Resources for the Classroom
HIDDEN CHILDREN, IDENTITY AND THE HOLOCAUST: Surviving in the Margin of the Catastrophe
Education Program 6 lessons 11+
Available in French
MATERIALS NEEDED
FEATURED MEMOIRS
• Teacher’s guide • Student package • Technology for accessing Re:Collection • Re:Collection instructions
• Class set of memoirs by Judy Abrams, Claire Baum, René Goldman, Muguette Myers, Arthur Ney and Marguerite Élias Quddus
Claire Baum The Hidden Package • Born in the Netherlands in 1936 • Arrived in Canada in 1951; lives in Toronto, ON
11+
DURING THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS WILL
Claire and her younger sister are hidden with a non-Jewish family and eventually find security with Tante Nel, who they forge a lifelong connection with.
• Read a memoir and/or use Re:Collection to explore video clips, memoir excerpts, photographs and artifacts related to their assigned authors • Explore the concept of identity during the Holocaust
• Analyze primary sources to consider the context of rising discrimination and persecution • Create a timeline or newspaper article • Reflect on the experience of immigration to Canada after the Holocaust
Muguette Myers Where Courage Lives • Born in France in 1931 • Arrived in Canada in 1947; lives in Montreal, QC
11+
After completing the Education Program, students will understand the variety of ways Jewish children experienced the Holocaust in hiding, as well as the value of using personal accounts to study this history.
Muguette and her family flee Paris and find refuge in the quaint rural village of Champlost, where they live under false identities and are protected by the townspeople.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Learn about the Holocaust by discovering its historical context and understanding the different survival strategies used by the Jewish population • Learn from the Holocaust by unders- tanding the formation and suppression of identity during the Holocaust, applying this knowledge to the concept of identity as a whole
• Develop critical thinking skills through analysis of primary sources • Explore the Canadian context by discovering the process of immigration after the war and the diversity of experiences upon arrival in Canada
Arthur Ney W Hour • Born in Poland in 1930 • Arrived in Canada in 1948; lived in Montreal, QC
14+
Arthur is separated from his family in the Warsaw ghetto and he must fend for himself. As he flees the city and lives first on a farm and then in an orphanage, he learns to hide his Jewish identity and figure out who he can trust.
HIDDEN CHILDREN, IDENTITY AND THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVING IN THE MARGIN OF THE CATASTROPHE
HIDDEN CHILDREN, IDENTITY AND THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVING IN THE MARGIN OF THE CATASTROPHE
HIDDEN CHILDREN, IDENTITY AND THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVING IN THE MARGIN OF THE CATASTROPHE Teacher’s Guide
Student Workbook
Student Reflection Journal
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memoirs.azrielifoundation.org
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