Ethnicity Tolerance

Melissa Pinson

ED 301

The Holocaust

• This lesson will be presented to a ninth grade class that will be required to read Anne Frank.

Objectives

• To have students read Anne Frank and discuss the horrors she went through because of intolerance.

Objectives

• Through reading Anne Frank, have students develop an understanding of why ethnic tolerance is necessary.

Materials

• Journal• Copy of Anne Frank

novel• Computer with

internet access• Overhead projector• Novel of choice• Transportation for trip

Websites

Teaching Tolerance

http://www.splcenter.org

*This website gives ideas for teaching the Holocaust, Including lesson plans and links to other websites.

Websites

Cybrary of the Holocausthttp://remember.org

*This website offers many facts and archives about The Holocaust. The site is divided into a researchArea and a forum area.

Websites

Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust

http://fcit.coedu.ust.edu/holocaust

*This website is specifically designed for teachers.

Websites

Education World-

Teaching the Holocaust

www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson187.shtml

*This site includes several lesson plan ideas for teachers.

Websites

Anne Frank and the Holocaust

www.annefrank.eril.net

*This website is dedicated to Anne Frank and other aspects of the Holocaust.

Activities

• In addition to reading Anne Frank, students will be required to select another Holocaust novel from a list I will provide. The student will then compare the two experiences.

Novel List

• Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs

• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

• Night by Elie Wiesel• The Upstairs Room by

Johanna Reiss• Daniel’s Story by

Carol Matas

Activities

• Students will visit a multicultural center and write a reflection of their experience.

Activities

Students will be required to keep a journal. Three times a week they will write about their reading and try to make a connection to real-life.

Examples of Journal Topics

• Explain a time when you have felt discriminated against.

• Explain how reading Anne Frank makes you feel.

• What would you have done if you were Anne Frank?

More Journal Topics

• What are some examples of intolerance in current news?

• What are some ways that we can prevent intolerance?

Activities

• Students will be given days in the computer lab to visit appropriate internet sites. In groups, they will pick a topic to research and present to the class.

Topics to Research

Students will choose to do their research from one of several different viewpoint.

Viewpoint:

*Victims, bystanders, resisters, rescuers, liberators, survivors, and children.

Activities

• Students will be required once a week to bring in topics in current news that deals with ethnic intolerance. The students will then have a discussion over topics.

Ethnic Tolerance