This exhibit features 7th grade project The Virtual Trip to Eastern Europe. Students "travel" to one of the destinations, often connected to the birthplace of one of their ancestors. Students “purchase” tickets and “take” a flight and train/bus ride to the place of their destination, and depict this experience by creating a Green Screen video. The next steps involve learning about the rich and vibrant Jewish culture that was lost because of the Holocaust. Students learn about Yiddish language, record themselves pronouncing Yiddish words and phrases, and research Jewish music and theater. One of the students’ favorite parts of the project is jewish food. After finding the recipe online, the 7th graders do the cooking and video record the process!The serious research begins after that. Students learn about the Jewish history of the place and create atimeline from the time when the Jews first arrived there until the Holocaust. Finding out what exactly happened at the destination during the Holocaust is the last part of the project. Students use various sources from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem and other museums, survivor and witness testimonies to find out the details. One of the assignments is to discover places on the map where the atrocities took place.
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