A Personal Perspective of

Prejudice

A WebQuest for 7th Grade Language Arts

To sinby silence when they

should protest

makes cowards of men.

Abraham Lincoln

The only thing necessary for evilto exist
is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke, 1774

Those who will not remember the past

are condemnedto repeat it.

George Santayana - Auschwitz

Introduction / Task / Process / Evaluation / Conclusion / Credits

Introduction

Prejudice touches us all, and you will have an opportunity to experience some of the consequences of intolerance towards ordinary people like you. You will also discover that many people had the courage to care. During this WebQuest, you may become a Jewish person being persecuted during the Holocaust, an African American struggling against segregation and discrimination in America, or a fearless freedom fighter who has the will and determination to combat these evils.

The Task

In this WebQuest each group member will read the stories of some of the people who have been involved with one aspect of prejudice. As each story is read, each group member will assume either the character of 2 African American victims of racial prejudice in American History, 2 victims of religious prejudice during the Holocaust or 2 freedom fighters during either of these turbulent times. Upon completion of research, story maps for each character will be created using Inspiration, if available, and a Power Point program plus a compare/contrast chart will be presented to the class.

The Process

In this WebQuest you will be working with a group of 3 students. To avoid duplicating information and to allow many stories to be told, Groups 1 and 2 will research items highlighted in RED; Groups 3 and 4 will research items highlighted in GREEN; Groups 5 & 6 will research items highlighted in BROWN; and Groups 7 & 8 will research items highlighted in ORANGE.

Each group member will choose 2 characters to research, using 2 or more sources when possible. These sources include the website provided below, as well as library and classroom copies (CC) of resources.
Each group member will then create a story map using an Inspiration template, or one of his/her own creation, for each character researched. Special attention should be given to character traits, setting, conflict, events and resolution.
Using the story maps, each group will make a Power Point program which will be shown to the class, revealing the stories of the individuals researched.
Each group will create a compare/contrast chart which shows the shared and unique character traits and perils that the chosen individuals experienced.

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African-American Victims of Racial Prejudice

Rosa Parks: Rosa Parks, Her Story (CC)
Rosa Parks: Rosa Parks, Her Story (CC)
   http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/bh088.html
Elizabeth Eckford:
   http://home.swbell.net/chmuseum/profiles/eepro.html
   http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/09/24/us/us.2.html
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Melba Patillo:
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Ernest Green:
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Minnigean Brown :
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Terrence Roberts :
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Thelma Mothershed:
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Gloria Ray :
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Jefferson Thomas:
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Carlotta Walls:
   http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/MAX123/LittleRock4.html
   ìScopeî - Showdown at Central High (CC)
Gayle Sayers:
     Brianís Song (CC)
Leon Bass:
    A Black Soldier (CC)
Dondre Green & Clifton Davis:
    A Mason-Dixon Memory (CC)
Alon Aloni:
    "hurt by hate" (CC)
Harold Sylvester :
    ìScopeî - Passing Glory (CC) Travis Porterís character based on the life of Harold     Sylvester
Frederick Douglass:
    http://www.midsouth.rr.com/civilrights/it12.html
    http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/HOME.html

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Victims of Prejudice during the Holocaust

Anne Frank:
http://www.annefrank.com/
Children of the Holocaust:
http://www.wiesenthal.com/mot/children/10.cfm
Edzia Abbe; Natan Abbe; Alinka; Emmanuel Alper; Alfred Ament; Hans Ament; Sura Andrezejko; Ulrich Wolfgang Arnheim; Inge Auerbacher; Lore Baer; Abraham Beem; Eva Beem; Jacques Benguigui; Jean-Claude Benguigui; Richard Benguigui; Baroukh-Raoul Bentitou; Chaim Blackman; Hanna Blawat; Lia Borak; Mia Borak; Isac Brauman; Isi Brauman;Georg Michael Cohen; Lillyan Cohn; Carlo DíAngeli; Amalia Dembitzer; Shelaibi Eizikovits; Liliana Fano; Luciano Fano; Augusta Feldhorn; Toska Feuchtbaum; Hanna Frank;Manfred Frank; Marga Frank; Simcha Frumkin; Freda Gabe; Reva Gabe; Yehiel Goldberg; Sorela Goldsobel; Ebi Gruenblatt; Hannah Hajek; Georges Halpern; Heshie Heller; Lore Heuman; Margot Heuman; Samuel Hiller; Bronislaw Honig; Helen (Potyo) Katz; Regian Katz; Oswald Kernberg; Lilly Klein; Stella Klingerova; Georges Andre Kohn; Wolfgang Krautwirth; Cary Kreel; Alfred Kristeller; Liane Krochmal; Renate Krochmal; Angnes Lebovics; Eva Lebovics; Assia Levinski; Monia Levinski; Elizabeth Lintzel; Eva Lintzel; Tsila Marcus; Marcel Mermelstein; Paula Mermelstein; Lida Mordehay; Nissim Mordehay; Jacqueline Morganstern; Ruth Moses; Magda Mozes; Lenka Nadolna; Elinor Oettinger; Samuel Oliner;Melanie Ormosch; Lutz Ludwig Posener; Naomi Posinova; Luba Reches; Eliezer (Lolek) Reiss; Agnes Ringwald;Victor Rona; Tibor Roth; Yitskhok Rudashevski; Paolo Sadun; Joshua Salman; Barbara Schechter; Frida Scheps; Edith Schwimmer; Rashka Schwimmer; Renya Sieger; Gabriele Silten; Greiti Skala; Mario Sonnino; Sandro Samuele Sonnino; Jasia Starkopf;Mary Steinhauser; Benno Szulewitz; Vera Szasz; Noach Szejniuk; Oro Torres; Pinhas Wajcmus; Klara Weinfeld; Helena Weissblatt; Natus Weissblatt; Albert Wielkabroda;Yezik Wielkabroda; Doris Wohlfarth; Ellinor Wolff; Renate Wolff; Berek Wolfowicz

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Freedom Fighters

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Evaluation

Each member of your group will receive a grade based upon the score achieved using a rubric that you may view by clicking here.

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Conclusion
You have had just a glimpseof the lives of people who have had to face the evils of prejudice. By no means is this a complete picture of racial or religious prejudice. However, these individuals have shown courage and conviction as they dealt with their own experiences. If you have found this project interesting, you are encouraged to visit "A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust" at http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/resource/website.htm. , or "Segregation by Force and by Choice" at http://njtimes.rutgers.edu/Segreg.htm, or "The National Civil Rights Museum" at http://www.midsouth.rr.com/civilrights/.

As Alfon Hecks, a former Hitler Youth member said, "Children are like empty vessels. They can be filled with evil, and they can be filled with good." As you live your life, may you resist the evil and promote the good.

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Credits
We would like to thank Beth Maroney and Janet Scire for their instruction, patience and aid with this project. We also are grateful for the Website, "A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust." where we found the names of victims and liberators.

Picture Credits: Little Rock Nine: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division(LC-USZ62-119154(9-18b))
Holocaust: Lest we Forget - History of the Holocaust (40K JPEG)

Extra Credit
If you find additional victims or freedom fighters, email Mrs. Doyle or Mrs. Sancher with the individual's name, the setting, conflict, events, and resolution for that individual.

edoyle@milforded.org & ksancher@milforded.org

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