teacher's guide
STANDARDS

This lesson addresses the following national curriculum standards:

History
Understands the chronology of World War II and the Holocaust; understands that the Holocaust began in different countries of Europe at different times depending on the military and political circumstances of the Third Reich

Understands how the events of World War II and the Holocaust impacted on daily life throughout Western and Eastern Europe

Analyzes historic photographs to glean information about daily life during World War II and the Holocaust

Understands how youth were compelled to deal with separation from parents and extended families and take on adult roles

Understands how women responded to the events of war and genocide Understands how the major events of the Holocaust such as the dissolution of the Non-Aggression Pact with Germany and Russia directly impinged on the lives and safety of European Jews

Understands the restraints of living in a totalitarian regime

Understands how the geography of each country occupied by Nazi Germany affected the modes of resistance activities

Understands the range of responses to a totalitarian society: the perpetrators who embraced and encouraged the oppression of certain groups; the bystanders who sought to blend into the society without making waves; the rescuers and resisters who took decisive steps to help victims of a totalitarian regime despite the risks to their lives and safety

Civics
Knows how resistance requires careful organization and courage of the participants involved

Knows how the absence of constitutional protections leads to injustice and violation of human rights

Knows that totalitarian societies leave no legitimate avenues for resistance

Knows that in democratic societies before World War II and the Holocaust individuals had opportunities to take a stand without risking their lives and safety

Knows that effective forms of resistance require that individuals work with others

Language Arts
Uses a journal to record information gleaned from general sources and the film as well as a means of recording personal impressions to the sources and film and discussions of the group

Uses information on the general history of World War II and the Holocaust to prepare for viewing the documentary: information from websites on World War II and the Holocaust; encyclopedias etc.; historic photographs; newspapers, magazines; timelines

Uses information from research to prepare an oral report on the era of the Holocaust

Uses information to clarify how resistance was carried out in different ways in various locations and to clarify the roles women played in resistance activity

Read selections from women’s memoirs about World War II and the Holocaust to deepen understanding of the particular contributions women made the challenges they faced in conducting such risky activity

Uses information gleaned from viewing the film to prepare oral reports on each of the three principal subjects of the film