Students become acquainted with a part of the rich heritage of the Jewish people. The Song of the Murdered Jewish People. Students are exposed to poetry by Zlata Razdolina set to music and practice narration. Starvation in the Ghettos. Students recognize the suffering and loss of life experienced in Holocaust ghettos due to food rationing, identify the basic food groups, USDA requirements and compare those to rations of ghetto and camp inmates.
Students listen to stories from survivors of the Holocaust.
A Lesson in Creating Poetry. Students create poetry by reformatting Holocaust testimony. Students create a timeline of Holocaust events related to a survivor's story. The White Rose. Students compare articles about human rights and prejudice from current newspapers to the situation in Germany during the Holocaust.