A three-part learning experience designed for Grade Six students that guides them through a cutting-edge new Holocaust museum in an age-appropriate way.

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Childhood Interrupted is a three-part learning experience designed for Grade Six students that guides them through a cutting-edge new Holocaust museum in an age-appropriate way and connects directly to the new Ontario curriculum expectations.

Students engage through multimedia immersion it the story of a young German Jewish girl, Yael Spier Cohen who experienced the Holocaust and later shared here story as a Holocaust survivor in Canada. Teacher resources include pre and post visit materials and ready to use lessons that further engage students in the history of the Holocaust in an age-appropriate way that connects directly to the new Ontario curriculum expectations for Grade 6 Social Studies. For those who are not able to visit the Museum, teachers and students can access the online exhibition for Childhood Interrupted with rich testimony from Yael and primary source documents that inspire critical thinking. 

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Presented by:

A Kultura Collective Member

Start Date: January 1, 2024

Closing Date: January 1, 2025

Access online anytime

Virtual / In-Person

Toronto Holocaust Museum
4588 Bathurst St, Sherman Campus

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Free online

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