Hana's Suitcase is a Caudill nominated title for next year, and we are
building a unit around it, with many supplemental materials. Our focus is
not just the Holocaust, but the impact of war all over the world. To teach
this, some of the sources we are using include:
Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya
Baseball Saved Us by Kin Mochizuki
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
The Little Ships: The Rescue at Dunkirk, by Louise Borden
Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat by nancy Patz
Keeping the Promise, A Torah's Journey by Tami lehman-Wilzig
Six Million Paper Clips: The making of A Children's Holocaust Memorial, by
Peter Schroeder
The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden
Hope this is helpful,
Linda L.
Linda Lucke
Learning Center Director
Butterfield School
Libertyville, IL
LLucke@d70.k12.il.us
"Teachers aren't paid to love children. Loving children is what teachers do
for extra credit. It's not the main assignment - but it's more important
than the main assignment. Extra credit is done of your own free will. Work
and love given of your own free will is always more joyous, better quality
stuff." Sahara Special, by Esme Codell.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Lawler" <smclawler@GMAIL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] TAR: ELEM: Holocaust Unit
>
> On 4/19/06, Susan M. Davis <susan.davis@browardschools.com> wrote:
>
> > I going to do a unit on the Holocaust with the 5th grade next year. I'd
> > like some recommendations of good fiction and nonfiction books that will
> >
> > support it at this level.
>
>
Susan,
I tried to send this just to you but tit was rejected by the Broward
mail server .
> I just finished the *Flag with Fifty-Six Stars: a Gift from the Survivors
> of Mauthausen* by Susan Goldman Rubin. It is a nonfiction picture book
> with a wonderful story. It has a bibliography, an index, an afterword, and
> beautiful artwork.
> Other picture books on Holocaust I would recommend are:
>
> *Passage to Freedom, the Sugihara Story* by Ken Mochizuki tells the story
> of Japanese diplomat in Lithuania who is provided visas to the Jewish
> residents in order to save them from the concentration camps.
> *Fireflies in the Dark: the Story of Friedl Dick* by Susan Goldman Rubin
> is about an art teacher who encourages the children of Therensienstadt
> concentration camp to express themselves through art. Some of the
> pictures
> survived.
> *The Cats of Krasinsky Square* by Karen Hesse has two sisters who have
> escaped from the Warsaw ghetto devising a plan to keep food intended for
> the
> ghetto from being intercepted by the Gestapo.
>
> I have 2 books on Anne Frank that really bring the child to life through
> extensive family pictures. They are:
> *Anne Frank in the world* by the Anne Frank House (2001)
> *Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary* (1995) by Rol
>
Another photographic resource would be *My Secret Camera: A photographic
record the Lodz Ghetto* (2000) by Smith offers another record of the
Holocaust.
>
>
> Before I started this response I saw another post with several other
> worthwhile titles. Good luck with the lesson. I am sure you will find
> many
> resources appropriate for the Fifth Grader.
>
> > --
> > Sharon Lawler, Librarian
> > Randolph Elementary
> > Universal City TX 78148
> > 210-357-2353
> > smclawler@gmail.com
> >
>
>
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