Debby+Lawson+4-C-1+Lesson+Plan


 * Grade Level ** : 5
 * Topic: ** The Holocaust
 * Purpose: ** To evaluate primary source photographs and posters after classroom readaloud, __Someone Named Eva__ by Joan Wolf, and class novel study, __Number the Stars__ by Lois Lowry, and to assess students’ ability to analyze historical fiction plot/characters/setting using photographs and posters from the actual historical period.
 * Method: ** NARA worksheet; Venn diagram (optional): partner collaboration
 * Demonstration of Learning:** Oral summary of evaluation to class/teacher
 * Time: ** Two 45-minute class periods (first for introduction/worksheet; second for presentation/assessment)

**2.B.2c** Relate literary works and their characters, settings and plots to current and historical events, people and perspectives.
 * // Illinois //****// State //****// Standards: //**
 * LANGUAGE ARTS STATE GOAL 2: Read and understand literature representative of various societies, eras and ideas. **
 * B. Read and interpret a variety of literary works. **

**4.B.2a** Present oral reports to an audience using correct language and nonverbal expressions for the intended purpose and message within a suggested organizational format.
 * LANGUAGE ARTS STATE GOAL 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations. **
 * B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience. **


 * SOCIAL SCIENCES STATE GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations. **
 * A. **** Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation **
 * 16.A.2a ** Read historical stories and determine events which influenced their writing.
 * 16.A.2c ** Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources.

Students will work in pairs, choosing a photograph or poster and analyzing it with the NARA worksheet.
 * // Period 1: Librarian will review the topic of primary resources, focusing on photographs and posters that relate to the historical setting of the novel, __Number the Stars__: Nazi agenda during World War II; the Danish attempt to shelter Jews, who were later sent to safety in Sweden via fishing boats. //**


 * // Period 2: //** Students will show their selected photograph or poster on the Smartboard, and orally present their analysis. For extra credit, students may create a Venn diagram in their classroom which compares/contrasts Germany and Denmark during World War II, based on the historical information in the novels __Someone Named Eva__ and __Number the Stars__, and additional research that resulted from their questions in Step 3 of the worksheet.

Posters: [] [] (This is a direct reference to the setting of the novel, __Someone Named Eva__, which fifth grade teachers use as a readaloud before their novel study of __Number the Stars__. [] [a great source, but photos of posters taken by Dr. Robert D. Brooks taken at the German Federal Archives. I could not get direct results there by searching for posters.]
 * // Source materials: //**

Photographs: []

Additional resources (interviews): []

Debby, I'm going to have to share this with some of my co-workers. They also read __Number the Stars__. The posters you found. Wow! They speak volumes! On your photograph site, I saw that it had a spot to go to if you recognized someone from the photographs. It is amazing to think about how many lives were changed and disrupted and families torn apart. You wonder how many people never saw their parents, siblings, grandparents, relatives or friends again.

Kerri

Kerri - I noticed that same "if you recognize someone... " feature on several websites I have visited for Holocaust photographs. It is definitely thought-provoking to realize that over 60 years later, Holocaust historians and family members are still trying to identify people in photographs and piece together the historical puzzles of so many lives lost.

I'm glad that your colleagues may find this information useful. After all, that's what librarians are for :)

P.S. Please tell them about the book, __Someone Named Eva__. It is a tremendous work of historical fiction, based on events that actually happened in Lidice.

Debby