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Teacher: The first thing you're going to do is take the two photo analysis sheets, the information about the community, and the writing assignment that you did when you compared the photos: all of those are going to get stapled together. Then you are also going to get one of these pushpins, and you are going to put the pin on the map where the location is that you researched. The third thing you're going to do is place your photos underneath where it says "Now" and these two [historical] photos that you researched off the Web site are going to go under where it says "Then."
Okay, do you have any questions? No questions. Okay, I'm going to time you. Go ahead! Take your time.
Student: I read a lot of books about the Holocaust, so I knew a lot about what it was like during the Holocaust, but not very much about before the Holocaust. Jewish people weren't really different from you. They had brothers and sisters and they went to school and had after-school activities. And it makes you think they're a lot like you right before the Holocaust happened.
Teacher: Somebody show their picture and tell us how you matched up. How about this one? [points at picture]. Who's this cutie-pie?
Student 2: Ah, that's me [laughter]. I picked it because I'm by a pool, and these two kids are by a pool, and you can see a beach in the background and they're happy and I have a huge grin on my face. And there's a bunch of people there.
Teacher: So many of the pictures from inside the ghetto and inside the death camps are of people who are diseased and starving, and they look terrible. And these pictures are of life, and health, and fun. And the students remember those people losing their lives rather than associating the Holocaust with people who look like they didn't have anything anyway, which isn't the case, obviously.
These pictures, this time, are the most unusual and varied that I've ever seen. The students came up with different parallels that I hadn't heard kids come up with before. They all knew that they were looking for some sort of -- when I said "Find a photo that relates in some way" -- they found the relationship, I didn't have to tell them.
Student 3: Well it was surprising, because through history you always hear, "Oh, Jews are bad," and then you look at the picture and it's like "Oh they're people just like everybody else." So it's kind of like, all this stuff is just rumors, and it just kind of surprised you.
Student 4: Well in all the pictures you don't see any sadness or anything but smiling and happiness, you don't see any of the bad stuff. So you know it was normal, because if it wasn't they wouldn't be there.
Teacher: The first thing you're going to do is take the two photo analysis sheets, the information about the community, and the writing assignment that you did when you compared the photos: all of those are going to get stapled together. Then you are also going to get one of these pushpins, and you are going to put the pin on the map where the location is that you researched. The third thing you're going to do is place your photos underneath where it says "Now" and these two [historical] photos that you researched off the Web site are going to go under where it says "Then."
Okay, do you have any questions? No questions. Okay, I'm going to time you. Go ahead! Take your time.
Student: I read a lot of books about the Holocaust, so I knew a lot about what it was like during the Holocaust, but not very much about before the Holocaust. Jewish people weren't really different from you. They had brothers and sisters and they went to school and had after-school activities. And it makes you think they're a lot like you right before the Holocaust happened.
Teacher: Somebody show their picture and tell us how you matched up. How about this one? [points at picture]. Who's this cutie-pie?
Student 2: Ah, that's me [laughter]. I picked it because I'm by a pool, and these two kids are by a pool, and you can see a beach in the background and they're happy and I have a huge grin on my face. And there's a bunch of people there.
Teacher: So many of the pictures from inside the ghetto and inside the death camps are of people who are diseased and starving, and they look terrible. And these pictures are of life, and health, and fun. And the students remember those people losing their lives rather than associating the Holocaust with people who look like they didn't have anything anyway, which isn't the case, obviously.
These pictures, this time, are the most unusual and varied that I've ever seen. The students came up with different parallels that I hadn't heard kids come up with before. They all knew that they were looking for some sort of -- when I said "Find a photo that relates in some way" -- they found the relationship, I didn't have to tell them.
Student 3: Well it was surprising, because through history you always hear, "Oh, Jews are bad," and then you look at the picture and it's like "Oh they're people just like everybody else." So it's kind of like, all this stuff is just rumors, and it just kind of surprised you.
Student 4: Well in all the pictures you don't see any sadness or anything but smiling and happiness, you don't see any of the bad stuff. So you know it was normal, because if it wasn't they wouldn't be there.