HIDING

NOW NEXT BEYOND

INQUIRY INTO HIDING

OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to…

  • Formulate a question to guide investigations of experiences of hidden child survivors.
  • Use the Social Studies inquiry process to design a significant question related to hidden child survivors.
  • Apply elements of the Social Studies inquiry process to investigate experiences of hidden child survivors.
TEACHER PREPARATION
Provide access to digital copies of Activity Sheet: The Inquiry Cycle or Activity Sheet: Asking Powerful Questions. Alternately, reproduce copies of the materials to distribute to students in small groups.

STUDENT INSTRUCTION

DEVELOPING AN INQUIRY QUESTION: HIDING
Using the Activity Sheet: The Inquiry Cycle as a guide, and incorporating the recommended testimony as a source, design a powerful question related to the theme of hiding during the Holocaust.

When considering how to share your learning, make sure that you answer your question, articulate connections between prior knowledge and new discoveries, and identify new, deeper questions for further investigation.