Bravery in Times of Turmoil
The Holocaust Unit
We will be reading literature and informational text about the Holocaust for the rest of the school year. Our class will be reading Number the Stars, a young adult novel that follows the life of a young girl and her family as they struggle to do what they feel is right in Nazi occupied Denmark. During the last week of school we will be viewing how the Holocaust is portrayed in media, this will be done through our class viewing and discussing the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and segments from other movies and documentaries. If you do not wish for your student to participate in any part of this unit, please leave a note at the bottom of the letter that your student wrote to inform you of this unit or contact me through email. Students who are not participating in the class activities will be given an alternative project.
Students should be able to complete this project entirely in class. Some work may need to be completed in class, depending on how students choose to use their class time and absences.
Students should be able to complete this project entirely in class. Some work may need to be completed in class, depending on how students choose to use their class time and absences.
Teaching Task:
There are many types of bravery. After reading a combination of literature and informational texts, write a four paragraph essay in which you define bravery and explain how participants in the Holocaust showed bravery. Support your discussion with evidence from the texts.
Scheduled Assignments:
April 25-29 – Background Information and Parent Letter
April 30-May 15 – Read Number the Stars and work on Evidence File and Novel Foldable
May 16-19 – Develop Thesis for the Teaching Task and Plan Essay
May 20-21 – Develop (write rough draft) and Revise
May 22-23 – Edit for Grammar and Spelling Mistakes
May 27-28 – Final Copy of Teaching Task, Evidence File, and Novel Foldable Due
Rubrics:
There are many types of bravery. After reading a combination of literature and informational texts, write a four paragraph essay in which you define bravery and explain how participants in the Holocaust showed bravery. Support your discussion with evidence from the texts.
Scheduled Assignments:
April 25-29 – Background Information and Parent Letter
April 30-May 15 – Read Number the Stars and work on Evidence File and Novel Foldable
May 16-19 – Develop Thesis for the Teaching Task and Plan Essay
May 20-21 – Develop (write rough draft) and Revise
May 22-23 – Edit for Grammar and Spelling Mistakes
May 27-28 – Final Copy of Teaching Task, Evidence File, and Novel Foldable Due
Rubrics:
The rubric below is glued to the back of student folders. Students have the ability to correct anything that they've done wrong for a better grade. However, once it's been graded the first time, students must highlight the section that they've redone on the Folder Rubric so that I will know to regrade it. Otherwise their grade will remain unchanged.
Articles for Evidence File:
The following links will take you to the articles that we are using in our class for the Evidence File.
The following links will take you to the articles that we are using in our class for the Evidence File.
- "In a French Fishing Town, Holocaust Bravery Remembered"
- "HBO Documentary '50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus' Depicts Unlikely Saviors of 50 Holocaust Children"
- "Astonishing Bravery of the Jewish Family Who Family Who Escaped the Holocaust By Hiding In an Underground Cave - For a Year-and-a-Half"
- "A Shining Example"
- "Chiune Sugihara, Japan Diplomat Who Saved 6,000 Jews During Holocaust, Remembered"