The Lesson Plans

We encourage teachers to use the following lesson plans to introduce students to the story of Defiant Requiem. The lessons are designed to be flexible; teachers may wish to use lesson plans that align with their own subject, combine lessons, or work collaboratively with teachers in other disciplines. They may also wish to pull activities or sections to use within their existing lessons. 

We have broken the lessons out by grade level and discipline for ease of navigation but teachers should feel free to use the material in whatever way is most helpful. 

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Defiant Requiem Lesson Plans

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