Second year high school projects 2013 Another approach to the Holocaust through the book “Number the Stars”, by Lois Lowry. Virtual Exchange Project

Number the Stars, otro acercamiento al Holocausto Fundamentos “Number the Stars”, tiene como premisa descubrir más acerca del Holocausto, y especialmente acerca de la Resistencia Danesa durante este período. Los estudiantes leerán, analizarán y resumirán textos relacionados con los antecedentes, el desarrollo y los resultados de la guerra, enfocándose en el movimiento de resistencia en Dinamarca. Leerán el libro “Number the Stars” y reflexionarán (de forma oral y escrita) acerca de varios pasajes del libro en aras de conocer más acerca del Holocausto, y desarrollar un nivel más elevado de pensamiento crítico en la segunda lengua.

Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry Rationale: Number the Stars, another approach to the Holocaust, aims at uncover more information about the Holocaust, especially about the Danish resistance movement during this period. Students will read, analyze and synthesize texts in English related to the the preview, during-the-war, and aftermath; focusing on the resistance movement in Denmark. In addition, they will read the book “Number the Stars”, and reflect spokenly and writtenly about various passages in order to develop more awareness about the Holocaust and a higher level of critical thinking in the target language.

Students’works “The Danish resistance movement, assisted by many ordinary citizens, coordinated the flight of some 7,200 Jews to safety in nearby neutral Sweden. The most important year was 1943 because was when the German police began searching for and arresting Jews on the night of October 1, the Danish police refused to cooperate”. The holacaust was a terrible period of human history, also take place to the second world war, in my opinion was a terrible human act and thinking because how you can think to do something like kill 6 million people.

Students’works I think the holocaust was the worst thing that happened in the XX century, but i also think it was needed for the humanity to make us see what we can do to ourselves. In June 1944, succumbing to public pressure following the deportation of about 470 Jews from Denmark to Theresienstadt, the Germans permitted two delegates from the International Red Cross and one from the Danish Red Cross to visit the camp-ghetto.

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At the Jewish museum in Asunción

Virtual exchange project

Fundamentos Este proyecto tiene como objetivo brindar a los estudiantes la posibilidad de intercambiar experiencias con estudiantes en otro país (Israel) que también desarrollan un proyecto acerca del Holocausto. Los estudiantes serán amigos de un grupo creado en Facebook con este fin; y responden y crean publicaciones en otro sitio llamado Ning. Todas las actividades apuntan a mejorar la destreza en la escritura, conocer nuevos estudiantes-amigos, y elevar el nivel de pensamiento crítico en la segunda lengua, entre otros objetivos.

Rationale: This project aims at providing students with the opportunity to exchange their knowledge about the Holocaust with students in a different country undergoing a Holocaust project too. Therefore, our students will be friends with a Facebook group created for this purpose; will answer and create posts on a different page called Ning, as they reflect about their experiences in the long hours of instruction. They will enhance their writing skills, meet new students- friends, and develop more their critical thinking skill in the target language.

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