hanas suitcase

Take a look..

• What story lies in the inscription on the suitcase?

• What does it mean?

• How does this suitcase connect to us today?

Background…

• At the Children's Holocaust Education Center in Tokyo, children - flocks of them - come to see a suitcase, sitting in a glass case. The owner of the suitcase was Hana Brady. She died in Auschwitz in 1944 at age 13. The museum acquired the suitcase a few years ago and since then the director, Fumiko Ishioka, has made it her mission to find out more about Hana. Her search leads to George Brady, Hana's older brother. http://www.hanassuitcase.ca/index.html

Listen

• http://www.hanassuitcase.ca/qa.html#

• While you are listening….remember 3 important points to share with the class after the interview.

• Jot these ideas down…

Open Discussion

• What is the holocaust?

Learner Profile

• A communicator understands and expresses ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others…

Communicator

• What do we need to be able to communicate to future generations about the holocaust?

• Hana’s suitcase communicates …• The suitcase is a symbol of…• Choose another learner profile word to

more fully describe what kind of communicator we should strive to be in order to promote peace and tolerance.

Task

• In groups, write your description of being a _______ communicator.

• Write one statement about what Hana’s suitcase symbolizes.

• Paste these ideas around “Hana’s Suitcase” to signify a graffiti wall.

Reflect