Multiple Personalities

Language and Literature - Grade 8

Theresa Dobies B.A., M. A.

Lesson: Points of View

Goals:

Prerequisite: Teacher selected reading material pertaining to the Holocaust.

Activities:

  1. Warm-up discussion:
    1. When have you ever felt like a victim?
    2. When have you chosen not to get involved in a situation? Why did you make that choice? What were the risks and dangers that were involved?
    3. What would make you go along with something even if it didn’t seem right to you?
    4. Why do bullies act the way they do?
  2. Define list of related vocabulary words.
    1. Use www.dictionary.com to define vocabulary; copy and paste to a Word document for printing.

    Vocabulary List

    bystander perpetrator victim

    collaborator discrimination racism

    scape-goat non-conformist ethnic cleansing

    persecution exterminate

     
  3. Explore the web for photographs, poems, virtual tours or interactive maps of concentration camps, and testimony from Holocaust survivors. Notes can be saved in a word document for later reference.

    4. Suggested sites:

    http://remember.org/

    Go to links - Interactive maps

    Imagine Gallery (paintings by sixth graders)

    Witnesses (scroll down to headings in green)

    http://www.fmv.ulg.ac.be/schmitz/holocaust.html

    http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~der2849/History.html

    http://www.holocaustkid.com/

    http://remember.org/camps/index.html

    http://history1900s.about.com/

    Scroll down to Essentials

    Click on link called Holocaust

    http://www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/homepage.html

    Click on link Excerpts from Testimonies

    http://users.systec.com/kimel/

    http://www.remember.org/educate/intro.html

    http://www.remember.org/image/

  4. Choose one of the following activities and use word processing to compose your writing and print for assessment.

Activity1:

Write a 5-6 paragraph essay entitled "Multiple Personality Essay". The "Body" of your essay should express a different point of view about the Holocaust. See essay guidelines at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html

Font should be size 12 and you should double space. Add a picture from a web site to illustrate your essay.

Introduction: Why should we remember the Holocaust?

Body: Write each paragraph from a different point of view:

Your paragraph should explain how the Holocaust directly affected you and your actions.

Conclusion: Describe how at some time in your life you have felt like a bystander,

perpetrator, collaborator, or victim. Relate it to someone you read about in your research.

 

Activity 2:

Write 3 poems each expressing a different point of view listed above. Each poem should be

8-12 lines long. Make sure each poem has a title. Font size for titles is optional. You may use Word Art. Lines should be single-spaced and Font size should be 14. The poems should express your feelings, impressions and/or opinions based on facts from your research.

Assessment: 1. Quiz grade for definitions.

    1. A school approved rubric for assessing essay/poems.

Site for reference if needed: http: www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Project Time Line:

Day 1 – Warm-up discussion and define vocabulary. Print Word document. Students should

save to personal directory for reference.)

Day 2 to Day 3 – conduct your research.

Day4-Day 5 - Compose your essay or poems on Word and print for assessment.

Note: Time frame may vary due to learning needs of students.

Computer Rules:

 

Any questions or comments regarding this lesson can be directed to tdob@nac.net

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