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DOCUMENT RESUME SO 034 471 ED 473 215 Petrianos, Paul AUTHOR Lesson Plan on the Poetry of the Holocaust. Fulbright-Hayes TITLE Summer Seminars Abroad Program, 2002 (Hungary and Poland). Center for International Education (ED), Washington, DC. SPONS AGENCY 2002-00-00 PUB DATE NOTE 77p. Descriptive. Reports Teacher (052) Classroom Guides PUB TYPE (141) EDRS Price MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. EDRS PRICE Course Descriptions; *Curriculum Development; European DESCRIPTORS History; Foreign Countries; High Schools; *Literature Appreciation; *Poetry; Social Studies; Summer Programs; World War II *Auschwitz; Fulbright Hays Seminars Abroad Program; Gypsies; IDENTIFIERS *Holocaust; Holocaust Literature; Hungary; Poland ABSTRACT The poetry writing in the concentration camps during the Holocaust enabled some people to survive, not in the biological sense, but in the psychological sense because it helped preserve their self esteem. The goal of this curriculum project is to expose students to the Holocaust by reading about the tragedy through the poetry of the victims. The project presents 60 poems written by inmates of Auschwitz (Poland). The lesson plan consists of the following: summary of curriculum project; 60 Holocaust poems; short museum guide book of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps; Elie Wiesel student competition writing form; list of films and documentaries on the Holocaust; travel essay from "New York Times" travel section, "Auschwitz Pilgrimage"; Nuremberg laws; topics on the Holocaust; information on Yad Vashem; some Holocaust Web sites; and gypsies in the Holocaust. It is intended for use with students in grades 10-11. The lesson plan provides a description, goals, procedures, assignments, and assessment suggestions. (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. FULBRIGHT -HAYS SUMMER SEMINAR 2002 IN POLAND AND HUNGARY POLAND: "BUILDING PARTNERSHIP FOR EUROPE: POLAND AFTER A DECADE OF SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION HUNGARY: "STABLE PARTNER IN DEMOCRACY JUNE 19-AUGUST 2, 2002 LESSON PLAN ON THE POETRY OF THE HOLOCAUST CONTENTS: 60 HOLOCAUST POEMS CONCENTRATION CAMPS SHORT MUSEUM GUIDE BOOK OF AUSCHWITZ- BIRKENAU ELIE WIESEL STUDENT COMPETITION WRITING FORM LIST OF FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES ON THE HOLOCAUST "AUSCHWITZ PILGRIMAGE" TRAVEL ESSAY FROM N.Y. TIMES TRAVEL SECTION - THE NUREMBERG LAWS TOPICS ON THE HOLOCAUST INFORMATION ON YAD VASHEM SOME HOLOCAUST WEB SITES GYPSIES IN THE HOLOCAUST N PAUL PETRIANOS 71- PROSPECT HIGH SCHOOL SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA 71". cr) O U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement BEST COPY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION AVAILABLE CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this 2 document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Lesson Plan: The POETRY OF THE HOLOCAUST AND AND THEN SOME --MORE MINI-IDEAS/PROJECTS SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM PROJECT Why Not Study the Holocaust through Poetry? Why Holocaust Poetry? The goal of this vast curriculum project is to expose students to the Holocaust by reading about the tragedy through the poetry of the victims. The writting of poetry in the Camps enabled some people to survive---not in the biological sense, but psychological- - because it helped preserve their self-esteem. The Auschwitz poetry read again here expands not only our knowledge and awareness of history, but it makes us more sensitive and aware of this colossal tragedy and the millions of victims. These poems may not have features of outstanding poetry, but each of them is undoubtedly of historical value; they are authentic documents, evidence of inhuman behavior in the time World War II. They are a specific kind of evidence of crime and the strongest although subjective message of the truth about Auschwitz. One can distinguish four points of view or different time frames in the contents: Auschwitz perceived by those who persihed there or lost their closest relatives; by those who survived the war and the hard Auschwitz days; by those who only visited Auschwitz as a museum; and a few poems are written by Nazi soldiers. A unique approach to teaching the holocaust is to allow students to understand historical events and experiences better than the bare facts alone can do because they enable us to absorb them inwardly. In involving ourselves in the authentic literature of the holocaust, we come as close as we can to entering psychologically into those unique Primary events as they were actually felt by those individuals who experienced them.. have a number of sources are one of the best ways to experience history. Literature may other functions to, but in letting the reader into a representative situation, experience, or historical period, it is supreme. As Aristotle pointed out, literature has more to tell us about truth than historial narrative has. Some 60 poems are present here and emanate from many writers, Jews and non-Jews alike, and in many languages. Many Jews would say, "If you should live to tell the tale, tell the world world what they did to us." Even in the ghettos (in the camps it was impossible) the urge to write, to portray their incremental agony day after day, was overwhelmingly urgent for those who Ringelblum fevereishly as he sat were able to wield a pen. 