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Unit 3
Activities
3.1 Previewing the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
3.2 Collaborating to Preview Holocaust Narratives . ................. . ...............
3.3 Understanding Literature Circle Discussions . . . ................. . ...............
3.4 Making Thematic Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . ...............
Memoir: Excerpt from Night, by Elie Wiesel
Poetry: “First They Came for the Communists,” by Martin Niemöller
3.5 Analyzing an Allegory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . ...............
*Children’s Book: Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust, by Eve Bunting
the Challenge to make a difference
3.6 Dangerous Diction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........
3.7 Exploring the Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........
3.8 Presenting Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........
3.9 Finding Light in Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........
*Film: Life Is Beautiful, directed by Roberto Benigni
3.10 Dramatic Tone Shifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........
Drama: Excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert
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3.11 The Wrong Side of the Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiction: Excerpt from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne
3.12 Creating a Memorable Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . Diary: Excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
embedded Assessment 1: Presenting Voices of the holocaust . . . . . . . . . ...... .
3.13 Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Looking at Multimedia ...... .
3.14 Making a Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... .
3.15 Never Forget, Never Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . Speech: Excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
introducing the strategy: soAPstone
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3.16 Students Taking Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . Informational Text: from Do Something! A Handbook for Young Activists
... . 3.17 From Vision to Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Informational Text: “Wangari Maathai,” from BBC News Informational Text: About Freerice.com
Informational Text: Free Rice Online Quiz Game
3.18 Examining Media Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Public Service Announcements
*Public Service Announcements (Nonprint, available online)
3.19 Raising Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address by Cesar Chavez, President United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
embedded Assessment 2: Presenting a multimedia Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Texts not included in these materials.
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