Music and the Holocaust. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2015. This source talks about the relevance of music during the Holoaust period. It is not well known that music of all types, styles and genres was a normal way of life in the concentration camps, including the death camps. Prisoners were forced to sing songs at demands of the guards, often for the guard’s pleasure or to mock the prisoners. Those who didn’t know the song were beaten. Those who sang too softly were beaten. Those who sang too loudly were beaten. Music acted as a means of survival for the inmates. It also served as an instrument of terror for the guards.
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World War II: Timeline. (2015, August 18). Retrieved October 27, 2015. This timeline spans …show more content…
(n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2015. This source shows several pictures that portray the way of life for the people during the war. I would use these photos for my visual learners. I would show this picture to my students and ask them to predict what is happening. I would explain that this is a photo of a Jewish mother and her young son getting arrested. I would ask the class why they think the mother and son are getting arrested. We will discuss the photos in detail. I will ask the children to make observations and inferences on what they see based on these pictures and artwork.
World War II History Pictures & Galleries. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2015. This source is very informative. It has many different pictures of different events during World War two. There is a caption under each picture that clarifies what is going on and the actual event. Photos include V-J Day, D-Day, the end of the war, the allied military leaders, axis military leaders, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Pearl Harbor, Women factory workers in WW2, damage and destruction, WW2 soldiers, and more. I will use these photos for my visual learners and so my students get a more accurate picture of what went on. We will look at the allied and axis military leaders photos when we discuss “characteristics of leadership” which I included in my curriculum map. We will also look at Holocaust photos when the children need to draw and depict the life of a child in one of my lessons, also based on my