project NEIGHBOURS WHO DISAPPEARED

We would like to introduce project of the Jewish Museum in Prague: The project Tribute to the Child Holocaust Victims follows in suit of the project Neighbours Who Disappeared. Similarly to the latter it addresses young people aged 12 – 18 and proposes that they work independently on the stories of people who lived with their neighbors in harmony until WW II. and who were then mostly marked, restricted, persecuted, and finally liquidated. This project’s topic, however, is in the first place the life of the WW II. students and children in the same schools children go to today, and what were the reasons for their sudden departure.
The exhibition is travelling now through Europe, Slovak Republic in Czech language, UK, Ireland in English, Germany in Germain and we are preparing a traveling through Romania and Italy.
The project is supported by The Forgotten Ones association.

METHODOLOGY FOR PRINTING RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES THE INTRODUCTION INFO ABOUT THE CZ PROJECT IDEAS FOR WORKING GROUPS EXHIBITION LESSONS ACCOMPANYING ACTIVITIES FOLLOVING ACTIVITIES SOURCES OF INFORMATION TOPICS TEN COMMANDMENTS RESULTS OF THE PROJECT PREPARING THE MATERIALS THE ORIGINAL APPEAL THE IMPORTANCE OF A LINK BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS 1939 - 1941 THE NUREMBERG LAWS	IDEAS FOR WORKING GROUPS I. Training session for the group of guides (in case, that teacher is willing to prepare a small group of volunteers - future guides of NWD exhibition) (students 12-18 years old) Familiarization of panels This group will use small copies of panels as working sheets. /(30 min)/ Presentation After reading the story of each panel carefully (each group has one or two panels). /Time: 20-30 minutes tot/ They are then ready to share this story with others in the classroom /Time: 40-60 min./ Discussion - each panel is offering specific questions /Total time: 60 - 90 minutes/ This group is trained to guide through the exhibition their peers visiting the exhibition II. Workshop for the school groups coming for the exhibition as visitors (students 12-18 years old) Familiarization of panels These groups can also use small copies of panels as a working sheet. Students can prepare their presentation in small groups (10-15 groups, each group has its own panel with its story). /Time: 30 minutes/ Presentation After reading the story of each panel carefully they will be ready to share this story with others in the classroom. Students do not need lot of time for presentation (5-10 minutes each). /Total time: 60 - 70 minutes / Following activities - At home, students can prepare a script for a film, write an essay, report etc, create a web page etc. (panels serves almost as a script, they can also look for more info on the web page www.zmizeli-sousede.cz) They can also speak with somebody from their family (or friends) about that time, then record the discussion using questions like -Did you know somebody who escaped from Europe? -How it happened? - Did somebody help him or not? Students can create their own project, their own website connected with ours (for us that is of course a best result empowering basic project) etc.

IDEAS FOR WORKING GROUPS