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Holocaust Remembrance Week

In April, we are commemorating Holocaust Days of Remembrance April 11-18 by featuring a list of new lesson plans on titles about the Holocaust. Teachers incorporating lessons on the Holocaust into their classrooms this month will find both new and familiar titles represented in a mix of subject areas. All titles are available as accessible audiobooks from RFB&D.
 

Grades: 6 - 8

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Anne Frank: Life in Hiding by Johanna Hurwitz New!
Theme: K-W-L Chart
Duration: 2-3 class periods
Title: Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner New!
Theme: Life in Germany During WWII, Memoirs and Autobiographies
Duration: 1 class period
Title: Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner New!
Theme: Building Necessary Background to Read Eleanor's Story and Collaborating with a Small Group to Present Information to the Class
Duration: 5-6 45-minute periods (depending upon the class)
Title: Playing the Game in Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren New!
Theme: Creating a Timeline of Events
Duration: Two class periods

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner New!
Theme: Life in Germany During WWII, Memoirs and Autobiographies
Duration: 1 class period
Title: Forging Freedom: A True Story of Heroism During the Holocaust by Hudson Talbott New!
Theme: World War II
Duration: One class period

Grades: 9 - 12

Subject: English

Title: Alfons Heck: Victim of Hitler?: Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayers New!
Theme: Supporting a Position in an Informal Debate
Duration: Two class periods
Title: Important Themes in Night by Elie Wiesel
Theme: English Language Arts - Analysis of a Symbol
Duration: 40-50 minutes
Title: What Happened to “Never Again”?: I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson New!
Theme: Researching a Post-Holocaust Genocide
Duration: 5-6 class periods

Subject: Math

Title: Line of Best Fit using The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank New!
Theme: Using the Line of best Fit to Make Predictions about the Jewish Population
Duration: 40-50 minutes

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl and Marion Blumenthal Lazan
Theme: Holocaust
Duration: Two 45 minute sessions – 1 reading & 1 presenting
Title: Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust by Barbara Rogasky New!
Theme: Hate Crimes
Duration: Two class periods