A Letter to Oskar Schindler | Letter Writing Project
Holocaust letter-writing project built on a 1945 testimonial letter from Oskar Schindler's former workers; students then write a one-page, five-paragraph letter thanking Schindler for his actions.
- Grades
- Grades 10–12, High School
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- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- Social Studies, History, History: World
- Topic
- letter writing, social studies
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- Projects, Activities
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This resource is a writing activity for your history students.
This was a letter written by Oskar Schindler to his former workers during the Holocaust. Students will read this letter and then they are tasked with writing a letter to Schindler thanking him for his work during the Holocaust. Students will be given 2 letter options.
This is a great activity to practice writing.
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Learning objectives
- Explain Schindler's actions using details from a primary source
- Write a historically grounded letter from a chosen perspective
Skills covered
- Primary source reading — drawing details from the workers' testimonial into a letter
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- Holocaust
- Oskar Schindler
- Primary sources
- Righteous Among the Nations
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