6/9 Legacy

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• discuss how people were upstanders during the Holocaust.
• discuss the legacy of the Holocaust..

Why?

• To develop empathy.
• To see your personal connection to past events. 
• To practice identifying main ideas.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  In Student Poems folder I shared with you, create a new document and name it with your name.            2 minutes

3.   Open your Holocaust poem, and then copy it and paste it into the document you just created.              2 minutes

4. Make sure the following are true for your poem in your new document.             5 minutes

• spelling and grammar errors are corrected
• you've put in a title for the poem
• you've written by yourname under the title
• you have not put a school heading on the poem
• you didn't paste the rubric with your poem

5. Write at least two thematic statements for the theme legacy.             7 minutes

6. In your scrap paper doc, write down the most important life lessons learned from or reinforced by learning about the Holocaust. (What should people learn from the Holocaust?)             7 minutes

7. Whole class share.             15 minutes

4. Drafting.             15 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What are the most important life lessons learned from or reinforced by learning about the Holocaust?