Holocaust+Unit

Below is a list of websites where you can find more information: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust <@http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/website.htm>: This site has a lot of information on victims/survivors, perpetrators, rescuers, resisters, liberators, and camps.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum <@http://www.ushmm.org/> This site has information on the Holocaust in general and a lot about the remembrance day and how it is celebrated.

Yad Vashem <@http://www.yadvashem.org.il/> This site has information about the kids of the Holocaust.

Ghetto Fighter's House <@http://gfh.org.il/eng/> This site has information on Ghettos that took a stand.

The Nizkor Projecct <@http://www.nizkor.org/> This site has information on people of the Holocaust, camps, places, and organizations.

Holocaust/Shoah  Tons and tons and tons of information on a variety of topics. Try the __ Educational Research and Projects Page <@http://ddickerson.igc.org/education.html> __ for some really good factual information.

Remember.org <@http://remember.org/>: A Cybrary of the Holocaust--Videos of interviews and researchers, reports on everything from liberators to victims to survivors to perpetrators.

The Holocaust Chronicle <@http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/>: We also have this in hard copy version at EMS.

Students are writing an original poem, based on a photo. Final copies of the poem are due Tuesday, 4/26. This is the rubric which will be used to evaluate the students' poems:

Students will have a literature circle discussion with classmates who read a different novel on Tuesday, April 26th, and need to complete the following guide to prepare for the discussion:

We will begin Holocaust literature circles on Monday, March 21st. Please review the book choices in the document below and be ready to submit your top three choices (ranked) by Friday, March 18th. EMS has copies of several books available for checkout (listed in parentheses after the book description); if no number of copies is listed, you will be responsible for obtaining a copy of the book. The file below has the templates for the literature circle roles.
 * Each** student should complete **all six roles** during this round of lit circles.

Literature Circle Meeting Dates: