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PennyCat
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Jib
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Teaching about the Holocaust
I decided to make my nonfiction unit on the Holocaust.
I am open to ANY AND ALL suggestions, ideas, lesson plans, etc for teaching this sensitive subject to my middle school special ed students.
I have a small class and I think this is a topic I can really do a lot with. ANY ideas are MUCH appreciated!!  Thank you everyone, as always!.....
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Posted 1/8/10 4:55 PM  |
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
I have a first-hand account in my basement that you can use, and if I look around, I have teaching materials from the museum in DC I once sent away for...you can also try teaching tolerance (it's a free mag I get, and they have TONS of free resources)...let me know if you need/want anything...
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| Posted 1/8/10 6:07 PM |
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Gatsbygirl
Please St. Therese....
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
I begin with the picture book The Terrible Things by Eve Bunting. It is an allegory of how different groups were taken, but no one spoke up.
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| Posted 1/8/10 6:45 PM |
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kgs11
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Kim
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
u could read patricia polacco's the butterfly too. your kids are special needs right? its apicture book but around alevel S
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| Posted 1/8/10 6:53 PM |
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scubashell44
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Michelle
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
I just finished a unit on the Holocaust using Night by Elie Wiesel, but it was for HS.
Have you ever heard of the Who was/is series?? They're fantastic for ESL/special ed. I think they are about a 4th grade reading level. Each book covers the life of one person, but in a simple humorous way, with LOTS of pictures. The kids are attracted by the caricatures on the covers, and the Anne Frank one could be useful for you.
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| Posted 1/8/10 8:00 PM |
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
My kids really enjoyed the movie The Devil's Arithmetic, with Kirsten Dunst.
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| Posted 1/8/10 8:06 PM |
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CallaLily
Thank you, Saint Gerard!
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
We read the novel The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
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| Posted 1/8/10 8:45 PM |
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mrswask
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Michal
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
There is a book that I read when I was young that I loved and still think about. It's a chapter book and called "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit." It's about a 12 year old Jewish girl that has to leave Nazi Germany with her family. I'm not sure of the grade level, but I think I read it late elem school - I was a very advanced reader though.
ETA - I just googled it - Author is Judith Kerr.
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| Posted 1/8/10 9:16 PM |
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jerseychick
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
You could read Number the Stars (by Lois Lowry) as a read aloud.
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| Posted 1/8/10 9:31 PM |
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PennyCat
Just call me mommy :)
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Jib
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Re: Teaching about the Holocaust
THANK YOU ladies!!!!!!! I am overwhelmed by the amount of responses I received in such a short amount of time!
Everyone's getting an FM 
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