Academic: Students will compare information they read on characters from stories about the Holocaust to information they find on the Internet about children who experienced the Holocaust. Students will record information about the cause and motivation of the Holocaust.

Technological: Objective 1

Pre-Requisite Technology Skills: Know how to open Netscape

Materials: Computers with Internet Access, handouts, http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/f00116.html

Procedures: Read Number the Stars and The Devil’s Arithmetic and discuss the characters’ traits, conditions, experiences, etc.

See handouts for using the Internet.

In the classroom, discuss causes of the Holocaust and similarities/differences between the characters they read about and the children they found on the Internet.

Assessment: Observation and completion of handouts

Plan B: Print the information beforehand and have copies made just in case!