Question

Watch the documentary Paper Clips (1 hour and 24 minutes). While you are watching the documentary, take notes on these questions. You will be answering the same questions when you are done watching. Copy and paste the questions and your answers into the text entry.

Assignment Expectations:

1. Why did this school embark on this specific project? (2-3 sentences)

2. We have been talking about text sets throughout this course. What specific items did the teachers use to teach this curriculum?

Describe in detail, do not make generalizations- for example, "books" would be too broad. Be specific (3-6 bullet points for answer)

3. What artifacts/items did the school receive that they did not expect when asking for paperclips? (2-3 bullet points)

4. What was important to you about this documentary? Do you feel being an upstander and teaching kids in school and the community is everyone's responsibility?

Answer 1

1. The Whitwell Middle School in Tennessee decided to embark on this project so that the students could understand the gravity of 6 million deaths during the holocaust. They collected 6 million paper clips to represent the 6 million Jews who lost their lives during the holocaust. They also met the survivors to get a better understanding of the hoors of that time.

2. The teachers asked the students to read the Diary of Anne Frank to understand the point of view of a 12 year old Jewish girl during the holocaust.

3. They received 29 million paper clips from all over the world. They also received a part of the actual rail car that was used to transport the Jews to death camps. This car is still kept in front of the school as a memorial. Inside the rail car, there was a suitcase that was filled by children with notes written to Anne Frank.

4. The major learning from this documentary was how everyone came together to teach students about horrors of the holocaust. It also taught us that together we can overcome any difficulties. Yes, teaching children in school and the community is everyone responsibility as every person is a part of the community and for the community to grow, this is essential. If only teachers were to teach and students would not get inputs from anyone else around them, it would not be practical learning.