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When I began designing a seven-week historical lit course for eighth-graders, I had to decide on my rationale. The course covered the Holocaust and "The Diary of Anne Frank".
Individual choices matter; collective choices matter. That was my rationale.
Another book that would further our understanding of the Holocaust is "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. This novel is told from a rarely-heard point of view, that of the Danish people, who helped to save 90% of their country's Jews. When the Danes found out that the Nazis were going to mass-deport the Jews, ordinary people sprung into action, getting the word out. hiding people, sabotaging the German efforts, and using small fishing boats to ferry Jews to safety in neutral-Sweden.
Through this novel, students will learn about the country of Denmark and how its history of political- and religious freedom made the protection of the Jews the only possible choice the people of Denmark could make.
I want students to realize that people did have choices during the Holocaust and that the deaths of millions of Jews (and others) were not inevitable.
Most of all, however, I want them to learn that individual choices do matter--even in our own school.
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When I began designing a seven-week historical lit course for eighth-graders, I had to decide on my rationale. The course covered the Holocaust and "The Diary of Anne Frank".
Individual choices matter; collective choices matter. That was my rationale.
Another book that would further our understanding of the Holocaust is "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. This novel is told from a rarely-heard point of view, that of the Danish people, who helped to save 90% of their country's Jews. When the Danes found out that the Nazis were going to mass-deport the Jews, ordinary people sprung into action, getting the word out. hiding people, sabotaging the German efforts, and using small fishing boats to ferry Jews to safety in neutral-Sweden.
Through this novel, students will learn about the country of Denmark and how its history of political- and religious freedom made the protection of the Jews the only possible choice the people of Denmark could make.
I want students to realize that people did have choices during the Holocaust and that the deaths of millions of Jews (and others) were not inevitable.
Most of all, however, I want them to learn that individual choices do matter--even in our own school.