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"Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions." -Primo Levi

 * Grade Level and Subject:** 7th grade Language Arts


 * Holocaust Study Concept:** In an interdisciplinary effort with the Social Studies department, the Language Arts class will utilize an assortment of multiple literacies to approach teaching the Holocaust through literature. The unit will focus on students developing their own answers to the essential questions below. These essential questions and the recently adopted Glenview District 34 7th Grade RLA (Reading and Language Arts) Learning Targets will guide the selection of materials.

Why should we remember? Why is it important to ask questions about what is happening around us? Why were/are ordinary people willing to become mass murderers? Could a holocaust happen again and if so, how? Where are there holocausts occurring in our world today? Would you stand up to help?
 * Essential Questions for Holocaust study:**