EXTRA, EXTRA Read All About It

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EXTRA, EXTRARead All About It!

• Codi Schatz
• The Holocaust - Web Quest

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EXTRA, EXTRA Read All About It!

• An extremely horrific event has just occurred.
  The Nazis, under control of Hitler are taking
  over. They are exterminating people, not for who
  they are, but for what they are. This is known
  as The HOLOCAUST.
• You, as my employees of the World Wide Gazette
  have a job to do. I am requiring you to create a
  Newspaper that contains stories, factual
  artifacts, pictures, and or anything that has to
  do with this terrible tragedy.

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The Tasks

• The Newspaper
• 4 Groups/ Newspapers
• 5 Students to Each Group
• 1 Student Editor/ Group Leader
• 2 Students Reporters/ Investigators
• 2 Students Writers/ Publishers
• Holocaust Vocabulary Worksheet
• Individual Work
• Daily Journal
• Individual Work

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The Process

• The Newspaper
• The students are going to create a Newspaper to
  help them learn more about The Holocaust.
• The Newspaper will include
• A Title
• Photos/ Pictures
• One BIG Story and at Least 2 Other Stories
• 10 Factual Events/ Artifacts
• Once The Newspapers are complete, the groups will
  briefly present their Newspaper and leave it for
  the other groups to look at and read.
• Members of the Group
• Editor
• This student is responsible for leading his/ her
  group. This person MUST help with anything that
  his/ her other group members need. This person
  also needs to make sure that everything is in
  order and complete.
• Reporters
• These 2 students are to find information that
  occurred during the Holocaust that would help
  create good stories.
• Writers
• These 2 students are to use the information that
  the Reporters found and create stories from that
  information.

• Every group member is to help with putting the
  Newspaper together including a title for the
  Newspaper, designing pictures, and anything else
  that needs to be done for this project to make it
  creative.
• Holocaust Timeline
• Concentration Camps
• Children of The Holocaust
• Anne Frank
• Holocaust Vocabulary Worksheet
• The students will complete a Holocaust Vocabulary
  Worksheet to help them understand some unknown
  words that they will come across throughout this
  process.
• Individual Work
• Holocaust Vocabulary Worksheet
• Dictionary
• Daily Journal
• The students will write in their journals about
  what has happened each day throughout this
  process, what new facts they learned, or anything
  interesting about this experience.
• Individual Work

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The Assessments

• The Newspaper
• Check List
• Holocaust Vocabulary Worksheet
• Grade on Correct Answers
• Daily Journal
• Read Journals and Give Comments

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The Resources

• Internet Resources
• The Rise of Adolf Hitler
• History Of The Holocaust
• Stories Of Holocaust Rescuers
• Holocaust Timeline
• Concentration Camps
• Children of The Holocaust
• Anne Frank
• Dictionary
• The Holocaust
• Holocaust Links From A - Z
• Children Literature List

• Childrens Literature
• Jacobs Rescue A Holocaust Story
• By Malka Drucker
• ISBN 0440409659
• Wartime Lies
• By Louis Begley
• ISBN 0449001172
• Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl
• By Anne Frank
• ISBN0553296981
• We Remember the Holocaust
• By David Adler
• ISBN 0805037152
• Number the Stars
• By Lois Lowry
• ISBN 0-395-51060-0
• My mother's voice (children, literature, and the
  Holocaust )
• By Adrienne Kertzer
• ISBN 1551113406

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The Conclusion

• The Holocaust was a horrible tragedy that
  occurred. I hope that with this project you, the
  students, learned valuable information that you
  never knew. I hope not only did you learn about
  The Holocaust, but you also learned about an
  important and tragic time in history.