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Lesson Plans - 8th Grade

Arbor Day Across the United States — A Color-Key Map Activity

Use a color-key map to learn about planting times, then create your own Arbor Day color-key map.

Class Memorial

“Prepare and conduct a memorial service commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.

Human Needs Analysis: An Introductory Activity to the Holocaust

“Students discuss what an individual needs in order to exist and in order to exist happily, and they analyze the different types of human needs – physical, emotional, intellectual, etc.. Students discuss the possible impact of having these basic needs unfulfilled.

Create Poetry from First-Person Testimony

Students turn diary and journal entries and the recorded testimony of people who witnessed the Holocaust into eloquent poetry. This is a lesson in the power of words.

What Do You Know? (Creating a K-W-H-L Chart)

“Students will: research print and/or online resources, organize information, integrate and use information, learn about the Holocaust.