Subject: English
Grade: 9-12
Brief Description
Students will consider the importance of people hearing what you
are saying.
Objectives
- Students will think about how it felt for Dr. Fisch and others to
realize no one was listening to their cries for help.
- Students will write about a time when they felt no one was
listening to them.
Key words
Brutality, confiscated, sanctuary, acquired, fatigue, isolation
Lesson Plan
Read pages 12 and 18 from Light From the Yellow Star. Dr.
Fisch’s book is filled with sounds: cries and moans and screams. How
horrible to feel the world could not hear any of it.
Write about a time when you felt as if no one was listening to what
you were trying to say.
- How did you feel?
- What did you do about it?
Assessment
Hand your piece in or (if you are comfortable) read it to the
class. Listen as others read about their pieces. Notice how many speak
of powerlessness and isolation.
Discussion Questions
- Why couldn’t the world hear the cries of the Jews?
- Would it be possible for the same thing to happen today? Why or
why not?
- Do you see a connection between what happened then and the
survivor’s need to tell their story?
