Grade 7 – Sunday, March 21, 2010
Dear Parents,
Yesterday we began with a review of the Passover story. I focused on remembrance
and memory. I then tied this to Yom HaShoah V’haG’vurah (Holocaust and Martyrs’
Observance Day). The 7th grade students are involved in this service through their
creative writings and/or drawings that are included in a booklet used during the
service. Students worked on expressing their thoughts and feelings about and/or
their reactions to the Holocaust in writing/drawing. If your child was absent and
wishes to provide written or drawn material, he/she should complete that and turn it
in (by email or drop it off at the Temple) to Mrs. Pressman NO LATER than Monday,
April 5.
I have recently received fro our Temple librarians a list of books (in our Temple
Library) about the Holocaust involving children of comparable age to 7th grade. I
have attached it ( please see below) in case your child might be interested in reading
and learning more about this event through the eyes of a peer.
Reminder of upcoming important dates:
·
3/28 through 4/7 – no Sunday and no Hebrew classes
·
4/11 – Sunday evening from 6 – 8 PM is our Yom HaShoah V’haG’vurah service.
This service will be our 4/11 class for all 7th grade students.
May you have a wonderful Pesach!
Shalom,
Scott Kravetz
HOLOCAUST BACKGROUND READING LIST
TEMPLE SHALOM LIBRARY
A Time to Choose
Walk in the Dark
A Frost in the Night
Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Who Loves You Like This
Terrible Things
House on Prague Street
Attema, M.
Baer, E.
Baer, E.
Boyne
Bruck, E.
Bunting
Demetz, H.
Jacob's Rescue
The Survivor
Summer of My German soldier
The Diary of Anne Frank
Chase Me, Catch Nobody
The Yanov Torah
A Picture of Grandmother
I Am David
Clara's War
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
The Secret Ship.
Hana's Suitcase
Alan and Naomi
Number the Stars
Brother Enemy
Bridge to Freedom
After the War
Lisa's War
Greater Than Angels
In My Enemy's House
Waiting for Anya
I Am Rosemarie
Stones in Water
The Children of Mapu Street
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Island on Bird Street
The Lead Soldiers
Star Without a Sky
When the Soldiers Were Gone
Escape to the Forest
The Upstairs Room
Friedrich
Bearing Witness
Escape From the Holocaust
Mottele
The Shadow Children
Jesse's Star
A Pocket Full of Seeds
The Cage
Escape From Warsaw
Grace in the Wilderness
Maus
Milkweed
On the Other Side of the Gate
Drucker, M.
Forman, J.
Greene, B.
Frank, A.
Haugaard, E.
Herman
Hautzig, E.
Holm, A.
Kacer, K.
Keu, J.
Kluger, R.
Levine, K.
Levoy, M.
Lowry, L.
Mace, E.
Marvin, I.
Matas, C.
Matas, C.
Matas, C.
Matas, C.
Morpurgo, M.
Moskin, M.
Napoli, D.
Neshanut, S
Nolan, H.
Orlev, U.
Orlev, U.
Ossowski, L.
Propp, V.
Radin, R.
Reiss, J.
Richter, H.
Rochman, H.
Roseman, K.
Samuels, G.
Schnur, S.
Schwartz, E.
Sachs, M.
Sender, R.
Serraillier, I.
Siegal, A.
Spiegelman, A.
Spinelli, J.
Suhl, Y.
Uncle Misha’s Partisans
A Traitor Among Us
The Key Is Lost
Anna Is Still Here
Remember Me
Good-Bye Marianne
Behind the Bedroom
Katarina
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Book Thief
Suhl, Y.
Van Steenwyk, E.
Vos, I.
Vos I.
Watts, I.
Watts, I.
Williams, L.
Winter, K.
Yolen, J.
Zusak, M.
NON-FICTION 940.4
I Am a Star
Auerbacher, I.
The Boys Who Saved the Children
Baldwin, M.
The Other Victims
Friedman, I.
Rose Blanche
Innocenti, R.
Rescue
Meltzer, M.
I Am Fifteen and I Don't want to Die
Arnotty, C.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years
Bitton-Jackson, L.
Ten Thousand Children
Fox, A.
The Mascot
Kurzem, M.
Joop (A Hatred for Tulips)
Lourie, R.