8.2: Resisting the Holocaust
Objective:
Objective:
- Students will be able to describe and provide examples of the way victims of the Holocaust resisted by answering questions on a worksheet based off several reading assignments, video clips, images, and class discussion
Vocabulary: active resistance, sonderkommando, partisans, creative resistance, Kindertransport
Directions:
Directions:
- Click here to access a copy of the worksheet needed for this lesson
- This lesson is divided into 2 parts, each with several components. Follow the directions below to complete this lesson.
Warm-Up: Somewhere in the image of the gate to the concentration camp at Auschwitz is a symbol of resistance. What is it?
Warm-Up: Somewhere in the image of the gate to the concentration camp at Auschwitz is a symbol of resistance. What is it?
Part 1 - Active Resistance
Part 1 - Active Resistance
Part 2 - Creative Resistance
Part 2 - Creative Resistance
E. Video: “Creative Resistance”
Answer questions 16 & 17 based on the video below.E. Video: “Creative Resistance”
F. Song/Lyrics: “Undzer Shtetl Brent!”
Answer questions 18 & 19 based on the lyrics to Undzer Shtetl Brent. Use the video to hear the song, and click the button to view the lyrics in English.G. Reading: The Cats of Krasinski Square
Answer question 20 based on a reading of The Cats of Krasinski Square found below.G. Reading: The Cats of Krasinski Square
Reading - The Cats of Krasinksi Square.pdf
H. Video: Nicholas Winton & the Kindertransport
Answer questions 21 & 22 based on the video below.H. Video: Nicholas Winton & the Kindertransport
I. Video: “The Good Man of Auschwitz”
Answer question 23 based on the video below.I. Video: “The Good Man of Auschwitz”
J. Reading: Excerpt from Stephen Nasser’s autobiography, My Brother’s Voice, p. 147-49
Answer question 24 based on the reading below. J. Reading: Excerpt from Stephen Nasser’s autobiography, My Brother’s Voice, p. 147-49
Reading - Nasser Excerpt - Resistance by living.pdf