Who has good teaching tips?

Question

My 8th grade class is about to take a holocaust curiculum I have everything down exceot for a book to read with the class I will choose whichever book is said the most if not whichever one is chosen as the best answer

Answer 1

Fiction:
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss (Crowell)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780064403702&itm=1
A Dutch Jewish girl describes the two-and-one-half years she spent in hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmer's house during World War II. (Newberry)

Number the Stars by Lois Lowery
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780440227533&itm=1
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. (Newberry)

Devils' Arthimatic by Jane Yolen
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780142404379&itm=2
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Non-Fiction
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780553296983&itm=1

If I had to choose one to read to my class it would be Anne Frank, only because it is a literary centerpiece and all young adults should be exposed to it at some point. I may suggest one of the others as independent reading.

I would not use Night. Although I may suggest it as independent reading for some of my more mature students, I would not read it out-loud as it is too intense for what are really still children in a lot of ways. There is time for that.

But please, don't exchange your judgement for what posters say. You really don't know who we are are and if you are a teacher, you are going to have firmer convictions then "whatever." Take the suggestions and judge for yourself if they are appropriate for you regardless of the outcome of "Best Answer"

Answer 2

The Diary of Anne Frank

Answer 3

Here are some that I have read and found beneficial. Also here is a link to a site that has quite a list.
Number the Stars
Journey to America
The Diary of Anne Frank
Night
http://www.holocaust-trc.org/chldbook.htm

Answer 4

The Diary of Anne Frank, especially if you plan to read aloud and 8th graders will relate to Anne's age.

Answer 5

You might want to consider watching "Schindler's List" based on the book "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally, (or read the book).

"The Diary of Anne Frank". I second that.

Answer 6

Night