Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman

Organization: Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
Common Core Domain: English Language Arts, English Language Arts/Literacy, History and Social Studies, History-Social Science, Reading, Reading: Informational Text, Reading: Literacy in History and Social Studies, Speaking and Listening, Visual Arts: Connecting, Visual Arts: Responding, Writing, Writing: Literacy in History and Social Studies
Grade Level: Grades 9-12.
Duration: 30-60 Minutes
50 minutes
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This lesson engages students in a digital, inquiry-based exploration of the life of Faye Schulman through a Virtual Museum Exhibit featuring primary sources, including photographs and first-person testimony. Students will analyze different exhibit materials using guided questions to examine Faye’s experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust while exploring themes of resistance, identity, survival, and moral choice. The lesson concludes with a whole-class discussion in which students synthesize findings, reflect on partisan resistance, and consider the importance of documentation and testimony during the Holocaust.

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