Number the Stars
By: Lois Lowry
Realistic or Historical Fiction
Annemarie is a 10 year old girl living in Demark during WWII. With the Nazis occupying their country and her best friend, Ellen, being a Jew, Annemarie has to be brave and courageous. She is forced into stressful situations, such as when the Nazis almost discover that Ellen, who was pretending to be Annemarie’s older sister, is an imposter, or when the Nazis invade a mock funeral which was really an event for Jews to receive some needed supplies. Annemarie has to be extra brave when she needed to deliver an important package to her uncle before he departed for Sweden. At the end of the book two years have passed and the Jewish families can safely return to their homes to Denmark and Annemarie is excited to be reunited with her old friend.
I believe that this book would be a great way to help teach my students about WWII. It would help them to experience what it might have felt like to be living in Europe during the war. It would be more effective than simply reading a textbook about the events since text books often are too complex for students to understand. I would use the think-pair-share strategy with this book to help the students become more critical readers and to learn more about other perspectives of what’s happening.
I believe that this book would be a great way to help teach my students about WWII. It would help them to experience what it might have felt like to be living in Europe during the war. It would be more effective than simply reading a textbook about the events since text books often are too complex for students to understand. I would use the think-pair-share strategy with this book to help the students become more critical readers and to learn more about other perspectives of what’s happening.
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