Students will consider the power of words to preserve a memory.

• Students will read Dr. Fisch’s tribute to the victims in Light From the Yellow Star.
• Students will write a memorial for someone they have lost.

Preserve, tribute, memorial

Read page 6 of Light From the Yellow Star. Dr. Fisch says, "These Words Are Their Flowers—"They Were Killed by Hatred; Their Memory Is Kept Alive in Love."

Write about someone you have lost—someone who died, moved away, or is no longer your friend, etc.

• Describe how you met or your first memory with them.
• What did the person mean to you?
• What are your strongest memories of the person?
• How do you feel about losing them?

Hand your piece in or (if you are comfortable) read it to the class. Listen as others read about those they have lost.

• Can words keep a memory alive?
• For how long?
• What if the words are not written down? How do we remember?