Essential Questions- What you will consider

1.  What did the art made by the children of the Holocaust communicate about their experiences and their resilience?

2. How can we use their art, poetry, and journals to help us understand the events of the Holocaust?

3. How can we use our art to honor their experiences and communicate our hopes for the future?

4. What questions do you have?- Develop your own essential questions.

 

​Skills Explored:

• Formal Analysis of an art piece

• Mood in an art piece

• Ceramic Glazing

 

Possible Products:

• Drawings, journals, and poetry inspired by our studies

• A book of our questions, common understanding, and hopes for our future.

• A ceramic butterfly the celebrates the life of a child lost during the Holocaust

 

Assessment:

• Participation in class discussions and activities

• Participation in thoughtful critique and revisions

• Completion of final products

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Readings and Video:

Selections from the following:

• "I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who lived During the Holocaust" Produced by MTV

• "Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust" by Alexandra Zapruder

• "Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust" by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun

• "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" A One Act Play by Celeste Paspanti

• "I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp" Edited by Hana Volavkova for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

• "Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust" by Susan D. Bacrach

• "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

• "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting

• "The In-Group" by Eve Shalen

• "Night" by Elie Wiesel

• "Echoes and Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum On The Holocaust" Produced by The Anti-Defamation League

 

 

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