Chapter 20

"My Orphanage"

RATIONALE:
"Students will analyze the different obstacles the survivors of the Holocaust had to face once they were liberated.  Students will create and use a graphic organizer to compare Alicia’s experience after liberation and survivor’s experience after liberation.  Students will examine the difficulty survivors had adapting to “regular” life post-Holocaust."

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVE(S):

Students will be able to:

- Examine the obstacles Holocaust survivors faced once liberated.

- Trace a survivor’s story using different articles.

- Understand the transition from life in camp back to life in society was difficult.