Teacher Cadre: Using Personal Diaries to Teach the Holocaust
Facilitator
Amy McDonald, Teacher, Shades Valley High School
Description
Discover a unique lesson on the Holocaust through close reading of Salvaged Pages, an anthology of journals by Jewish teens in hiding in the ghettos, and at Auschwitz and other camps.
RSVP
Teachers: Please RSVP to the AHEC Office and let them know if you plan to attend.
Teacher Resources
PowerPoint: Young Voices During the Holocaust – Their Legacies Continue
Selected entries from diarists in Salvaged Pages, with time clips of their testimony from the video I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People During the Holocaust.
- Eva Ginzova (27:00-32:45)
- Anonymous Girl (33:40-38:14)
- Elsa Binder (42:26-45:04)
- Miriam Korber (38:15-42:25)
Facing History and Ourselves / Study Guide to I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People During the Holocaust
Chaim Rumkowski’s speech to the Lodz ghetto residents
