Abstract

This learning module utilizes The Cage: A Holocaust Memoir as the central text for a unit on the Holocaust. Before reading, four essential questions regarding the Holocaust are posed to students. Throughout the unit, students will utilize media, the novel, and supplemental academic resources to answer the assigned essential question. Paramount to the understanding of the novel, students will examine the historical circumstances that occurred leading up to the Holocaust, as well as the experience of those affected by the event. Through the study of maps, virtual tours, and visual analysis, students will be able to contextualize one of the most catastrophic atrocities known to humankind that was human-caused.The learning module culminates with a peer reviewed thematic essay answering the essential questions of the unit.