General Information:

Title: Children of the Holocaust

Date: March 8, 2003

School: Parker Mathis Elementary School

Grade: 5^th Grade

Name: Lawren Cranor

Primary Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will write three paragraphs about how the Holocaust affected children.

Assessed QCC Standards:

Strand: History

Topic Depression, War, and Recovery

Standard: Analyze and explains major causes, events and personalities of World War II

• Resurgence of nationalism, militarism, and imperialism
• Pearl Harbor
• The internment of Japanese Americans
• The Holocaust
• VE and VJ Day.

Strand: Oral Communication

Topic Listening/Speaking

Standard: Summarizes and/or records orally presented material

Strand: Written Communication

Topic Writing

Standard: Writes selections of three or more paragraphs about a topic.

Total Duration: 45 Minutes

Materials and Equipment:

Several books about the Holocaust to make copies of certain pages.Possible ideas are Fireflies in the Dark, Susan Rubin, Lost Childhood, by Janet Peck and Margaret Weis, The Holocaust, by Stuart Kallen, and The Holocaust, by Helen Strahinich

Each student will need notebook paper and a pencil

Procedures:

Step One:

The teacher will pass out the copies pages from the books that she has copied, one selection at a time.If the teacher has skipped around in the book, then handout one area at a time.

Step Two:

The teacher will read the passage, or students will take turns reading the selections out loud.After each selection, the class will discuss the information they have just read. This step will be repeated as many times as selections you have.

Step Three:

The teacher will have the students write at least three paragraphs telling about things they learned about children during the Holocaust.

Assessment:

The teacher will collect the papers that the students have written.She will check for accuracy of information, at least three paragraphs, and for correct grammar.She will use the rubric for grading.

Accommodation:

For students with ADHD, the teacher might allow them to read aloud to the class at least for a paragraph or two.For children who have problems with reading, they might allow them to work with a partner.

Pre/Post Test Questions

3. The children over the age of 14 were put to work with the adults at the concentration camps.

        True or False

4. List at least 3 new facts that you found out about the Holocaust.

Rubric for questions 3 and 4

	5	3	1	0
Question #3	answered correctly (true)			didn't answer correctly
	5	3	1	0
Question #4	listed 3 accurate facts	listed 2 accurate facts	listed 1 accurate fact	listed no accurate facts