Summary:
In this short YouTube video, pictures and facts are given that allow the viewer to witness the atrocities that happened to children. The pictures in the beginning are pre-Holocaust and then the video moves into disturbing pictures of children in concentration camps. Interspersed through the video are factoids about how many children were displaced and murdered during the Holocaust by the Nazis. Commentary:Using the Think-Pair-Share strategy in conjunction with this video would enable the students to clearly understand how these images make them feel and the connection of this video to the Holocaust and World War II. Before watching this short video, the teacher would ask each student to write a view words on what they think this video will be about. After viewing the video, the teacher would then have the students write down how the video made them feel and how the video is related to the Holocaust. After allowing a few minutes for this, the students will then pair off to discuss with each other their thoughts. After allowing enough time for a short discussion between the pairs, the teacher would ask for a few students to share their opinions with the class allowing for an open discussion.
Movies
Sarah's Key
Paquet-Brenner, G. (Director) (2010). Sarah's key [DVD].
Summary:
A powerful movie based on the book by Tatiana de Rosnay that shows connections between the past and the present. The movie is about a journalist in Paris who finds her life intertwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942.
Commentary:After viewing the movie, Sarah's Key, each student will write a short paper in the form of either a journal entry of a Jewish child during the Holocaust or a journalist (past or present) reporting on finding a journal of Jewish child. The paper must include information that pertains to the Holocaust and be based on fact.
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Malle, L. (Director) (1987). Au revoir les enfants [DVD].
Summary:
The movie is a semi-autobiographical account of Louis Malle's life. It is about how a young boy becomes friends with a young Jewish boy who is hiding in his school. The movie is quite disturbing but gives the viewers and inside look into the Holocaust.
Commentary:While viewing Au Revoir Les Enfants, each student will be writing down their thoughts about the video. After the video is over, the class will pair off and participate in quiet shared notes. Each child will write one comment or observation of the movie and then pass the comment to the partner. The partner will then write a response. This should continue for no more than 15-20 minutes.
Comic Book
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Spiegelman, A. (1997). Maus: A survivor's tale. New York, NY: Random House Digital, Inc.
Summary:
This comic strip book written by Art Spiegelman and tell the story of his parents as they were moved from their comfortable homes to the concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau.
Commentary:After each student has taken the time to read the book, the class will discuss the comic. Each student will be asked to draw their own comic strip (no longer than 6 blocks) of a conversation that would have happened during the Holocaust. The student can use any situation that is applicable to the Holocaust such as: a concentration camp; conversations between German soldiers, Allied soldiers, Jewish victims (of all ages) or a rescuer.
Holocaust Pictures: Concentration and Death Camps
Summary:
In these thousands of pictures, students can see what death and concentration camps looked like; who lived in them - prisoners and children, ghettos in different cities throughout Europe, displaced persons, and Nazi soldiers including Adolf Hitler.
Commentary:While this website offers a multitude of pictures to choose from, the teacher should select no more than three images to show the class (one would be ideal). After giving adequate time for the students to view the photograph, each student should write a couple of paragraphs explaining what they believe the picture is depicting. This exercise is not to be graded but is used in an effort to have the students learn how to express themselves through writing. Holocaust Pictures
Rosenberg, J. (2012). Dachau pictures. Retrieved from http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/tp/dachaupictures.htm
(Picture from the David G. Briggs Collection, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.)
U.S. troops watch a passing cart laden with corpses intended for burial leave the compound of the Dachau concentration camp. Allied authorities required local farmers to drive their loaded carts through the town of Dachau as an education for the inhabitants. (May 1945)
Children of the Holocaust
Summary:
In this short YouTube video, pictures and facts are given that allow the viewer to witness the atrocities that happened to children. The pictures in the beginning are pre-Holocaust and then the video moves into disturbing pictures of children in concentration camps. Interspersed through the video are factoids about how many children were displaced and murdered during the Holocaust by the Nazis.
Commentary:Using the Think-Pair-Share strategy in conjunction with this video would enable the students to clearly understand how these images make them feel and the connection of this video to the Holocaust and World War II. Before watching this short video, the teacher would ask each student to write a view words on what they think this video will be about. After viewing the video, the teacher would then have the students write down how the video made them feel and how the video is related to the Holocaust. After allowing a few minutes for this, the students will then pair off to discuss with each other their thoughts. After allowing enough time for a short discussion between the pairs, the teacher would ask for a few students to share their opinions with the class allowing for an open discussion.
Movies
Sarah's Key
Paquet-Brenner, G. (Director) (2010). Sarah's key [DVD].
Summary:
A powerful movie based on the book by Tatiana de Rosnay that shows connections between the past and the present. The movie is about a journalist in Paris who finds her life intertwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942.
Commentary:After viewing the movie, Sarah's Key, each student will write a short paper in the form of either a journal entry of a Jewish child during the Holocaust or a journalist (past or present) reporting on finding a journal of Jewish child. The paper must include information that pertains to the Holocaust and be based on fact.
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Malle, L. (Director) (1987). Au revoir les enfants [DVD].
Summary:
The movie is a semi-autobiographical account of Louis Malle's life. It is about how a young boy becomes friends with a young Jewish boy who is hiding in his school. The movie is quite disturbing but gives the viewers and inside look into the Holocaust.
Commentary:While viewing Au Revoir Les Enfants, each student will be writing down their thoughts about the video. After the video is over, the class will pair off and participate in quiet shared notes. Each child will write one comment or observation of the movie and then pass the comment to the partner. The partner will then write a response. This should continue for no more than 15-20 minutes.
Comic Book
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Spiegelman, A. (1997). Maus: A survivor's tale. New York, NY: Random House Digital, Inc.
Summary:
This comic strip book written by Art Spiegelman and tell the story of his parents as they were moved from their comfortable homes to the concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau.
Commentary:After each student has taken the time to read the book, the class will discuss the comic. Each student will be asked to draw their own comic strip (no longer than 6 blocks) of a conversation that would have happened during the Holocaust. The student can use any situation that is applicable to the Holocaust such as: a concentration camp; conversations between German soldiers, Allied soldiers, Jewish victims (of all ages) or a rescuer.
Holocaust Pictures: Concentration and Death Camps
Summary:
In these thousands of pictures, students can see what death and concentration camps looked like; who lived in them - prisoners and children, ghettos in different cities throughout Europe, displaced persons, and Nazi soldiers including Adolf Hitler.
Commentary:While this website offers a multitude of pictures to choose from, the teacher should select no more than three images to show the class (one would be ideal). After giving adequate time for the students to view the photograph, each student should write a couple of paragraphs explaining what they believe the picture is depicting. This exercise is not to be graded but is used in an effort to have the students learn how to express themselves through writing.
Holocaust Pictures
Rosenberg, J. (2012). Dachau pictures. Retrieved from http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/tp/dachaupictures.htm
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