Sophie Scholl: Die letzten Tage   

A big part of this unit is based around the movie: Sophie Scholl: The final Days. The movie is rated 12 (by German ratings) and gives an account of the last six days in Sophie Scholl's life. Students will analyze the movie and have class discussions about the importance of Sophie's story.

Other parts of this unit will consist of:
  • a brief overview of the events of WW II
  • Webquest about Die Weiße Rose
  • (German WQ) diary entries Sophie Scholl
  • Assessment: A paper, answering a choice
    of writing prompts
  • discussing and rewriting a quote by Martin Niemöller (1945)
 Webquest auf deutsch für fortgeschrittene Klassen!

Here are the readings used for the ENGLISH web quest:
Other useful links in English: The Jewish Virtual Library    |    Holocaust History    |    Spartacus Educational    |    Sophie Scholl - movie
auf Deutsch: Bundeszentrale politische Bildung  |  die weiße Rose Stiftung  |  Lebendiges Museum Online

Losing Loved-ones
during WWII

So many people here in the US have/had family that fought or died in WWII. Jerry Springer's grandparents on both sides of his parents were killed by the Nazis. In this interview from The Rosie Show, Jerry Springer talks about having losing part of his family and how his parents survived.

This interview is very emotional and shows how much of an impact the Holocaust has on people to this day.

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