Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
TEACHERS ONLY..Do you know any good websites focusing on the Holocaust AND Slavery?
I am a middle school teacher and every year, I do a unit on the Holocaust, using The Diary of Anne Frank as the focus literary piece. Many of my African American students voice concern because they say in Social Studies and Lang Arts, the teachers never seem to hit on slavery and what that awful event did to black people. I understand their concern and decided that the upcoming year, I would try to hit on more state standard requirements and also include compare and contrasting the two historical events. I am already researching and hunting down information, but if any of you have ideas that would help me, I am so very open for suggestions. My objective is two-fold- for the students to visualize and experience what happened to the two groups of people in the past, AND more importantly, how it impacted the groups TODAY and how ignoring these past issues can affect us today. I really need to put a complete package together of activities for individual and groups. This information should include lots of activities, website investigations, projects, videos, presentations, etc.
I know I am opening up a huge Pandora's Box. But our students don't know the impact or realize the importance of governments and their weight in our lives. I want them to clearly see how people suffered, died, and how the mind-set of many people today are skewed because of the past.
Any suggestions you offer will helpful and seriously considered. I am also thinking of perhaps writing a Unit Lesson for my school and other middle schools who might want to try this.....but only after I see if mine is successful.
Thank you so much. My email address is also available for those who wish to correspond with me.
Sunnie 7 - Thanks! I agree. I have to do something that will invoke the students research and involvement. I KNOW the facts on each, but I have to do something that they can formulate their own questions about each and do something constructive as well as informative. I have lots of information, KWL questions, research material, notes, but I need to present both from a LITERARY perspective. One thing I want to do is collaborate with the History teacher on this. They will get more info from both views. We are going to read "The Diary of Anne Frank", but I want them to read other books, notes, essays, poems, etc on slavery and the Holacaust. I think this is going to be a very involved and interesting project. Thanks for your views.
1 Answer
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Maybe a film on it there are some really good ones like Roots which is about Slavery and then liberation. Maybe also a debate, allow the students to do there own research split them into teams maybe some pro and some against and allow them to formulate there arguments its a really good way to promote student lead research and also very practically fun for them to undertake.