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Heinz F. and the Fate of the Survivors

In this clip from Paragraph 175, Heinz F. discusses his life after incarceration, and viewers learn the fate of the other survivors as of the year 2000.

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07:

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History

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English — US

Updated

May 15, 2024

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Explore resources that meet the California History–Social Science Framework standards.

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Collection

Explore resources that meet the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework.

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Students deepen their understanding of the diversity and complexity of Jewish life in pre-war North Africa through an analysis of images, film, and readings.

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Lesson

Explore how power structures established through the European colonization of North African countries influenced the fate of North African Jewry during the Holocaust and ways in which individuals and groups responded to rising antisemitism.

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Lesson

Students learn the importance of teaching the history of the Holocaust’s impacts on North African communities with a focus on ways in which they resisted oppression.

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Assessment

Students will apply the lessons they have learned about the intersecting histories of wartime North Africa and the Holocaust as they create an artifact that explains the context of the found poems they wrote in Lesson 3.

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Lesson

Students watch survivor testimony from the documentary Paragraph 175 and engage in purposeful reflection about the survivors’ important stories.

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Lesson

This lesson introduces students to the complexity of identity and group membership as a foundation for engaging with a work of Holocaust literature.

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Lesson

This lesson invites students to engage with the diversity of Jewish culture and identity both today and in pre-war Europe before studying a work of Holocaust literature.

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Text Set

This set of introductory lessons is designed to prepare ELA students in grades 7–12 to study a work of Holocaust literature.

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Activity

Students practice gratitude by naming and recording three good things that have happened that day.

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Activity

Students use poetry as a spark for reflection and discussion about what’s happening in their lives and the world.

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