Analyze the Holocaust via Yad Vashem 'each person has a name' pedagogy: 6 million Jews murdered + 5 million additional victims (Roma + Sinti + disabled + LGBTQ+ + Soviet POWs + political prisoners + Jehovah's Witnesses + Black Germans)
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~15 min hist.g8.s.ex_22

Essay

MG-7 Diagram
MG-7 TWELVE-Question SOURCE CARD (8.5x11 laminated double-sided): Q1 Who made this? (sourcing); Q2 When + where? (contex

MG-7 TWELVE-Question SOURCE CARD (8.5x11 laminated double-sided): Q1 Who made this? (sourcing); Q2 When + where? (contextualization); Q3 What purpose? (sourcing); Q4 What evidence supports? (close reading); Q5 What other sources corroborate? (corroboration); Q6 What is omitted? (silences); Q7 Audience? (rhetorical context); Q8 What other voices must we seek? (G7 extension); Q9 Is this Lost Cause framing? (G8-Fall extension); Q10 Is the SURVIVOR own-voice centered or marginalized? (NEW); Q11 Have we checked MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES across nationality / class / race / gender / sexuality / ability / age? (NEW); Q12 What is the PRESENT-DAY connection — what does this source mean for our civic action now? (NEW). Sentence frames + bilingual transliteration in 8 languages.

Prompt

In 4-5 paragraphs apply Yad Vashem 'each person has a name' pedagogy to ONE survivor own-voice text (Anne Frank Diary OR Wiesel Night OR Levi Survival OR Meed On Both Sides OR Korczak Ghetto Diary). Cite USHMM 12 teaching guidelines (no simulation + survivor-voice-centered + careful language). Apply MG-7 Q1 + Q10 + Q12. End with named-individual victim from Pages of Testimony.

M-8-S-HIS-EX22-A Photograph
Reference photograph of Yad Vashem Hall of Names rotunda Jerusalem with caption naming Pages of Testimony 4.5M+ recovere

Reference photograph of Yad Vashem Hall of Names rotunda Jerusalem with caption naming Pages of Testimony 4.5M+ recovered; for student reference in essay; 600+ char specific description includes photo composition + Michał Rovner Block 27 Auschwitz exhibit + USHMM Tower of Faces comparison.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type essay rubric
criteria
  1. Selects ONE survivor own-voice text + cites specific passage
  2. Names ≥1 additional victim group beyond Jewish
  3. Cites Yad Vashem + USHMM 12 guidelines
  4. Applies Q1 + Q10 + Q12
  5. Ends with named-individual victim
  6. Refuses simulation per USHMM
  7. Refuses dehumanizing framing
  8. ≥4 sources
Hints
  1. USHMM 12 guidelines refuse simulation activities.
  2. Names matter — refuses statistic-only framing.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Reducing victims to statistic
  • Treating Jewish victims as passive (refute via Warsaw Ghetto Uprising)
Used in lessons