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THE HOLOCAUST
English, Ethics and Social Science
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
In groups of four or five members, you will create an exhibition to show the school the holocaust in English. Every group will work on one of the following topics:
History of the Holocaust and Second World War: photographs, news and speeches of historical events and main leaders.
Propaganda of the Holocaust and Second World War: Nazi mass communication as well as British and American propaganda during the Second World War.
Art of the Holocaust: paintings, photography and sculptures.
Memorials to the Holocaust: monuments and structures built to remember the victims of the holocaust.
Literature of the Holocaust: poems, excerpts and quotes from books.
Films on the Holocaust: film posters and sinopsis of films and short films.
Personal stories of the Holocaust: first-hand stories told by victims of the holocaust.
1. History of the Holocaust and Second World War
Your task: You will create a presentation and an exhibition with a collection of photos, news and speeches of historical events and main leaders shaping our world today. Try to explain how the Holocaust changed people, places, laws…and what it consisted on. You may show the before and after image of some cities and people in the different countries involved in the Second World War. You should also show the evidences of the Holocaust, the first laws against Jews, the ghettos, Jews in exile and extermination camps and survivors. Use caption lines to give some information about each image.
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2. Propaganda of the Holocaust
Your task: You will create a presentation and an exhibition showing posters, news and advertisement of the Nazi and anti-semitic propaganda. You will also include images of the Second World War posters created in Britain and North America.
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3. Art of the Holocaust
You will learn in class a brief history of painting during the first half of the twentieth century in order to understand better how art was during these years of war and terror.
Your task: You will create an art exhibition to show the evolution of art from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism, focusing on the Holocaust. It is really important that you explain the main characteristics of each art movement and how they changed to reflect how people lived and felt. Include for every work of art shown a caption line giving some basic information and explaining its meaning.
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4. Memorials to the Holocaust
Your task: You will create a presentation and an exhibition showing monuments and structures built to remember the victims of the holocaust.
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5. Literature of the Holocaust
Your task: You will create a presentation and an exhibition with poems, excerpts and quotes from books to create an exhibition about the literature of the holocaust.
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6. Films on the Holocaust
Your task: You will create a presentation and an exhibition with film posters, trailers and sinopsis of films and short films on the holocaust.
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7. Personal stories of the Holocaust
Your task: You will create a presentation and an exhibition showing the first-hand stories told by victims of the holocaust. Include photos, videos and transcripts of interviews and stories of survivors and their families. We highly recommend the following films:
The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher )2007. Stefan Ruzowitzky
The Reader 2008, Stephen Daldry
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days(Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage) 2005 . Marc Rothemund
Downfall (Der Untergang) 2004. Oliver Hirschbiegel
The Pianist. 2002. R. Polanski
Amen. 2002 Costa-Gavras
Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) 1997 Roberto Benigni
Schindler’s List. 1993, Spielberg.
Europa Europa . 1990. Agnieszka Holland
To be or not to be. 1942. E. Lubisch
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OTHER GENERAL RESOURCES
MUSIC
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch – surviving Auschwitz, she was saved by her ability to play the cello, gaining her a place in the camp’s orchestra.
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