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"Memories
of the Holocaust" focuses on the five northern Nevadans who
were personally involved in the Holocaust.
This program
interviews two Jewish women who escaped Nazi Germany, a former
citizen of Holland who was arrested for helping the Jewish people
and sent to Dachau concentration camp, and two former American
soldiers who were involved in the liberation of the Nazi concentration
camps. In an emotionally charged program, these individuals recall
their personal experiences. The memories shared with the viewer
will not easily be forgotten.
The video
is divided into three segments for convenient classroom instruction.
Students will relive the experiences of these five Nevadans and
discuss the emotions and events involved with this time in history.
This video
is best viewed by students with some background knowledge of World
War II and the Holocaust. Utilizing the video and lesson in the
middle or at the end of the unit would bring about a better understanding
of the events and experiences discussed in the video.
Students will:
- distinguish
between prejudice and discrimination.
- learn from
primary sources the events of the Holocaust as experienced by
five people from Nevada.
- understand
that there are different perspectives to the Holocaust.
- write an
editorial on the discriminatory practices of the people and
government in
Nazi Germany.
Introduce
a discussion on the Holocaust by asking: .What is prejudice?
- Is prejudice
something you are born with or something you learn?
- Why do
you think that? What evidence can you give to support that belief?
- What is
discrimination?
- What do
you think are the causes of prejudice?
- Discuss
the many perspectives that were involved in the Holocaust.
- Have students
come up with ideas of people who would have different perspectives
of World War II and the Holocaust.
- Discuss
the vocabulary terms and review the meaning of each.
Activity
3: (Assign as homework.) The American soldiers found that
it was very difficult to find words to explain what they went
through when they saw the concentration camps. Many people experience
the same feeling of speechlessness when confronted with the
evidence of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. Many
use illustrations and other forms of expression to show how
they feel.
On a standard sheet of construction paper, create a collage
that visually expresses the thoughts and feelings the video
evoked in you. Think about the people, photos, and images you
have seen, and the interviews and the words you have heard to
describe events and feelings. Review your notes. Use words,
pictures, drawings, maps, or other illustrations to create your
visual display.
Activity
4: (Assign as homework.) Write a 250-word essay on the reasons
for studying the Holocaust. Use evidence from the video to support
your thesis statement.
Activity
5: Take your class to United Holocaust Memorial Museum website
on Internet. http://www.ushmm.org
Have students visit the online exhibits. Create an activity
sheet to complete while navigating the site.
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Have students create a time line of the events mentioned
in the video. While watching the video and taking notes,
students should focus on the events and the dates on which
they occurred.
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Students
will write down passages from the comments of the people
in the video and create a poem from these words.
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Take
three photos from those in the video and pause them (freeze-
frame) so that students may study them and consider them
as historical documents.
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Have
students design a presentation on video that will be saved
to present to future generations.
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