Why are upstanders such as the individuals that you learned about in this lesson not more commonly known?
Assignment Activity
Students will write a series of short 1-2 paragraph essays on each of these five questions to upload to dropbox and also to post on discussion boards for class discussion.
1. Why are upstanders such as the individuals that you learned about in this lesson not more commonly known?
2. What did their actions reveal to you about human behavior during the Holocaust?
3. How did their actions shatter any preconceived notions that you might have had about Muslims/other non-Christians and Jews during the Holocaust?
4. What does religious tolerance teach us about social justice?
5. Consider, and then comment, why you think about the role of upstanders in the Holocaust, about this quote by Dr. Hamid Slimi, the Imam and founder of the Faith of Life Network: “You cannot be a good Muslim until you become a good human being and you cannot become a good human being until you understand what humanity is all about.” Tie into your narrative response the video about Social Justice and Interfaith Dialogue.
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