"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.

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.

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.