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Music As Survival: Alma Rose and the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra Lesson PlanMusic As Survival: Alma Rose and the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra Lesson Plan
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Students explore a period of European history in which musicians have used theri musical talents and abilities to survive and rise above extremely difficult situations. The psychological uses of music by the Nazis is examined in this seven lessons unit.

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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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