Through the Eyes of a Survivor

Kerri Brown Parker and Wendy DavisMillbrook High School

Raleigh, NCbplibrarian.blogspot.com

School Background Media Center Teaching – average 20

collaborative classes per week with direct instruction

2 teaching media specialists Focus on 21st century skills integrated into

content instruction

Unit Objectives – English SCoS Goal 1.01: Reflect - print and non-

print texts SCoS Goal 1.03: Interpret complex print

and non-print texts SCoS Goal 2.01: Analyze complex print

and non-print critical texts SCoS Goal 4.01 Interpret real-world events

Unit Objectives – 21st Century Goals

Connecting to the world globally Acquiring fluency in technology skills Producing media in multiple formats Using information legally, ethically and

responsibly Developing critical thinking skills

Unit Summary – 3 week unit Classroom teacher introduces concept of

genocide Students read and view related texts Students research and podcast a personal

story of the Holocaust with brief wiki entry Students research “Degenerate Art” from

the period of the Holocaust

Unit Summary Continued Students connect art to survivorship today Students complete primary research Students podcast a story of a survivor

today 2 weeks in class on genocide 7 days (broken up in 3 pieces) – Media

Center

Classroom Set Up Background:

PBS’s Frontline Ghosts of Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda Night by Elie

Wiesel

Classroom Set Up Genocide - Mini-research

activity Define Genocide 8 Stages of Genocide “Convention on the Prevention

and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/p_genoci.htm

Mini-research on Darfur and Rwanda

Listening to Survivors Online Instructions

Irene Hasenberg Butter Interview Your survivor is: Irene Hasenberg Butter

Go to http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interviews Listen to survivor’s story Take notes for podcast

Podcasting a Survivor’s Story 2 min first person narrative Record podcasts in media

center – narrative with music (Audacity and FreePlayMusic.com)

Create wiki entry (PBwiki and Wikispaces)

Post podcasts

http://mhsholocaustsurvivor.pbwiki.com

Degenerate Art and Survivor’s Today Destruction of

impressionists’ and others’ artistic work

Chagall windows Connect to life today Who are “our” survivors? Survivor window creation

Survivor Today Podcast Wrap up – Connect it all Interview a survivor Create and record 2 min

podcast Introduce survivor with wiki http://mhssurvivor.pbwiki.com Link sites together

Conclusion of Unit Students explore a variety of themes

related to survivorship Students read, write, create, listen, and

analyze Students develop new technology skills Content skills tied to 21st century skills and

a personal connection