1. Possible Activities and Sources in Using Film to teach about the Holocaust to Middle and High School Students Prepared by: Dr. Caroline (Kay) Picart

2. Preparatory Activity: Group yourselves in small groups of four or five people each. Choose a discussion leader and a secretary. If you had to choose three to four films (one for each level) trying to make a grade school, middle school, and high school student understand the appeal of Nazism, and how the Holocaust happened, what would these films be, and why? Group yourselves in small groups of four or five people each. Choose a discussion leader and a secretary. If you had to choose three to four films (one for each level) trying to make a grade school, middle school, and high school student understand the appeal of Nazism, and how the Holocaust happened, what would these films be, and why?

3. Module 1: Triumph of the Will providing Nazi imagery; explains appeal/horror http://www.annefrank.eril.net/teaching/nazis.htm http://www.annefrank.eril.net/teaching/nazis.htm Triumph of the Will (perhaps couple with Education for Death: http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?fil m=6318) Triumph of the Will (perhaps couple with Education for Death: http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?fil m=6318) http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?fil m=6318 http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?fil m=6318 Cabaret Cabaret Schindler’s List Schindler’s List The Lion King The Lion King

4. http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/anne-frank-four- films.htmlhttp://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/anne-frank-four- films.html, http://www.aetv.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_ guide.0011.html and http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/anne-b-real.html http://www.aetv.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_ guide.0011.html http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/anne-b-real.html Module 2: Anne Frank—five treatments of it, with the final a contemporization: Cynthia Gimenez, a black, Hispanic teenager living in the slums of New York City. Her brother is a drug addict; her sister, an unwed mother. Cynthia spends hour upon hour writing verses in her room or practicing rap in front of the bathroom mirror. She reads and rereads a gift from her deceased father: Anne Frank’s diary. The Diary of Anne Frank (documentary): 12+ The Diary of Anne Frank (documentary): 12+ Anne Frank, the Whole Story (docudrama): 14+ Anne Frank, the Whole Story (docudrama): 14+ Anne Frank Remembered (documentary): 12+ Anne Frank Remembered (documentary): 12+ Anne Frank: Anne Frank: The Life of The Life of a Young Girl a Young Girl (documentary): (documentary): 12+ 12+ Anne B. Real Anne B. Real

5. http://www.holocaust-trc.org/ Module 3: Holocaust Teacher Resource Center (Survivor Narratives—includes Peter Fischl’s “To the Little Polish Boy Standing with His Arms Up,” plus annotated bibliographies and videographies) Module 3: Holocaust Teacher Resource Center (Survivor Narratives—includes Peter Fischl’s “To the Little Polish Boy Standing with His Arms Up,” plus annotated bibliographies and videographies) http://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/middle/Holocaust/ child_of_warsaw.htm http://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/middle/Holocaust/ child_of_warsaw.htm http://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/middle/Holocaust/ child_of_warsaw.htm http://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/middle/Holocaust/ child_of_warsaw.htm http://www.holocaust-trc.org/FischlPoem.htm http://www.holocaust-trc.org/FischlPoem.htm http://www.holocaust-trc.org/FischlPoem.htm

6. Module 4: AntiSemitism in Germany and the U.S. (all documentaries)—for middle school and high school students http://www.library.yale.ed u/testimonies/education/in dex.htm(Yale Fortunoff Collection) http://www.library.yale.ed u/testimonies/education/in dex.htm(Yale Fortunoff Collection) http://www.library.yale.ed u/testimonies/education/in dex.htm http://www.library.yale.ed u/testimonies/education/in dex.htm http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/stu dy_guide/archives/thc_gui de.0161.html(The Lost Children of Berlin) http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/stu dy_guide/archives/thc_gui de.0161.html(The Lost Children of Berlin) http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/stu dy_guide/archives/thc_gui de.0161.html http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/stu dy_guide/archives/thc_gui de.0161.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ amex/holocaust/tguide/ind ex.html(America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ amex/holocaust/tguide/ind ex.html(America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ amex/holocaust/tguide/ind ex.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ amex/holocaust/tguide/ind ex.html

7. Module 5: Human Rights Related films http://www.teachwithmovi es.org/guides/au-revoir- les-enfants.html(Au Revoir Les Enfants) (11+) http://www.teachwithmovi es.org/guides/au-revoir- les-enfants.html http://www.teachwithmovi es.org/guides/europa- europa.html(Europa, Europa) (13+) http://www.teachwithmovi es.org/guides/europa- europa.html http://www.teachwithmovi es.org/guides/schindlers- list.html(Schindler’s List) (15+) http://www.teachwithmovi es.org/guides/schindlers- list.html

8. Module 6: General Guidelines http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/Intermed.htm(E lementary Lesson Plans) http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/Intermed.htm(E lementary Lesson Plans) http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/Intermed.htm http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/HighSchl.htm( High School Lesson Plans) http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/HighSchl.htm( High School Lesson Plans) http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/HighSchl.htm http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson187.shtml (Lesson Planning Article) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson187.shtml (Lesson Planning Article) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson187.shtml http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/guidelines/ agenda.php (Online Workshop for Teaching the Holocaust) http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/guidelines/ agenda.php (Online Workshop for Teaching the Holocaust) http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/guidelines/ agenda.php http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/guidelines/ agenda.php http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Educational_Resources/Curricul um/Incorporating_Holocaust_Educat/incorporating_holoca ust_educat.html (Holocaust in K-4 Curriculum) http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Educational_Resources/Curricul um/Incorporating_Holocaust_Educat/incorporating_holoca ust_educat.html (Holocaust in K-4 Curriculum) http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Educational_Resources/Curricul um/Incorporating_Holocaust_Educat/incorporating_holoca ust_educat.html http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Educational_Resources/Curricul um/Incorporating_Holocaust_Educat/incorporating_holoca ust_educat.html