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===﻿This student resource page is where I intend to list pertinent Internet sources that would serve sudents well in the inquiry experiences. I intend to add information to this unit until I am able to implement it in collaboration with other teachers.===

**Holocaust Online Sources and Activities for Sixth Grade: ** Here are possible activities for each Web site.

Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html Create an illustration/visual aid that represents one major aspect of this Web site. It must include various pieces of information about that topic. Be sure to incorporate various materials, colors, images, words, etc. Be creative! You have the option of using the Glogster to create the visual aid.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/ Using the “Biography” tabs on the right side of each section of the Web site, “interview” at least one witness or victim of the Holocaust. Demonstrate your interview in a skit, PowerPoint, audio recording, or written script. Be sure to include at least five specific pieces of information found on this site.

Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu This site contains extensive audio interviews of Holocaust survivors, available as text transcripts or audio files, both separated into manageable, labeled sections. Choose one of the interviews and use the Bio-Cube tool to record your new learning.

Anne Frank Center, USA http://www.annefrank.com/education/resources You have just “met” Anne Frank. Write/Record a letter to her that best describes your response when learning about her. Be sure to use at least three specific pieces of information that you learned about her in this letter.

36 Questions about the Holocaust http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=394663 <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;">You are listening in on a question-answer session about the Holocaust. What one question/answer most surprised you? Create something (paragraph, 3-D object, drawing, recording) that represents the reason for your surprise.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Auschwitz/Birkenau <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://remember.org/jacobs/index.html <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You have just stepped into two of the Nazi’s concentration and death camps. What do you see? How do you feel? Document your thoughts and feelings by writing a song, poem, or letter. Or, you may simply brainstorm using the [|Mapping Tool].

**<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Holocaust Online Sources and Activities for Ninth Grade: **

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;"> Create an illustration/visual aid that represents one major aspect of this Web site. It must include various pieces of information about that topic. Be sure to incorporate various materials, colors, images, words, etc. Be creative! You have the option of using the [|Glogster] to create the visual aid.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">United States Holocaust Memorial Museum <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;">Research Nazi propaganda techniques. Demonstrate the conclusions you draw about the techniques in a skit, Prezi, audio recording, or written script. Be sure to include at least five specific pieces of information found on this site.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"> This site contains extensive audio interviews of Holocaust survivors, available as text transcripts or audio files, both separated into manageable, labeled sections. Choose one of the interviews and use [|Glogster] to create interactive posters that feature Holocaust heroes and their distinctive stories.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Anne Frank Center, USA <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://www.annefrank.com/education/resources <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;"> Read about Anne Frank’s experience during the Holocaust. Compare and contrast her experience with the Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust experience. Use [|Go Animate] to present the plights of both Frank and Wiesel in an appropriate manner.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">36 Questions about the Holocaust <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=394663 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;">You are listening in on a question-answer session about the Holocaust. What one question/answer most surprised you? Create something (paragraph, 3-D object, drawing, recording) that represents the reason for your surprise.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Auschwitz/Birkenau <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://remember.org/jacobs/index.html <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">You have just stepped into two of the Nazi’s concentration and death camps. What do you observe? What are the injustices you encounter? <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"> Document your thoughts and feelings by writing a song, poem, or letter. Or, you may simply brainstorm using the [|Mapping Tool].

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|CANDLES:] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Investigate the history of the CANDLES museum in Terre Haute <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Indiana. Explore the Education Center tab offerings. Develop a plan <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">for a service learning project.