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Using Poetic Images to Initiate the Exploration of Resistance During the Holocaust Lesson PlanUsing Poetic Images to Initiate the Exploration of Resistance During the Holocaust Lesson Plan
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Using Poetic Images to Initiate the Exploration of Resistance During the Holocaust

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Students explore the role of resistance during the Holocaust. Viewing images, they complete a set of notes on the Holocaust and discuss the feelings they get from looking at the photographs. They identify the parts of speech used in writing poems and identify similes.

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