Collection
Media and Strategies for Teaching Night
Find all of the teaching strategies, videos, photos, and other media referenced throughout the Teaching Night guide.
At a Glance
Language
English — USSubject
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
6–12- The Holocaust
Overview
About This Collection
This page is designed for educators using Teaching Night. It contains all of the digital resources referenced throughout the guide.
Inside This Collection
Big Paper: Building a Silent Conversation
Students have a written conversation with peers and use silence as a tool to explore a topic in depth.
Identity Charts
Use identity charts to help students consider the many factors that shape their own identity and that of groups, nations, and historical and literary figures.
Chunking
Chunking helps students approach challenging texts by breaking down content into manageable pieces.
See, Think, Wonder
Guide students’ analysis of a photograph, artwork, or video with this simple critical-viewing strategy.
Human Timeline
Use this interactive timeline activity to help students understand and remember the chronology of events.
Pre-War Sighet Visual Essay
Enrich your reading of Night with photos depicting daily life in Elie Wiesel's hometown.
Step By Step: Phases of the Holocaust
Scholar Doris Bergen describes the phases of events that led to the Holocaust.
Found Poems
Students compose poems using only words, phrases, or quotations from a text that they find meaningful.
Crop It
Help students interpret an image by “framing” smaller portions of the image and analyzing them.
Connect, Extend, Challenge
Deepen students' understanding of a topic by having them connect to their prior knowledge.
Big Paper: Building a Silent Conversation
Students have a written conversation with peers and use silence as a tool to explore a topic in depth.
Pick a Number
Introduce students to several perspectives on a topic by having them pick a quotation to explore with their classmates.
Think-Pair-Share
Think-Pair-Share activities facilitate thoughtful group discussions by having students first reflect individually and discuss their ideas with a partner.
Big Paper: Building a Silent Conversation
Students have a written conversation with peers and use silence as a tool to explore a topic in depth.
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