- “The White Rose” {Mass} by Jacob G. Hornberger.Sophie Scholl & The White Rose Trial
-
The White Rose Song by George Donaldson:
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1943
Cluster 4:
Why Should We Remember?
Text:
- “Letter from Dachau” by 1st Lt. William J. Cowling [letter]
- “The Power of Light” by Isaac Bashevis Singer [short story]
- Symbolism
- Glogster Project: Symbolism in “The Power of Light”
Cluster 5:
Given the History of Prejudice in the United States,
Could a Holocaust Happen Here?
- Small Group Project Requirements
- How to Create a Good Poster
November 2012 Student Project
Refugees in America: The Story of ‘Suzy & Leah’
“Suzy and Leah” by Jane Yolen
“Kosher”:
Writing a Diary
Webquest: The Diaries of the Holocaust
Anne Frank and Her Diary
Diary Writing Project