Resistance

Essential Question: What are different ways people can resist oppression?

Suggested length of time: 45-60 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 7-12

As a class define resistance by discussing various forms it might take, including armed resistance, spiritual resistance, and cultural resistance. Ask students for specific examples of actions that might fit into each of those categories. As alternatives are discussed, consider why one might be chosen over another.

After discussing what resistance looks like, spend some time looking at examples from the “Stories” section of the website. Suggested stories include:

Lisa and Aron Derman

Eva Gladkaya

Nata Andinysh

Edward Zhilin

Mikhail Khanin

Ask students to share what form of resistance the Survivor enacted. Ask them to consider the risks, motivations, and outcomes of their resistance.

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Refuseniks

Essential Question: What role can visual art have in creating change?

Suggested length of time: 45 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 7-12

Resistance through Music

Essential Question: How can music be a tool for resisting oppression?

Suggested length of time: 45 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 7-12

Rescue

Essential Question: Why would someone risk helping a Jewish person survive?

Suggested length of time: 45 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 7-12

Memorials

Essential Question: How do we remember our past?

Suggested length of time: 60 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 7-12

Jewish Life in the Soviet Union – What Was Lost

Essential Question: What aspects of Jewish life in the Soviet Union were destroyed in the Holocaust?

Suggested length of time: 60-90 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 7-12

Photo Analysis

Essential Question: How do visual images help shape our understanding of historical events?

Suggested length of time: 30-60 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 7-12

Investigating the Past: evidence from primary sources

Essential Question: How can you learn about a mass atrocity from primary sources?

Suggested length of time: 60-90 minutes

Suggested age levels: For Grades 10-12

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Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian translation of the online exhibition is made possible With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Sponsored by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future." Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.

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Survivor, Simon Mensher and family, Chicago, 2004.