Students examine the pressures on European Jews as they moved away from the shtetls to larger urban centers at end of the nineteenth century.
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Exploring the Relationship between Scout/Jean Louise and Calpurnia
Students broaden their understanding of the relationship between Scout and Calpurnia by pairing scenes from Harper Lee’s two novels with a historical account from a Southern domestic worker.
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Race in US History
Identity and Individuality: Exploring Art & Literature
Students use works by visual artist Glenn Ligon and writer Zora Neale Hurston to examine questions about their own identity.
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Holocaust
Identity in a Modern World
Students study the ways eastern European Jews struggled with the notion of identity in the late nineteenth century, and draw connections to their own experiences with identity.
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Holocaust
Interdisciplinary: Creative Expression in the Ghetto in Petr Ginz’s Diary
"Students explore the artwork of a young man imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto and consider the value of creative expression as a means to cope with oppression. "
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Holocaust
Interdisciplinary: Self Expression During the Holocaust in Elisabeth Kaufmann’s Diary
Students examine the artwork in a young woman’s diary in order to consider the diverse ways people expressed fears and documented life during the Holocaust.
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Introducing Literature Circle Roles to Students
Students define, question, and practice the different roles they will be playing in their Literature Circle discussions.
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Holocaust
Jewish Life before the Holocaust
Students learn about pre-war Jewish life and compare it with today’s diaspora in order to reflect on how modernity can impact tradition.
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Holocaust
Learn the History Across Diaries: Jewish Councils and Jewish Police
Students draw on diary entries and historical documents to build an understanding of the complicated role Jewish councils and Jewish police played within Nazi-run ghettos.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Deportations from the Łódź Ghetto in an Anonymous Girl’s Diary
Students learn about the Nazi's deportation of Jews from the Łódź ghetto through diary entries and historical documents.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Final Days in Alice Ehrmann’s Diary
By reading diary entries from a survivor of the Theresienstadt ghetto, students consider the complex emotional state of survivors in the final days of the war.
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Learn the History: Propaganda in Dawid Rubinowicz’s and Moshe Flinker’s Diaries
Students examine Nazi propaganda through the personal accounts of two young men living in German-occupied Europe.
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