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Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. New York: Dell 1990 Lesson PlanNumber the Stars, by Lois Lowry. New York: Dell 1990 Lesson Plan
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Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. New York: Dell 1990

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Students recognize courage and heroism of Danish and Swedish people and all others who resisted the Nazis, realize that everyone has the capacity to do good as well as evil, and analyze reasons and motivations that caused certain people to take a stand.

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nazism, world war ii, heroism, the holocaust

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heroism, holocaust, nazis, social studies
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3rd - 5th
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Social Studies & History
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