Students track prejudice and human rights issues in current newspapers or on the Web. Students interview members of an older generation and present their findings. Activity includes questions that would be appropriate to use with a Holocaust survivor. Population Density in the Ghettos. Students make calculations of population density and recognize the stressful conditions experienced by European ghetto dwellers due to high population density and scarcity of resources.
Students discuss questions related to prejudice.
Primary Source Materials. Students explore the use of primary sources in research. Research Janusz Korczak. Research children in the ghetto and discuss why Janusz Korczak gave his life to march to his death with the children. Resistance during the Holocaust.