TEACHER OVERVIEW
Description:	A webquest for grades 4 - 6 based on the Newbery award novel, Number the Stars, by author Lois Lowry.
Content Focus:	Language Arts, Social Studies, and Technology
OAC Standards:	Standards for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades Content areas: Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology
Issue:	Racism, intolerance of others not of Aryan race

Permissions:

Teachers/users are welcome to link to and use the resources, including documents, on this site. Documents are in Word format and may be modified, however, all materials from this website may not be republished or claimed as their own work.

Credit must be given to:

Laverdiere, H.  Mrs. L's Rocketlaunchers. (2009).Mrs. L's Number the Stars Webquest. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from  www.rocketlaunchers.org/numberthestars/index.htm

Sources:

Novel

Lowry, Lois. (1989). Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Ohio Content Standards

http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1696&ContentID=72&Content=56210

Map of Europe

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/eur_country.pdf

Map of Rescue of Danish Jews

http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/maps/map010.pdf

The Holocaust

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

Gestapo

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Gestapo.html

Hitler

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/power.htm

Nazis

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/racism.htm

The Resistance

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/denmark.htm

Audio Clip

http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400085552

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