Subject: Foreign Language
Grade Levels: 3 through 12
Sunshine State Standards:
- to practice listening and speaking skills in a foreign language
- to participate in a dialog with a Holocaust survivor
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- Grades 3-5
- FL.A.2.2.5, 3.2.2
- Grades 6-8
- FL.A.1.3.2, 2.3.1, 2.4.3, 3.3.1
- Grades 9-12
- FL.A.1.4.1, 2.4.2, 3.4.1
Florida Holocaust museums and organizations maintain speakers bureaus, through which schools can arrange for a Holocaust survivor to visit the school to speak to students. Local community organizations have speakers, also. See Resources for a contact in your area.
Procedure:Contact a speaker's bureau and arrange for a Holocaust survivor or historian fluent in the class language to speak with the class. Have students write questions in advance.
Search the Internet for an e-mail address of a Holocaust survivor or expert who agrees to communicate with language students via e-mail.
- In South Florida, contact Merle R. Saferstein of the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center at (305) 919-5690.
- In the Tampa Bay area, call the Program and Education Coordinator of the Florida Holocaust Museum, 727-820-0100, extension 242.
- In Southeast Florida, contact FAU's Holocaust Outreach Center, Dr. Ellen Heckler, Director, Phone: (561) 297-2929 Fax: (561) 297-2925.
- In Central Florida, call the Holocaust Memorial Research and Education Center at 407-628-0555.
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
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