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ESSENTIAL QUESTION
THAT WILL FOCUS
TEACHING AND
LEARNING:
• Students will investigate and
identify the various rescuers in the
city of Nanking.
GUIDING QUESTIONS:
• Who is in your Universe of
Obligation?
• What is an upstander?
• Who were the upstanders and
rescuers in Nanking?
• Were there Western as well as
Chinese rescuers?
• What motivated these rescuers?
• Why did the Japanese allow
the Westerners to rescue their
Chinese enemies?
• Did the rescuers achieve their
goals.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS, AND ENDURING
UNDERSTANDINGS:
A: STUDENTS WILL KNOW:
• What was the International
Safety Zone?
• Who were the Western rescuers?
• Who were the Chinese rescuers?
• What was the response of the
rescuers’ governments?
• What was the response of the
Japanese?
B: STUDENTS WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT:
• Rescue means attending to
people’s physical needs, such
as the need for food, water,
and shelter as well as the more
dramatic instances of rescue.
• Rescuers come from all ages,
classes, religions, and gender.
C: STUDENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO:
• Discuss the characteristics of
rescuers.
• Explain the phrase the “Power
of One.”
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ASSESSMENT (EVIDENCE
OF KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING):
STUDENTS WILL:
• Understand the reasons that
rescuers risked their lives in
defi ance of the Japanese Imperial
Army to save the Chinese in
Nanking.
• Understand the motivations of
these rescuers.
• Understand the long term
effects of the massacre on these
rescuers.
• Understand that learning about
the sufferings of individuals
and groups far from our own
families and societies helps us
to humanize “the other” and
contribute to the possibilities of
peace.