An Allegory

What is an allegory?

Allegory definition - a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden mean, typically a moral or political one.

TASK:

To yourself, carefully read (or listen to) Eve Bunting’s Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust. When everyone has finished with the reading, discuss the following questions:

• How did the animals in the woods get along before the Terrible Things came?

• How did the animals react to the Terrible Things when they first came for the creatures with feathers on their backs?

• Why do you think the Terrible Things take away the animals one group at a time?

• Why does Big Rabbit disagree with Little Rabbit when Little Rabbit wants to move?

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Assume the role of Little Rabbit. Think about what advice you would give to the other forest creatures when you go to tell them about the Terrible Things.

• Individually, write your advice (a sentence or two) on your Student Packet.

• Share your advice with your group.

• Narrow the group’s advice down to one or two powerful sentences. Use powerful words and phrases…use active language.

• Write your tour group advice on your form and on the provided sentence strip. Be sure to put your names and team name on the back of the strip.

You can listen to an animated version of the story by clicking HERE. It's about 6 minutes long.