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Teaching the Holocaust through Literature

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Centered on the short story "The Tenth Man" by Polish Holocaust survivor Ida Fink, here is a solid one-day resource to support study of World War II or Nazi history, short stories, or to complement any ELA unit on The Diary of Anne Frank or Elie Weisel's Night. Text of the story, discussion questions, and a pair of survivor testimonials are included: handy for incorporating primary documents. From the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, which also has lots of useful videos and other resources you could use in the classroom or assign to learners for research.

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diaries, holocaust literature, personal diary, testimonies, postwar fiction, postwar poetry, postwar drama, the tenth man, ida fink, english language arts
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
2 days
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