The Pianist as Holocaust Instruction

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Chp. 11 - Work, Stirrings, Absurdity, Irony Chp. 12 - It begins, Tensions rise Chp. 13 - At the piano once more, Hiding, Allies in Africa, Resistance, Suicide Part IV Materials/Activities Select appropriate Yiddish and Polish Proverbs “Rosa Robota,” “A Manifesto of the Jewish Resistance in Vilna” Select appropriate poems from The Auschwitz Poems Part V Chapters 14 – 16 Chp. 14 – Betrayal, Rescue, Flight, A near escape from death, The advance of the Allies Chp. 15 - Rebellion, Panic, Fire, Suicide Chp. 16 – Resurrection, To the hospital, Hiding and survival, Rebels found Part V Materials/Activities Select appropriate Yiddish and Polish Proverbs Read select biographies from The History Net website Part VI Chapters 17, 18 & Postscript Chp. 17 - Alone, Mental practice, A trade, Encounters, Found Chp. 18 - Humanity, At the piano once more, Winter, Liberation Postscript Part VI Materials/Activities Monuments to the uprising and the suffering – view pictures Select appropriate Yiddish and Polish Proverbs Watch The Pianist Writing Opportunities Using quotes from response journals and observations in the response journals, have students reflect on
Research the Jewish resistance efforts in and out of the camps. Presentation method can vary: PowerPoint, poster, artifacts Create a newspaper covering the events of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Include an editorial page addressing issues covered in this unit. Research the U.S.’s response to Jewish refugees. Review websites on the Holocaust. Address the different views and tactics. Bibliography and Suggested Readings Basiura, Ewa. The Jews of Poland in Tale and Legend. Storyteller, Krakow: 1997 Borowski, Tadueusz. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen. Penguin, New York: 1976. Gross, Jan T. Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland. Princeton University Press, Princeton: 2001. Luczynska, Zofia. Jewish Kazimierz Short Guide. Studio Zebra, Krakow. Piper, Franciszek. Auschwitz: How Many Perished – Jews, Poles, Gypsies. Yad Vashem Studies, Krakow: 1991. Pogonowski, Janusz. Illicit Letters From Auschwitz. Frap-Books, Poland. Sitarz, Magdalena. Yiddish and Polish Proverbs. Krakow, 2000. Steele, Victoria. Ties of Blood. Mieczyslaw Staner, Krafow. Swiebocka, Teresa. Auschwitz: A History in Photographs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis: 2002. Szpilman, Wladyslaw. The Pianist. Phoeniz, London: 2002. Zych, Adam A. The Auschwitz Poems. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Oskwiecim: 1999. Additional Media Options Video Auschwitz: History – Present – Future Documentary of the Polish camps and present day efforts to confront the aftermathThe Diary of The Diary of Anne Frank Adaption of the play, 170 min. Flames in the Ashes: Holocaust Documentaries Documentary of Jewish resistance, 90 mins. The Pianist Adaptation of the novel Not Like Sheep to the Slaughter: The Story of the Bialystok Ghetto Documentary of Jewish resistance in Polish ghetto, 150 mins. Uprising Dramatic vision of Warsaw ghetto uprising
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