Holocaust Memorials
Grade 8
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"There is something uniquely human about creating a physical marker to commemorate past events or individuals. If you were to design a memorial to commemorate the Holocaust, what events, people, or ideas would you want it to represent? Take some time to reflect on what you’ve learned about the Holocaust and what you think is most important for you and others to remember."
This assignment in Grade 8 Social Studies provided the perfect opportunity for an interdisciplinary project between the Kol-lab and the humanities department. Students created a plan thinking about how the Holocaust should be remembered and how to convey that message through their design. The resulting memorials were unique and powerful .
Made almost entirely from Cricuted paper and wood dowels, this memorial depicts a colorless playground with the outlines of children whose lives were lost during the Holocaust
Made from clay, this memorial is meant to be viewed from the back to the front to show the decreasing size of the Jewish population due to the Holocaust
A star of David made from sculpted chicken wire made to look like barbed wire
A tree with 6 blood-stained branches, each representing one million lives lost
A memorial made from wire and toy figurines with the two sides mostly divided, apart from the open middle
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