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Short story time for my Great-Grandfather who was able to escape the Nazi's on a horse.

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Lisa Sanders Great-Grandfather.

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Rational behind "When the World Was Ours" by Liz Kessler

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Rational behind "When the World Was Ours" by Liz Kessler

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"When the World Was Ours" by Liz Kessler is a fantastic historical fiction novel based off of true events in Liz Kessler's family life. This novel takes on the perspectives of three children during World War II. Leo and Else and Jewish children who share their thoughts and feelings about Nazi's while Max is the son of a Nazi. Elsa's family moves to Czechoslovakia to find a safe haven, Leo's father gets into an altercation in the town square and ends up in prison and Max's father becomes a senior SS officer and must move to Munich while he works at Dachau. Elsa ends up in a concentration camp and Max becomes a member of the "Hitler Youth".

The rational behind selecting "When the World Was Ours" is because it shows three very different perspectives on the affects of World War II. We have Elsa's family who takes on the perspective of experiencing the worst of the concentration camps. Leo's family were able to find a sponsor in order to escape to England. Max's family shows the perspective of being a part of the Nazi clan. This will help educate students of the reality of World War II.

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Great-grandfather escaped on a horse to avoid being killed my the Nazi's.

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Online Exhibitions - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Find online exhibitions that explore the history of the Holocaust and contemporary genocide.

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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By having students go on a virtual field trip to The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, they can explore the history of WWII. The website offers many primary sources, biographies, etc. A great feature about this website is that there are fully virtual exhibits that are rich in detail and are in chronological order.

For this activity, students will work in groups and each be assigned a different exhibit that they will study and later present to the class so that everyone will gain an understanding of multiple exhibits.

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Students will observe these primary sources and write down their thoughts and/ or their emotions by completing a Big Paper/ Silent Conversation.

By observing primary sources such as pictures pulled off Google and Databases students can see some of the horrors that occurred during WWII. Further, by having personal pictures of Ms. Sander's grandfather, the activity will have more meaning.

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I really like the core aspect is having multiple perspectives, especially on a controversial issue. In this day and age of social media and propaganda, students should learn to get in into the habit of understand and analyzing people’s stories to make their own informed opinion.

I think one of the characters being the son of a Nazi makes for compelling tension, so it does make me want to read how he’s portrayed and what becomes of the two.

Great work to you both! 🤗

- Aubrie

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I love the use of multimedia as a pre-activity task. I think that this exposure will help students expand their knowledge of possible resources to review from but also they are learning through a larger scope. I also think that this does aid in differentiating of learning because there are some students who do prefer a specific learning style.

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I love that you used your own family's experience as part of the Hinge Activity, as that will make it more engaging for students. Your lesson plan is very well thought-out, with the interactive lecture for student participation and the pre-activity for students to differentiate between primary and secondary sources. Great job!

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Hey y'all! Nice choice of book. I would really like to read this book some day. I especially like how you used your personal story, in this case Lisa's grandfather. I think students will feel more engaged and connect to the unit more.