Amy LittletonCrystal Melton

(Angel) Ramey Smith

Group 2

The Holocaust: Upstanders in Action

Amy LittletonCrystal Melton

(Angel) Ramey Smith

So Why The Holocaust?

1. Legislation

2. The Holocaust is one of very few non-skill based topics that appear in the standards for grades 6, 7, and 8.

3. So how does this topic relate to today's students? Please watch the following clip from Freedom Writers.o Go to

http://7465-group2-a5.wikispaces.com/Videos and please watch video #1.

The purpose of this lesson is for students to get an understanding of what it would have been like to be

shuttled around like livestock as many were during the Holocaust while utilizing mathematical devices. The

students will create original line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, piktographs, and infographics from statistical

data provided in the virtual trunk.

Georgia Standards6th 7th 8thMCC6.RP.1 MCC7EE3 MCC8.F.5MCC6.RP.3 MCC7.G.1 MCC8.SP.4

HE6.2 MCC7.G.2 MCC8.MCC7.SP.1 HE8.2MCC7.SP.2 HE8.4HE7.2HE7.4

Assignment OneWhat if it were your shoes?

• Develop Line, Bar, Pie, Piktographs, and Infographics from Tables in Trunk

• Develop Questions on Statistical Findings• Conduct Research• Create Cattle Cars• Calculate Distances• Create Star of David with Research

Findings

Assignment One

Partial Example of a TableConcentration and Death Camps

Camp Function Location Est. Evacuated Liberated Est. No. Murdered

Auschwitz Concentration/Extermination

Oswiecim, Poland (near Krakow)

May 26, 1940

Jan. 18, 1945

Jan. 27, 1945by Soviets

1,100,000

Belzec Extermination Belzec, Poland March 17, 1942

Liquidated by NazisDecember 1942

600,000

Bergen-Belsen

Detention;Concentration (After

3/44)

near Hanover, Germany April 1943 April 15, 1945 by British 35,000

Buchenwald Concentration Buchenwald, Germany (near Weimar)

July 16, 1937

April 6, 1945

April 11, 1945Self-Liberated; April 11,

1945by Americans

Chelmno Extermination Chelmno, Poland Dec. 7, 1941;

June 23, 1944

Closed March 1943 (but reopened);

Liquidated by NazisJuly 1944

320,000

Dachau Concentration Dachau, Germany (near Munich)

March 22, 1933

April 26, 1945

April 29, 1945by Americans

32,000

Dora/Mittelbau

Sub-camp of Buchenwald;

Concentration (After 10/44)

near Nordhausen, Germany Aug. 27, 1943

April 1, 1945

April 9, 1945 by Americans

What Would it Be Like?The purpose of this lesson is for students to explore

concepts of the Holocaust and how this relates to bullying through language arts activities. The students will create

original poetry and prose that reflect comprehension of the Holocaust and bullying and how negative effects from bullying can have a ripple effect on subsequent generations as well.

Georgia Standards

6th 7th 8th ELACC6RI7 ELACC7RI3 ELACC8RL4ELACC6W4 ELACC7RI4 ELACC8RL10ELACC6W10 ELACC7RI10 ELACC8RI4ELACC6SL1 ELACC7W3 ELACC8RI7ELACC6SL2 ELACC7SL1 ELACC8RI10ELACC6SL3 HE7.2 ELACC8W3HE6.2 HE7.4 HE8.2

HE8.4

Assignment Two

• KWL Chart• Web Quest• List & Describe Image from Trunk• First Person Fictional Narrative• Songs from Trunk• Discussion• Bullying Video

Please view a portion of our video created for assignment 4: http://youtu.be/anxKJFuLXGUBased on the statistics found at Dosomething.org, why is is important for students to learn about bullying and how it may relate to the Holocaust?

• Holocaust/Bullying Venn Diagram• Poetry from Trunk• Write Holocaust/Bullying Narrative Poem

Assignment Two

Assignment ThreePrejudice and Discrimination in History

The purpose:

• to identify how the events of the Holocaust affected the lives of real people who lived in Europe during the period of 1933 through 1945 and after.

• to relate the experiences of the Holocaust to political and social trends today and throughout history.

• to improve chances for students to practice acceptance and tolerance when encountering individuals who might differ from themselves.

Georgia Performance Standards:

ELACC6-8RH7, SS8H9, ELACC6-8RH8, ELACC6-8WHST6, SS6H7

To

To This Day, a spoken word poem by Shane Koyczan

Assignment ThreeAfter reading the script Upstanders, researching the Holocaust, and

discussing prejudice and discrimination students will showcase their learning by creating an infographic illustrating four examples of people acting as Upstanders throughout history.

This will be one of our discussions. What would you say? (please answer in the chat box)

a. If prejudice were an animal, it would be a ___ because____.

b. If prejudice were a shape it would be a ___ because____.

c. If prejudice were a number is would be ____ because_____.

Summative activity: After sharing infographics, students will discuss why prejudice and inequality are ever present. Are if

there any solutions?

Assignment FourScience and the Holocaust/ Back to the Future Project

Purpose:• Students need to be able to relate the experiences of

the Holocaust to political and social trends in today’s society.

• To connect science to the Holocaust through genetics, diseases/germs, experimentation, and inventions.

Georgia Performance Standards:ELACC6-8RH7, ELACC6-8RH8, ELACC6-8WHST6,

SS6H7, S7CS1, S7CS7, S7CS8, S7CS9, S7CS10, S7L1, S7L3

Assignment Four

Students will work in small groups using a “Think/Pair/Share” to brainstorm answers and create a group list of ways that science connects to the Holocaust.

Project: since the Holocaust, there have been many advances in science. How could those advances have affected the lives of people living during that time period? (please type in the chat box your ideas of inventions that could help these victims!!!)

Students will use ToonDoo to create a comic...

Example of Assignment 4 Product

To see the first and fourth slides please go to http://7465-group2-a5.wikispaces.com/Comic+Strips

Holocaust Remembrance Week

Take a moment to remember.......

Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust and

created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent living memorial to the victims. Holocaust

remembrance week is April 7–14, 2013. The theme designated by the Museum for the 2013 observance is

Never Again: Heeding the Warning Signs.

Group Reflections

What we learnedUsing technology for communication and production

How to truly rely on others

What we enjoyed

Learning more about our topic

Having the opportunity to focus on a need for students today (bullying awareness)

Challenges:Time constraints

Amount of work involved

Amy's ReflectionI learned......

what a traveling trunk was and how it could easily be implemented in the classroom.

I liked.......

working as a group to complete an assignment and working on google docs at the same time.

I did not like......

writing a narrative for it seemed every single aspect of the assignment.

Ramey's Reflection

I learned...• New technology for collaboration • Resources to add to my S.S. classroom

I liked...• Working with and learning from my group• Learning more about our topics

I did not like...• High stress levels created by having to work

on multiple assignments and exercises simultaneously

Crystal's ReflectionI learned...

how to juggle a busy schedule and work as I go (milestones)

I liked...

working with others

our topic

I did not like...

narratives

the # of milestones

Thank you for your time!

Questions?