Introduction to Classroom Materials
The Defiant Requiem Foundation has developed in-depth classroom materials for educators to use with middle and high school students across a range of disciplines. These lesson plans are designed to be flexible; teachers may wish to use ones that align with their own subject, combine lessons, or work collaboratively with teachers in other disciplines. They may also wish to pull out activities or sections to use within their existing lessons. We encourage teachers to use the resources in whatever ways works before for their students.
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Defiant Requiem Lesson Plans
These lesson plans are specifically focused on the story of Defiant Requiem and cultural resistance in Terezín and elsewhere. They all use the 45-minute classroom version of the documentary film Defiant Requiem.
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Social Studies I
The Story of Defiant Requiem: The Holocaust and Creative Resistance
Social Studies II
Propaganda and Deception: Terezín as a “Model Ghetto” and the Red Cross Visit
English Language Arts
The Rhetoric of Verdi’s Requiem: Reading the Libretto in Three Contexts
Music and Art
Resisting Oppression: The Arts and Creativity in Terezín
Terezín Lesson Plans (Created by The Defiant Requiem Foundation in Collaboration with the Leo Baeck Institute)
These lesson plans are focused on various aspects of daily life in Terezín. They are centered on the Leo Baeck Institute exhibition, The Last Stop Before The Last Stop.
THE LAST STOP BEFORE THE LAST STOP (View Virtual Exhibition)
TEREZÍN LESSONS (Access All Lesson Plans):
Is A Picture Always Worth 1000 Words? Propaganda in Terezín
Intellectual Resistance in Terezín
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