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Gillian Buckler Holocaust Literature- 9th Grade Context for using the text set: This text set will be used in a Holocaust Literature Unit for 9th grade students over the course of a few weeks. A. Print Resources: Text #1: Text #2: Text #3:
 * Citation: Spiegelman, A. (1986). //Maus I//. New York, NY: Pantheon Books.
 * Text Summary: This is a graphic novel written and drawn by the son of a Holocaust survivor. The story is told as the author interviews his father about the time before he was imprisoned and while in a Polish ghetto.
 * Rationale: Maus is a very approachable graphic novel, making Holocaust themes accessible to readers of all levels.
 * Use of text: Text will be used in conjunction with Maus II for small groups of students in literacy circles. This text can be useful when working with students who have difficulty with long passages of descriptive language or disengaged readers.
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 * Citation: Spiegelman, A. (1991). //Maus II//. New York, NY: Pantheon Books.
 * Text Summary: Maus II continues where the first graphic novel left off, with Art Spiegelman interviewing his father. At this point in the story, Vladek Spiegelman is imprisoned in Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
 * Rationale: Maus is a very approachable graphic novel, making Holocaust themes accessible to readers of all levels.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: Text will be used in conjunction with Maus I for small groups of students in literacy circles. This text can be useful when working with students who have difficulty with long passages of descriptive language or disengaged readers.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Wiesel, E. (1958). //Night//. New York, NY: Hill and Wang.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: First person narrative about a young man and his family and their capture and imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Although this is not a lengthy novel, it is graphic and descriptive and is a great Holocaust text for higher level readers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: Text will be used for discussion by a small group of student in literacy circles.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #4: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #5: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #6: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #7: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #8: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">B. Media Resources <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #9: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #10: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">C. Online interactive resources <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #11:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Moskin, M. (1972). //I am Rosemarie//. New York, NY: Dell Publishing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: A fictional tale about a female survivor of the Holocaust.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: This story, although fiction, is written by a survivor of the Holocaust and is an accurate depiction of the horror that she witnessed. This text is a bit less graphic but still accurate for the topics being studied.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: Text will be used for discussion by a small group of student in literacy circles.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Lawton, C. (1999). //The story of the Holocaust.// Danbury, Ct: Franklin Watts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: A large print, pictorial history of the Holocaust, beginning with the rise of Hitler to power.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Use in the classroom prior to reading the Holocaust novels to activate background knowledge and engage students in discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: Picture excerpts from the text, along with brief paragraphs of text for students to discuss in their small groups.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment: See Appendix A for photos excerpts from text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Volavkova, H. (1993). Terezin. In //I never saw another butterfly// (pp. 20-21). New York, NY: Schocken Books.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: A poem and drawing written by a child in the Terezin concentration camp.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Gives students a different format perspective of a child in a concentration camp. Will help students connect to the topic.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: Students can read and discuss this poem in their small groups.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment: See Appendix B
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Landau, E. (2001). Miriam Pulwar. In //Holocaust memories// (pp. 64-65). Danbury, Ct: Franklin Watts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: An excerpt from a young girl telling of her arrival at a concentration camp and how she was able to survive.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: A simple, straight-forward, narrative gives students perspective and will get them thinking about the context of the events.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: Students will read short narrative and discuss in small groups.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment: See Appendix C
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Fisch, R. O. (1994). //Light from the yellow star//. Minneapolis, MN: Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: This is short narrative prose accompanied by paintings, tells of imprisonment and survival, with a message of love.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Free from statistics and details, this is a sweet story that ends promoting the ideas of love and forgiveness.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: To finish the Holocaust unit, this will be read aloud to the class, allowing them to view the pictures and absorb the final message. This reading will be followed by a writing activity wrap-up.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Fischl, P. L. (n.d.). To the little polish boy standing with his arms up [poem reprint]. Retrieved from Archives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center website: http://www.holocaust-trc.org/ FischlPoem.htm
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: This is a poem written to a little Polish boy, as he is surrounded by Nazis pointing guns at him.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: This is a simple, poignant, poem written upon the survivor seeing an image that was startling to the viewer. This beneficial in igniting interest in the subject.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: Read the poem to the class to introduce the Holocaust unit and a similar writing assignment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment: See Appendix D
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Http://www.youtube.com/user/VWSxNBLSliderx (Producer). (2010, February 25). Oprah and Elie Weisel at Auschwitz part 1 [Motion picture]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slZMOkYJFO0
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: Video images of Auschwitz and an interview with Elie Weisel, survivor and author if //Night//.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Gives students a visual context for what they will be reading and studying.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: As part of teacher introduction to the unit. Students will be provided with the link if they would like to view more of the interview on their own.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: U.S. Holocaust memorial museum. (n.d.). //Online exhibitions//. Retrieved from http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: Online exhibitions from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Students can guide their own learning by navigation the website and focusing on areas of their own interest.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: This website will be used during the anticipation guide activity.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #12: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">D. Instructional Resources <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text #13: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Using these texts together in the classroom: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This unit will open with a brief World War II history and introduction using videos and anticipation guide that the students will use in conjunction with the Holocaust Memorial Museum website. The students will be placed in random small groups and given the small group readings and questions to answer in their groups. Each group will present their material to the class. The teacher will read the poem, //To the Little Polish Boy// aloud to the class and students will journal a response and this will be followed up by a similar poetry writing assignment. Students will be placed in literacy circles to work with the main texts of the unit//, Maus, Night//, and //I am Rosemarie//. Students will work cooperatively together to master theses texts through guiding questions and student discussion. Students will be grouped by their reading interest and ability. To end this unit, the teacher will read //Light from the Yellow Star// aloud to the class. This is a picture book that leaves the reader with a lesson of love and forgiveness from a Holocaust survivor. Students will be given the opportunity to journal their thoughts and feelings about this story and all the material covered.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Henry, J. (2010, February 4). //The Holocaust webquest//. Retrieved from http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/resources.cfm?subpage=363263
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: Resource of multiple Holocaust websites.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Students can guide their own learning by navigation the website and focusing on areas of their own interest.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: This website will be used during the anticipation guide activity.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation: Holocaust education foundation. (2007). //Holocaust teacher resource center.// Retrieved from http://www.holocaust-trc.org/home.htm
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Text Summary: Vast resource of lesson plans, suggested readings, and proper ways to discuss the Holocaust with students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: Very helpful in picking material and guiding appropriate and sensitive discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of text: To plan daily lessons.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learning Objectives: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">From the common core standards for literature, students in grades 9-10 will be able to: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1) Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2) Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.