School Library Media Specialist as Instructional Partner

School Library Media Specialist as Instructional Partner

Holocaust Pathfinder

Name: Janet Hogue

School: Highland Middle School

Workshop location: LEECA

Title of companion action plan: Remembering the Holocaust

Grade levels: 7-9

Curriculum/Subject area: Language Arts, Social Studies

Specific Topic: The Holocaust

This Pathfinder is and will be used by 8^th grade language arts classes in conjunction with the literature based unit of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Night by Elie Wiesel. It provides supplemental resources to be used for individual reading and small group literature circles, as well as whole class activities.

Fiction Books

Bennett, C., & Gottesfeld, J. (2001). Anne Frank and me. New York: Putnam's.

Douglas, K. (1997). The broken mirror: A novella. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Lowry, L. (1989). Number the stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Matas, C. (1996). After the War. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Matas, C. (1998). Greater than angels. New York: Simon & Schuster.

 Editions.

Mercati, C. (2000). The secret room. Logan, IA: Perfection.

Williams, L. E. (1996). Behind the bedroom wall. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions.

Non-fiction Books

Bachrach, S. D. (1994). Tell them we remember: The story of the Holocaust. Boston: Little, Brown.

Chaikin, M. (1987). A nightmare in history: The Holocaust, 1933-1945. New York: Clarion.

Frank, A. (1952). The diary of a young girl. New York: Pocket.

Greenfeld, H. (1993). The hidden children. New York: Ticknor & Fields.

Greenfield, H. (2002). After the Holocaust. New York: Scholastic.

Lace, W. W. (2000). Hitler and the Nazis. San Diego: Lucent.

Muchman, B. (1997). Never to be forgotten: A young girl's Holocaust memoir.

Hoboken, NJ: KTAV.

Nir, Y. (2002). The lost childhood: A World War II memoir. New York: Scholastic.

Resnick, A. (1991). The Holocaust. San Diego: Lucent.

Rogasky, B. (1988). Smoke and ashes: The story of the Holocaust. New York: Holiday House.

Warren, A. (2001). Surviving Hitler: A boy in the Nazi death camps. New York: HarperCollins.

Wiesel, E. (1982). Night. New York: Bantam. (Original work published 1960)

Video Recordings

Churchill (Producer). (1996). Children remember the Holocaust [Motion picture]. United States: Churchill.

Colgren, J. (Producer). (1991). Holocaust: A teenager's experience [Motion picture]. United States: John Colgren.

Film West (Producer). (2000). Anne Frank: Just a diary [Motion picture]. United States: Film West.

Films for the Humanities (Producer). (1996). Facing hate [Motion picture]. United States: Films for the Humanities.

Hacienda Productions (Producer). (1997). Lessons of the Holocaust [Motion picture]. United States: Altschul Group.

Kappes, D. (Producer), Muller, M. (Writer), & Dornhelm, R. (Director). (1982). Anne Frank [Motion picture]. United States: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Turner Original Productions (Producer), & Spielberg, S. (Director). (1995). Survivors of the Holocaust [Motion picture]. United States: Turner Original Productions.

Wombat (Producer). (1990). Father's return to Auschwitz [Motion picture]. United States: Journal.

Professional Resources

Gagnon, K. & Ruxton, D. (1997). Holocaust literature: Study guides to 12 stories of courage. Portland, ME: J. Weston Walch.

Hogue, D. (2002).  Night curriculum unit.  The Center for Learning.

Schumacher, J. (2000). Voices of the Holocaust teacher guide. Logan, IA: Perfection.

Infohio Electronic Resources

Holocaust. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 3, 2004, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.

<http://school.eb.com/eb/article?eu=41717>

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Britannica Student Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 3, 2004, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.
<http://school.eb.com/ebi/article?eu=338652>

Frank, Anne. Britannica Student Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 3, 2004, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.
<http://school.eb.com/ebi/article?eu=335341>

Anderson, P. (2003, December 18). Holocaust survivors are still being reunited. Akron Beacon Journal, p. A13. Retrieved May 3, 2004, from Newsbank database.

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