Lesson 10 - Auschwitz
Learning Objective - To understand and have knowledge of Auschwitz using Photos and Testimony
Auschwitz Album, Auschwitz Album - A Curriculum for High School, CD ROM (Please All Copy Right for 3 PDF's for OAS Staff only - will be removed once used, Contact Justin Thompson if you need them). Handout 2 and Laminated cards of the photos.
Learning Activities:1. Watch first video on Right. Auschwitz Album History.
Hard watching prepare students for hearing things that could upset! 2. Using Images - Spread the cards around the class. Some will say
MUST DO: In each photo right what you see? Describe faces, people, and what you think is happening. Write the Number of the Image Look at the Testimony on the back and see how it might link to the image. Repeat this for a complete set of the 5 headings above CAN DO: Repeat this so you have 2 photos from each of the headings above 3. MUST DO: Using Handout 2 and the Video you watched answer the following - Maybe teacher or peer read Handout 2
4. MUST DO: Stick in the Maps from Handout 2 5. MUST DO: CONCLUSION - Copy the Poem/Teacher may print for student to stick in. Years after the Holocaust, the Israeli poet Meir Wieseltier wrote in his poem, "Milim" - (Words): Two years before the destruction They did not call 'destruction' 'destruction' Two years before the Holocaust It did not have a name. What was the word 'destruction' Two years before the destruction? A word for something bad, that should never happen. What was the word 'Holocaust' Two years before the Holocaust? It was a word for a great upheaval Something with tremendous din. |
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