REFLECTIONS

NOW NEXT BEYOND

DEVELOPING AN INQUIRY

OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to…

  • Formulate a question to guide investigations of survivors’ reasons for giving testimony after the Holocaust
  • Use the Social Studies inquiry process to design a significant question related to giving testimony
  • Apply elements of the Social Studies inquiry process to investigate survivors giving testimony
TEACHERS’ 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: GIVING TESTIMONY
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 giving testimony after 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.