Living and Surviving in the Partisans
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Jewish Partisan Educational FoundationDescription: Contains the Living and Surviving in the Partisans study guide, an annotated outline of this video course, plus optional classroom activities and links to the JPEF profiles for each of the women mentioned in this course.
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Living and Surviving in the Partisans
Answer your students’ most frequently asked questions, including: How did the partisans survive in the forest? Where did they get their weapons and food? What happened if someone got sick?
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Educators Enrolled
Running Time: 56:54
Credit Hours: 1.5
- Lesson Prep for:
Living and Surviving in the Partisans study guide and films - Recommended for:
History, English, Social Studies, Outdoor Education, Jewish Holidays - Classroom Use:
Video course can be adapted to show to your students - find out more
Free
Includes
- 59:25 minute video divided into 9 chapters
- 5 Downloadable study guides for grades 6-12 and Up
- Desktop and mobile access
- Certificate of Completion
- 1.5 Credit hours towards free CEUs (10 credit hours = 1 CEU)
Interactive Features
- Appropriate for classroom use
- Start and stop any time
- Optional quizzes to qualify for course credits
What Will I Learn?
- How to teach at least one 45-to 60-minute class using JPEF’s Living and Surviving in the Partisans study guide -- supported by four short films (Food, Shelter, Medicine and Winter & Night)
- Techniques for fostering comprehension and critical thinking skills using the resources provided within this course
- How Jewish partisans faced and overcame remarkable challenges -- such as hunger, freezing cold, disease, the lack of arms -- all in order to join the battle against the Nazis and their collaborators.
- Background information and additional details beyond what is covered in the study guides and films so you can answer your students’ questions in greater depth
- Suggestions for extending the lessons in your classroom
About this Course
| Q: | What is the video course about? |
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| A: | This course provides tools and resources to teach your students how Jewish partisans overcame extreme conditions in the forests, mountains and swamps of Europe to strike back against their oppressors during the Holocaust. |
| Q: | Who is it for? |
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| A: | For educators teaching 6th grade and above. Suggestions are given for modifying the activities to suit your needs. Basic familiarity with the Holocaust and the Jewish partisans is recommended, but not required. |
| Q: | What resources are included in this video course? |
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| A: | The Living and Surviving in the Partisans five-page study guide and four short films. The Resource Pack also includes video station worksheets to use in your classroom. |
| Q: | How do these materials support learning? |
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| A: | These materials provide the basis for whole class discussion, partner study, written response, research projects, and creative extensions that will expand the way students think about both history and resistance to oppression. The materials are designed to encourage critical thinking skills, including questions about the moral and ethical issues partisans faced and how students might respond to difficult situations in their own lives. |
| Q: | How is the course structured? |
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| A: | The course is divided into nine chapters, with quizzes at the end of most chapters to test and reinforce comprehension. Teachers who score 80% or more on the quizzes can earn free credit hours and CEUs through Touro College. |
Chapters
- 1. Introduction And Goals (03:16)
- 2. Food (08:21)
- 3. Shelter (10:49)
- 4. Clothing (02:02)
- 5. Winter and Night (06:16)
- 6. Medicine (11:19)
- 7. Acquiring Weapons (04:37)
- 8. How to Use This in the Classroom (09:45)
- 9. Conclusion (03:00)
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Raymond Holder
This course provided me with the resources to teach my students. Equally important the course has inspired me to learn more on Resistance .
Carla Marsh
Armando Romero-Davis
Angie Chavez
Very informative!
Timothy Marks
Gordon Biggerstaff
Tiffany Williams
Vanessa Ferrin
Great.Please use the word "german soldiers" instead of "germans" so as to not steteotype.
Sadie Rogers
Diana Wendell
Repetitive; showed clips and then repeated them a bit later.
Rebecca Conn-Pearson
Kamron Robertson
Donald Broughton
I think its very fascinating and helpful. Look forward to using it in the class
Abby Basile
This was great! It was really interesting to consider the details of partisan life that one doesn't usually think of.
Jason McDonald
Watching the whole films felt repetitive. The clips already told the stories from the films. The whole films should've been optional.
Joseph Vieira
rabbi justin schwartz
excellent
Russell Stern
Judy Cohn
The videos and supplemental materials were the best part.
Darlene Marcucci-Miller
The stories of the Partisans and the pictures shown help enhance the experience.
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