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?

6/8 Nuremberg Trials & the Crime of Genocide

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 your scrap paper doc, write down at least three important points about the Nuremberg Trials from the information linked here.            7 minutes

3.   In your scrap paper doc, write down at least three important points about the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide from the information linked here.              10 minutes

4. Whole class discussion.             5 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What is part of the legacy of the Holocaust?

6/7 Upstanders & 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.  By yourself and without any resources, answer the questions at this link.             7 minutes

3.  The story of Janusz Korczak.              10 minutes

4. Whole class discussion.             15 minutes

5. Nesse Godin is a Holocaust survivor who has visited HMMS in the past. Go to this link and read her words. In your scrap paper doc, explain what she means in at least four sentences, using specific examples.              10 minutes

6. Whole class discussion.              5 minutes

7. Thematic statements              5 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• Who was an upstander during the Holocaust?