'Record, record,' urged Emanuel at his table in the Warsaw Ghetto, pen in hand, hungary and cold, knowing that is death is near. People often buried their writings so that it would be preserved. Also included: Purchased from a book store at Auschwitz is a copy here of one of the short, II consise, and informative guides of the site for students or the teachers to read. You may want to make a class set of this guide to give to students to read so they can learn first the meaning of the poetry better. hand about the camp and appreciate Wiesel student competition writing Searching the internet I came upon the Elie III to use it for your class as an essay form as a classroom assignment. You may want powerful quotes. assignment or just to read or discuss the find out and list most of the major motion I have searched some movie books to IV list is rich in films and, of course, some pictures made about the Holocaust. The of students are a 'visual generation' and I documentaries are also listed. Our generation documentary would add to their appreciation believe that showing them a powerful film or make the poetry more meaningful. of the Holocaust Poetry and this will York Times Sunday paper I found a f Reading the Travel Section of the New V entitled, writing about their experience at Auschwitz, current article on someone because it is very insightful. The following "Auschwitz Pilgrimage" --I include a copy this travel article in the N.Y.Times. week letters appeared (also included) responding to of the Nuremberg Laws. These laws are VI On the internet I found different sources of the Jews. It would be interesting for your the beginning of the end of the rights what they are all about and how vast and students to examine the specific laws and see that you can give your students is to have cruel the laws were. One internet assignment the Apartheid Laws of South Africa, the Jim them individually or in groups examine of Nazi Germany and to discuss and see how Crows in the U.S. and the Nuremberg Laws racism and bigotry. racist regimes and institutions legalize segregation, of interesting topics on the Holocaust VII Also found on the internet was a copy the list they will assign to your students as projects. When they see you may want to this vast subject. realize the vastness of sub and related topics to the sites to visit and experience is I have visited Israel four times and one of VIII of the victims of the Holocaust. You Yad Vashem, which is a memorial to the memory This one page is a students about this place and its meaning to Jews. may want to tell your nice summary and explanation of the site. Holocaust sites on the internet and on VIIII I have discovered that there are so many few here. the various search engines and have listed a happened to Gypsies during the Nazi I found this interesting summary on what IX period and am including it for your information. books on Holocaust poetry and I have discovered that by just reading some subject has led me to other topics and areas attempting to do a lesson plan on just that one value to you and your truly believe would be of great interest and on the holocaust I information here you find relevant, useful and students. I hope that you can use whatever topic. educational in approaching such a powerful 4 Grade Level (S) 10, 11 Subjects: U.S.History, World History Duration: the This depends on how long the instructor deems it necessary to cover how material contained in the unit or what parts he/she decides to use and California now it fits in to individual instructors curriculum. The state of in requires that a portion of time be given to the teaching of the holocaust W.W. II. Each instructor will decide and determine how you use the films and handouts compiled here for use in projects, presentations, and discussions. Description: The teacher can use the poems to explain the Holocaust period as seen and experienced by the victims, Jews and nonJews at Auschwitz-Berkenau. Goals: Students will demonstrate an understanding of what the victims of the Holocaust underwent by getting insights and the personal perspectives of the authors of the poetry. Students will understanding how effective and real primary sources are in depicting the agony and suffering of the victims. Procedures: Put the students in groups and give each group a packet of 6-10 holocaust of students will read poems that you reproduced for the class. Each group their own selected poems and decide which two they would like to read and explain to the class. The students can all put the few poems on transparencies class. to put them on the overhead projector to read and explain to the It would be effective if the instructor showed a good film/documentary before the poems are read and discussed. Each group will expose the whole class to a variety of poems, experiences and points of view about this event. Assignments: You could have students in groups write a poem about some oppressed Blacks, women, gays, group in U.S. History from American Indians, 5 in U.S.History Mexicians, Asians, factory workers or any oppressed group and then read the and tell of their plight and discrimination through poetry Students can even write a poem on the holocaust from poem to the class. any point of view. Assessment: their poem. The teacher can grade the group of students for the quality of Grades can be depth, understanding, compassion and group contribution. the given to the group or to individuals who contributed the most to composition. whatever effective Each individual teacher is encouraged to use any of the material contained herein for roads lead to Rome and whatever methods you use use that they deem appropriate and educational. 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