Lessons & Units :: Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story 3rd Grade Unit

Paired Text Questions: "The Holocaust" & Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

Lesson Plan

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story | AD670L

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Learning Goal
Integrate information from the non-fiction reading passage “The Holocaust” and the non-fiction text Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story to discuss the Holocaust.
Duration
Approximately 20 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided:
  1. Questions
  2. Non-fiction reading passage “The Holocaust”

Not Provided:
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
 
  • Questions 1 and 2 refer to the non-fiction passage “The Holocaust.” Questions 3 and 4 refer to the non-fiction book Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story. Questions 5 and 6 refer to both the passage and the book.
  • Student versions of the questions are in the 'Texts & Materials' tab.
 
Part 1: "The Holocaust"
 
Read the passage “The Holocaust” out loud to your students. Alternatively, students can read the passage independently or as a group.
 
Question 1: What was known as "the Jewish question?"
 
Sample student answer: "The Jewish question" was what Hitler called anything having to do with the treatment of Jewish people.
 
Question 2: What was the Nazi government’s answer to "the Jewish question"?
 
Sample student answer:
  • Jewish people who were still in Germany and Nazi-controlled territories were rounded up.
  • Jewish people were sent to concentration camps to work hard hours or be killed.
 

Part 2: Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

 
Question 3: In Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, why did the Jews from Poland run away from their homes?
 
Sample student answer: They ran away because if they stayed, they would have been killed by the Nazi soldiers that had taken over their country.
 
Question 4: What did the refugees do to save their lives when they went to Lithuania?
 
Sample student answer: They asked Sugihara to issue hundreds of visas so they could travel to other countries and escape the Nazis.
 

Part 3: “The Holocaust” and Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

 
Question 5: Which major events in history are discussed in both of these two texts?
 
Sample student answer: The Holocaust and World War II are the major events in history discussed in both of these two texts.
 
Question 6: How does the passage "The Holocaust" help us to better understand the events in Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story?
 
Sample student answer (may vary but should include):
  • The passage gives information about the political and war environment the refugees and the Sugihara family had to live through.
  • The passage provides greater context about the dangerous situation which the refugees faced.

Texts & Materials

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User Comments

Passage to Freedom is in our basal textbook and I needed to leave a plan for a sub during that unit and this was perfect. Thanks for saving the day!

Submitted by smith.angela_1658202 on 1/15/16

Thank you for sharing! Used as part of an ongoing project in our last unit for the year.

Submitted by mspierce_1296603 on 4/20/15

Thanks for this great lesson!

Submitted by Litza on 10/24/13