Lauren's+Thematic+Unit+Wiki

For my thematic unit, I'm pretty sure it will either be on poetry or a multigenre unit/project on World War 2/the Holocaust. My CT mentioned both of these, and that the MG unit usually takes up about an entire quarter, if not longer, and then poetry is about half a quarter, and the class finishes out the semester with EOG prep. I'm not sure if I am expected to follow certain requirements for the MG project but I think themes could be things focusing on adolescent experiences during the holocaust from different parts of the world, family, identity, having to make difficult decisions...

For poetry, it would be interesting to look at poetry from people from different places around the world, or even focus on poets from NC since they'll be learning about NC history in SS this year. I'll have to think more on the poetry unit....

So, I decided to focus on works created around/during/about the Holocaust, seeing as that's probably going to be my teaching focus for most of my student teaching in the spring. I was thinking my theme could be something along the lines of: faith, home, perseverance--our textbook had developed one around "peace, prejudice, and the holocaust" which was really interesting to me. I think that hits the nail on the head for what I'd like to cover, because it broadens the span of literature I could incorporate.

3 Possible Content focuses:
 * Diary of Anne Frank
 * Night - Elie Wiesel
 * photography from WW2
 * The boy in the striped pajamas

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