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Number the Stars: How the Danish People Resisted the Nazis

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My Students

The middle school students in our small rural school may not have access to big-city resources such as museums, but through the resources available to them, they have expanded their worlds.

While more than 40% of our students qualify for free- or reduced lunch, rather than allowing their economic status to define them, they are as successful as students from any other school.

Using resources such as the internet and great books, we "travel" throughout time and place in my language arts class.

My Project

When I began designing a seven-week historical lit course for eighth-graders, I had to decide on my rationale. The course covered the Holocaust and "The Diary of Anne Frank".

Individual choices matter; collective choices matter.

That was my rationale.

Another book that would further our understanding of the Holocaust is "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. This novel is told from a rarely-heard point of view, that of the Danish people, who helped to save 90% of their country's Jews. When the Danes found out that the Nazis were going to mass-deport the Jews, ordinary people sprung into action, getting the word out. hiding people, sabotaging the German efforts, and using small fishing boats to ferry Jews to safety in neutral-Sweden.

Through this novel, students will learn about the country of Denmark and how its history of political- and religious freedom made the protection of the Jews the only possible choice the people of Denmark could make.

I want students to realize that people did have choices during the Holocaust and that the deaths of millions of Jews (and others) were not inevitable.

Most of all, however, I want them to learn that individual choices do matter--even in our own school.

Mrs. Dorhout Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School Grades 6-8

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Number the Stars • AKJ Education $5.78 43 $248.54

Materials cost

$248.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.82

Total project goal

$352.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $352.11

1 Donor

-$176.06

Donations toward project cost

-$149.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.41

match offer

-$176.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$149.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.41

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