teacher webquest

TEACHER WEBQUEST
FAMOUS PEOPLE OF THE HOLOCAUST

A webquest for 7th graders
Ms. Campbell
Last updated Fall 2008

About the Unit:
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1. ABOUT THE UNIT:

This unit is designed for a mixed group of eighth graders. This unit will focus on the Holocaust and the important people during this time. This unit will focus on both social studies and English. Once this unit is completed, students will feel comfortable using google earth, and will have explored the program thouroughly. The students will also be comfortable researching on the internet, and will understand how to use garageband and inspirations.

II. Teacher Resources:

1. Lists of resources, pictures, and film clips of the Holocaust
           http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/resource.htm

2. A teacher’s guide to the Holocaust- important events
http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/

3. List of sites for the Holocaust: Teacher resource
   http://www.teacheroz.com/holocaust.htm

4. Lesson plans and teaching resources for a unit on the Holocaust
   http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson187.shtml

5. Ideas for teaching the Holocaust to different grade levels
    http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/PEOPLE/people.htm

6. A brief introduction of the Holocaust and the important people during this time
          http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/spring3/people.htm

7. Overview of the Holocaust
          http://www.deathcamps.info/

8. This website gives information about resistance leaders during the Holocaust
          http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/People/resister.htm

9. Recommends sources about important people in the Holocaust
   http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/resource/Website.htm#resisters

Student Resources:

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
         http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/
        Grade Level: 9th grade

2. Elie Wiesel (a biography)
           http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/ELIEBIO.HTM
            Grade Level: 8th grade

3. Holocaust Survivors’ Storyteller
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1
        Grade Level: 12th grade

4. Elie Wiesel and how he won the Nobel Peace Prize
          http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html
        Grade level: 8th grade

5. Jewish Virtual Library: Elie Wiesel biography
             http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Wiesel.html
            Grade Level: 9th grade

Oskar Schindler:

1. Oscar Schindler’s life
            http://www.oskarschindler.com/
            Grade Level: 10th grade


2. Biography of Oskar Shindler:
            http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/schindler.html
            Grade Level: 9th grade

3. About Oscar Schindler
             http://www.auschwitz.dk/Schindler2.htm
             Grade Level: 9th grade
Anne Frank:

1. Anne Frank Museum
          http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2

2. Anne Frank Center- who she is!
            http://www.annefrank.com/

3. Anne Frank: Who she was
        http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/
        Grade Level: 8th grade

4. Anne Frank as a hero
        http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/frank01.html
        Grade Level: 12th grade

5.Holocuast encyclopedia: Who Anne Frank was
        http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005210
         Grade Level: 8th grade

6. All about Anne Frank
        http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?PID=25&LID=2
        Grade Level: 11th grade

7. Anne Frank for kids
        http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/kidsonly/findout/annefrank/index.htm
        Grade Level: 6th grade

8. Anne Frank: Lessons in Human Rights and Dignity
        http://www.surfnetkids.com/annefrank.htm
        Grade Level: 8th and 9th grade
Raoul Wallenberg:

1. Biography of Raoul Wallenberg, a man of courage
         http://www.auschwitz.dk/wallenberg.htm
        Grade Level: 10th grade

2. Raoul Wallenberg Institute: About him
           http://www.rwi.lu.se/institute/rw.shtml
           Grade Level: 12th grade

3. Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews
           http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005211
            Grade Level: 8th grade

4. All about Raoul Wallenberg
           http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/wallenberg/
           Grade Level: 10th grade

5. Jewish Virtual Library- bio about Wallenberg
            http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wallenberg.html
            Grade Level: 10th

6. Raoul Wallenberg Biography
            http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Wallenberg_Raoul.html
            Grade Level: 9th

III. Curriculum Alginment

Maine Learning Results

Content Area: Social Studies
Standard: E. History
Standard Label: E1: Historical knowledge, concepts, themes, and patterns
Grade Level: 6-8
Performance Inidicators:
            Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the aUnited States and various regions of the world.
                            a. Identify and analyze major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of Maine, the United                                             States and various regions of the world.

Rationale: By listening to a book about the Holocaust, researching a person of that time period, and having the teacher explain the Holocaust to them, the students will become very familiar with the Holocaust. They will also be doing a lot of research in books and websites, and will actively learn in that way. They will also get into groups of three and four and discuss what they are learning, focusing on the people during the Holocaust.

Content Area: English Language Arts Standards
Standard: B. Writing
Standard Label: B1: Interconnected Elements
Grade Level Span: 6-8
Performance Indicator:
    Students use a writing process to communicate for a variety of audiences and purposes
            a. Decide which information to include to achieve the desired purpose.
            b. Revise drafts to improvve focus and effet and voice, incorporating when appropriate peer feedback.
            c. Edit for correct grammar, usage and mechanics.

Rationale: By writing a persuasive essay that has to be edited, peer advices, and turned in as a final copy, students will have to research a topic and try to persuade the other groups that their person should win a medel. They will edit their papers and revise, fixing erros such as grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Content Area: English Language Arts Standard
Standard: B. Writing
Standard Label: B3 Argument/ Analysis Expository
Grade Level Span: 6-8
Performance Indicator:
        Students write academic essays that state a clear position, supporting the position with relevant evidence.
                a. Write essays that support an idea and build a logical arguement excluding extraneous informations and differentiating between facts and opinions.

Rationale: Students will have to become familiar with a topic and will have to decide themselves why their person should win a medal. They will have to find reasons that their person is better than everyone else and will have to support this idea with facts and information. The paper must make sense and be logical and students must use supporting evidence to back up their ideas.

IIII. Assessments:
        Other Asssements:

        Unit Assessment:

Assignments	Grades	Assessment
Use of class time	25 points available of 100 points	/100
Wiki	16 points available of100 points	/100
Worksheets	10 points available of 100 points	/100
Persuasive Paper	30 points available of100 points	/100
Podcast and Script	15 points available of 100 points	/100
Inspirations	4 points available of 100 points	/100