Eight grade students visit the library every year during Banned Books Week to learn about book banning and prepare for their Novel project. They will read The Giver and Fahrenheit 451, which are both books that have been on the banned books list.
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Auschwitz Voices from the Death Camp
by James Deem
Examines Auschwitz, a death camp during the Holocaust, including its construction and daily workings, true accounts from prisoners of the camp and Nazi perpetrators, and how more than 1 million people were murdered there.
Forging Freedom: a true story of heroism during the Holocaust
By Hudson Talbott
Chronicles the brave exploits of Jaap Penraat, a young Dutch man, who risked his life during World War II to save the lives of over 400 Jews.
Saving children from the Holocaust: the Kindertransport
by Ann Byers
Discusses the Kindertransport, including the people who organized the operation, how the transports worked, the children’s lives who escaped on a transport, and how ten thousand children were saved from the Holocaust.
The Secret of Priest's Grotto: a holocaust survival story
by Peter Lane Taylor
Presents the true story of how several Jewish families survived the Holocaust of World War II by hiding in the caves of western Ukraine for over 300 days.
Holocaust Internet Scavenger Hunt
1. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm
2. http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
3. http://ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/?gclid=CO26ocz694kCFRnSlgodkhFqPg
4. http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/people/victims.htm
5. http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/people/victims.htm
6. http://library.thinkquest.org/trio/TTQ03068/finalsolution.htm
7. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERghetto.htm
8. http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleID=10007708
9. http://history1900sabout.com/library/holocaust/blpdresstle.htm
10. http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blchart.htm
11. http://chgs.umn.edu/museum/memorials/auschwitz/
12. http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/
13. http://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank/scrapbook/
14. http://graceproducts.com/frank/harsh.html